diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/fsspec.py b/pyiceberg/io/fsspec.py
index 55368e1948..522e660b15 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/fsspec.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/fsspec.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     S3_ANONYMOUS,
     S3_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
     S3_ENDPOINT,
+    S3_FORCE_VIRTUAL_ADDRESSING,
     S3_PROXY_URI,
     S3_REGION,
     S3_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
@@ -168,6 +169,9 @@ def _s3(properties: Properties) -> AbstractFileSystem:
     if request_timeout := properties.get(S3_REQUEST_TIMEOUT):
         config_kwargs["read_timeout"] = float(request_timeout)
 
+    if _force_virtual_addressing := properties.get(S3_FORCE_VIRTUAL_ADDRESSING):
+        config_kwargs["s3"] = {"addressing_style": "virtual"}
+
     if s3_anonymous := properties.get(S3_ANONYMOUS):
         anon = strtobool(s3_anonymous)
     else:
diff --git a/tests/io/test_fsspec.py b/tests/io/test_fsspec.py
index 6924d6b1c3..fb22eefbfe 100644
--- a/tests/io/test_fsspec.py
+++ b/tests/io/test_fsspec.py
@@ -306,6 +306,36 @@ def test_fsspec_s3_session_properties() -> None:
         )
 
 
+def test_fsspec_s3_session_properties_force_virtual_addressing() -> None:
+    session_properties: Properties = {
+        "s3.force-virtual-addressing": True,
+        "s3.endpoint": "http://localhost:9000",
+        "s3.access-key-id": "admin",
+        "s3.secret-access-key": "password",
+        "s3.region": "us-east-1",
+        "s3.session-token": "s3.session-token",
+        **UNIFIED_AWS_SESSION_PROPERTIES,
+    }
+
+    with mock.patch("s3fs.S3FileSystem") as mock_s3fs:
+        s3_fileio = FsspecFileIO(properties=session_properties)
+        filename = str(uuid.uuid4())
+
+        s3_fileio.new_input(location=f"s3://warehouse/{filename}")
+
+        mock_s3fs.assert_called_with(
+            anon=False,
+            client_kwargs={
+                "endpoint_url": "http://localhost:9000",
+                "aws_access_key_id": "admin",
+                "aws_secret_access_key": "password",
+                "region_name": "us-east-1",
+                "aws_session_token": "s3.session-token",
+            },
+            config_kwargs={"s3": {"addressing_style": "virtual"}},
+        )
+
+
 def test_fsspec_s3_session_properties_with_anonymous() -> None:
     session_properties: Properties = {
         "s3.anonymous": "true",