diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/record_batch_transformer.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/record_batch_transformer.rs
index 779f1cc625..71fe59dea5 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/record_batch_transformer.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/record_batch_transformer.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use arrow_array::{
-    Array as ArrowArray, ArrayRef, BinaryArray, BooleanArray, Float32Array, Float64Array,
-    Int32Array, Int64Array, NullArray, RecordBatch, RecordBatchOptions, StringArray,
+    Array as ArrowArray, ArrayRef, BinaryArray, BooleanArray, Date32Array, Float32Array,
+    Float64Array, Int32Array, Int64Array, NullArray, RecordBatch, RecordBatchOptions, StringArray,
 };
 use arrow_cast::cast;
 use arrow_schema::{
@@ -401,6 +401,13 @@ impl RecordBatchTransformer {
                 let vals: Vec<Option<i32>> = vec![None; num_rows];
                 Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vals))
             }
+            (DataType::Date32, Some(PrimitiveLiteral::Int(value))) => {
+                Arc::new(Date32Array::from(vec![*value; num_rows]))
+            }
+            (DataType::Date32, None) => {
+                let vals: Vec<Option<i32>> = vec![None; num_rows];
+                Arc::new(Date32Array::from(vals))
+            }
             (DataType::Int64, Some(PrimitiveLiteral::Long(value))) => {
                 Arc::new(Int64Array::from(vec![*value; num_rows]))
             }
@@ -453,7 +460,8 @@ mod test {
     use std::sync::Arc;
 
     use arrow_array::{
-        Float32Array, Float64Array, Int32Array, Int64Array, RecordBatch, StringArray,
+        Array, Date32Array, Float32Array, Float64Array, Int32Array, Int64Array, RecordBatch,
+        StringArray,
     };
     use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema as ArrowSchema};
     use parquet::arrow::PARQUET_FIELD_ID_META_KEY;
@@ -509,6 +517,74 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(result, expected);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn schema_evolution_adds_date_column_with_nulls() {
+        // Reproduces TestSelect.readAndWriteWithBranchAfterSchemaChange from iceberg-spark.
+        // When reading old snapshots after adding a DATE column, the transformer must
+        // populate the new column with NULL values since old files lack this field.
+        let snapshot_schema = Arc::new(
+            Schema::builder()
+                .with_schema_id(1)
+                .with_fields(vec![
+                    NestedField::required(1, "id", Type::Primitive(PrimitiveType::Int)).into(),
+                    NestedField::optional(2, "name", Type::Primitive(PrimitiveType::String)).into(),
+                    NestedField::optional(3, "date_col", Type::Primitive(PrimitiveType::Date))
+                        .into(),
+                ])
+                .build()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
+        let projected_iceberg_field_ids = [1, 2, 3];
+
+        let mut transformer =
+            RecordBatchTransformer::build(snapshot_schema, &projected_iceberg_field_ids);
+
+        let file_schema = Arc::new(ArrowSchema::new(vec![
+            simple_field("id", DataType::Int32, false, "1"),
+            simple_field("name", DataType::Utf8, true, "2"),
+        ]));
+
+        let file_batch = RecordBatch::try_new(file_schema, vec![
+            Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3])),
+            Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![
+                Some("Alice"),
+                Some("Bob"),
+                Some("Charlie"),
+            ])),
+        ])
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let result = transformer.process_record_batch(file_batch).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(result.num_columns(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(result.num_rows(), 3);
+
+        let id_column = result
+            .column(0)
+            .as_any()
+            .downcast_ref::<Int32Array>()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(id_column.values(), &[1, 2, 3]);
+
+        let name_column = result
+            .column(1)
+            .as_any()
+            .downcast_ref::<StringArray>()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(name_column.value(0), "Alice");
+        assert_eq!(name_column.value(1), "Bob");
+        assert_eq!(name_column.value(2), "Charlie");
+
+        let date_column = result
+            .column(2)
+            .as_any()
+            .downcast_ref::<Date32Array>()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(date_column.is_null(0));
+        assert!(date_column.is_null(1));
+        assert!(date_column.is_null(2));
+    }
+
     pub fn source_record_batch() -> RecordBatch {
         RecordBatch::try_new(
             arrow_schema_promotion_addition_and_renaming_required(),