diff --git a/dev/provision.py b/dev/provision.py
index 44086caf20..d8a454af47 100644
--- a/dev/provision.py
+++ b/dev/provision.py
@@ -342,3 +342,28 @@
            (array(), map(), array(struct(1)))
     """
     )
+
+    spark.sql(
+        f"""
+    CREATE TABLE {catalog_name}.default.test_read_orc (
+        dt     date,
+        ts     timestamp,
+        number integer,
+        letter string
+    )
+    USING iceberg
+    TBLPROPERTIES (
+        'format-version'='2',
+        'write.format.default'='orc'
+    );
+    """
+    )
+
+    spark.sql(f"""INSERT INTO {catalog_name}.default.test_read_orc
+            VALUES
+            (CAST('2022-03-01' AS date), CAST('2022-03-01 01:22:00' AS timestamp), 1, 'a'),
+            (CAST('2022-03-02' AS date), CAST('2022-03-02 02:22:00' AS timestamp), 2, 'b'),
+            (CAST('2022-03-03' AS date), CAST('2022-03-02 02:22:00' AS timestamp), 3, 'c')
+            """)
+
+    spark.sql(f"DELETE FROM {catalog_name}.default.test_read_orc WHERE number = 3")
diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
index 04f30ec63e..878f7d54ed 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 ICEBERG_SCHEMA = b"iceberg.schema"
 # The PARQUET: in front means that it is Parquet specific, in this case the field_id
 PYARROW_PARQUET_FIELD_ID_KEY = b"PARQUET:field_id"
+PYARROW_ORC_FIELD_ID_KEY = b"iceberg.id"
 PYARROW_FIELD_DOC_KEY = b"doc"
 LIST_ELEMENT_NAME = "element"
 MAP_KEY_NAME = "key"
@@ -627,6 +628,8 @@ def expression_to_pyarrow(expr: BooleanExpression) -> pc.Expression:
 def _get_file_format(file_format: FileFormat, **kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> ds.FileFormat:
     if file_format == FileFormat.PARQUET:
         return ds.ParquetFileFormat(**kwargs)
+    elif file_format == FileFormat.ORC:
+        return ds.OrcFileFormat()
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"Unsupported file format: {file_format}")
 
@@ -799,11 +802,12 @@ def primitive(self, primitive: pa.DataType) -> T:
 
 
 def _get_field_id(field: pa.Field) -> Optional[int]:
-    return (
-        int(field_id_str.decode())
-        if (field.metadata and (field_id_str := field.metadata.get(PYARROW_PARQUET_FIELD_ID_KEY)))
-        else None
-    )
+    if field.metadata and (field_id_str := field.metadata.get(PYARROW_ORC_FIELD_ID_KEY)):
+        return int(field_id_str.decode())
+    elif field.metadata and (field_id_str := field.metadata.get(PYARROW_PARQUET_FIELD_ID_KEY)):
+        return int(field_id_str.decode())
+    else:
+        return None
 
 
 class _HasIds(PyArrowSchemaVisitor[bool]):
@@ -912,6 +916,9 @@ def primitive(self, primitive: pa.DataType) -> PrimitiveType:
                     return TimestamptzType()
                 elif primitive.tz is None:
                     return TimestampType()
+            if primitive.unit == "ns":
+                if primitive.tz == "UTC":
+                    return TimestamptzType()
         elif pa.types.is_binary(primitive) or pa.types.is_large_binary(primitive):
             return BinaryType()
         elif pa.types.is_fixed_size_binary(primitive):
@@ -972,8 +979,11 @@ def _task_to_table(
     name_mapping: Optional[NameMapping] = None,
 ) -> Optional[pa.Table]:
     _, _, path = PyArrowFileIO.parse_location(task.file.file_path)
-    arrow_format = ds.ParquetFileFormat(pre_buffer=True, buffer_size=(ONE_MEGABYTE * 8))
     with fs.open_input_file(path) as fin:
+        if task.file.file_format == FileFormat.PARQUET:
+            arrow_format = ds.ParquetFileFormat(pre_buffer=True, buffer_size=(ONE_MEGABYTE * 8))
+        if task.file.file_format == FileFormat.ORC:
+            arrow_format = ds.OrcFileFormat()  # currently ORC doesn't support any fragment scan options
         fragment = arrow_format.make_fragment(fin)
         physical_schema = fragment.physical_schema
         file_schema = pyarrow_to_schema(physical_schema, name_mapping)
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_reads.py b/tests/integration/test_reads.py
index 80a6f18632..4a1ae015fd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_reads.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_reads.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 # pylint:disable=redefined-outer-name
-
+import datetime
 import math
 import time
 import uuid
@@ -537,3 +537,14 @@ def another_task() -> None:
 
         table.transaction().set_properties(lock="xxx").commit_transaction()
         assert table.properties.get("lock") == "xxx"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("catalog", [pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog_hive"), pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog")])
+def test_pyarrow_read_orc(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
+    table_orc = catalog.load_table("default.test_read_orc")
+    arrow_table = table_orc.scan(row_filter="number > -1", selected_fields=("number", "letter", "dt")).to_arrow()
+    assert len(arrow_table) == 2
+    assert arrow_table["number"][0].as_py() == 1
+    assert arrow_table["letter"][1].as_py() == "b"
+    assert arrow_table["dt"][0].as_py() == datetime.date(2022, 3, 1)