diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest_list/manifest_file.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest_list/manifest_file.rs
index 2556305816..2476587266 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest_list/manifest_file.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest_list/manifest_file.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use super::ByteBuf;
+use crate::encryption::{EncryptedInputFile, StandardKeyMetadata};
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::io::FileIO;
 use crate::spec::Manifest;
@@ -178,7 +179,14 @@ impl ManifestFile {
     ///
     /// This method will also initialize inherited values of [`ManifestEntry`](crate::spec::ManifestEntry), such as `sequence_number`.
     pub async fn load_manifest(&self, file_io: &FileIO) -> Result<Manifest> {
-        let avro = file_io.new_input(&self.manifest_path)?.read().await?;
+        let input = file_io.new_input(&self.manifest_path)?;
+        let avro = match &self.key_metadata {
+            Some(key_metadata_bytes) => {
+                let key_metadata = StandardKeyMetadata::decode(key_metadata_bytes)?;
+                EncryptedInputFile::new(input, key_metadata).read().await?
+            }
+            None => input.read().await?,
+        };
 
         let (metadata, mut entries) = Manifest::try_from_avro_bytes(&avro)?;
 
@@ -217,7 +225,16 @@ pub struct FieldSummary {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
+    use std::collections::HashMap;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
     use super::ManifestContentType;
+    use crate::encryption::{EncryptedOutputFile, StandardKeyMetadata};
+    use crate::io::FileIO;
+    use crate::spec::{
+        DataContentType, DataFile, DataFileFormat, ManifestEntry, ManifestStatus,
+        ManifestWriterBuilder, NestedField, PartitionSpec, PrimitiveType, Schema, Struct, Type,
+    };
 
     #[test]
     fn test_manifest_content_type_default() {
@@ -228,4 +245,84 @@ mod test {
     fn test_manifest_content_type_default_value() {
         assert_eq!(ManifestContentType::default() as i32, 0);
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_load_manifest_decrypts_when_key_metadata_present() {
+        let schema = Arc::new(
+            Schema::builder()
+                .with_fields(vec![Arc::new(NestedField::optional(
+                    1,
+                    "id",
+                    Type::Primitive(PrimitiveType::Long),
+                ))])
+                .build()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
+
+        let partition_spec = PartitionSpec::builder(schema.clone())
+            .with_spec_id(0)
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let key_metadata =
+            StandardKeyMetadata::new(b"0123456789abcdef").with_aad_prefix(b"test-aad-prefix!");
+        let encoded_key_metadata = key_metadata.encode().unwrap().to_vec();
+
+        let io = FileIO::new_with_memory();
+        let path = "memory:///test/encrypted_manifest.avro";
+        let output_file = io.new_output(path).unwrap();
+        let encrypted_output = EncryptedOutputFile::new(output_file, key_metadata);
+
+        let mut writer = ManifestWriterBuilder::new_from_encrypted(
+            encrypted_output,
+            Some(1),
+            Some(encoded_key_metadata.clone()),
+            schema.clone(),
+            partition_spec.clone(),
+        )
+        .build_v3_data();
+
+        writer
+            .add_entry(ManifestEntry {
+                status: ManifestStatus::Added,
+                snapshot_id: None,
+                sequence_number: None,
+                file_sequence_number: None,
+                data_file: DataFile {
+                    content: DataContentType::Data,
+                    file_path: "s3://bucket/table/data/00000.parquet".to_string(),
+                    file_format: DataFileFormat::Parquet,
+                    partition: Struct::empty(),
+                    record_count: 100,
+                    file_size_in_bytes: 4096,
+                    column_sizes: HashMap::new(),
+                    value_counts: HashMap::new(),
+                    null_value_counts: HashMap::new(),
+                    nan_value_counts: HashMap::new(),
+                    lower_bounds: HashMap::new(),
+                    upper_bounds: HashMap::new(),
+                    key_metadata: None,
+                    split_offsets: None,
+                    equality_ids: None,
+                    sort_order_id: None,
+                    partition_spec_id: 0,
+                    first_row_id: None,
+                    referenced_data_file: None,
+                    content_offset: None,
+                    content_size_in_bytes: None,
+                },
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let manifest_file = writer.write_manifest_file().await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(manifest_file.key_metadata, Some(encoded_key_metadata));
+
+        let manifest = manifest_file.load_manifest(&io).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(manifest.entries().len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            manifest.entries()[0].file_path(),
+            "s3://bucket/table/data/00000.parquet"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(manifest.entries()[0].data_file.record_count, 100);
+    }
 }