diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/puffin.py b/pyiceberg/table/puffin.py
index 07874176c2..e74749305b 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/puffin.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/puffin.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import zstandard
 from pydantic import Field
 
 from pyiceberg.typedef import IcebergBaseModel
@@ -68,7 +69,12 @@ def __init__(self, puffin: bytes) -> None:
         self._file_bytes = puffin
 
     def get_blob_payload(self, blob: PuffinBlobMetadata) -> bytes:
-        return self._file_bytes[blob.offset : blob.offset + blob.length]
+        raw = self._file_bytes[blob.offset : blob.offset + blob.length]
+        if blob.compression_codec is None:
+            return raw
+        if blob.compression_codec == "zstd":
+            return zstandard.ZstdDecompressor().decompress(raw)
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported compression codec: {blob.compression_codec!r}")
 
     @deprecated(deprecated_in="0.12.0", removed_in="0.13.0", help_message="Use deletion_vectors_from_puffin_file(...) instead")
     def to_vector(self) -> dict[str, "pa.ChunkedArray"]:
diff --git a/tests/table/puffin/v1/sample-metric-data-compressed-zstd.bin b/tests/table/puffin/v1/sample-metric-data-compressed-zstd.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac8b69c76e
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/table/puffin/v1/sample-metric-data-compressed-zstd.bin differ
diff --git a/tests/table/test_puffin.py b/tests/table/test_puffin.py
index bc7d56a6b8..93b16158bb 100644
--- a/tests/table/test_puffin.py
+++ b/tests/table/test_puffin.py
@@ -33,6 +33,30 @@ def test_read_empty_uncompressed() -> None:
     assert pf.footer.properties == {}
 
 
+def test_read_compressed_zstd() -> None:
+    puffin_bytes = _open_file("v1/sample-metric-data-compressed-zstd.bin")
+    pf = PuffinFile(puffin_bytes)
+
+    assert pf.footer.properties == {"created-by": "Test 1234"}
+    assert len(pf.footer.blobs) == 2
+
+    blob1 = pf.footer.blobs[0]
+    assert blob1.type == "some-blob"
+    assert blob1.fields == [1]
+    assert blob1.snapshot_id == 2
+    assert blob1.sequence_number == 1
+    assert blob1.compression_codec == "zstd"
+    assert pf.get_blob_payload(blob1) == b"abcdefghi"
+
+    blob2 = pf.footer.blobs[1]
+    assert blob2.type == "some-other-blob"
+    assert blob2.fields == [2]
+    assert blob2.compression_codec == "zstd"
+    assert pf.get_blob_payload(blob2) == (
+        b"some blob \x00 binary data \xf0\x9f\xa4\xaf that is not very very very very very very long, is it?"
+    )
+
+
 def test_read_two_blobs_uncompressed() -> None:
     puffin_bytes = _open_file("v1/sample-metric-data-uncompressed.bin")
     pf = PuffinFile(puffin_bytes)