diff --git a/docker/thirdparties/docker-compose/iceberg/scripts/create_preinstalled_scripts/iceberg/run30.sql b/docker/thirdparties/docker-compose/iceberg/scripts/create_preinstalled_scripts/iceberg/run30.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..93e0419496f2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/thirdparties/docker-compose/iceberg/scripts/create_preinstalled_scripts/iceberg/run30.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+create database if not exists demo.test_db;
+use demo.test_db;
+CREATE TABLE test_variant_repro (
+    id INT,
+    v VARIANT
+)
+USING iceberg
+TBLPROPERTIES (
+    'format-version' = '3',
+    'write.format.default' = 'parquet'
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/IcebergUtils.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/IcebergUtils.java
index 75db779d157549..ab615648bbbc5f 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/IcebergUtils.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/IcebergUtils.java
@@ -622,6 +622,8 @@ public static Type icebergTypeToDorisType(org.apache.iceberg.types.Type type, bo
                                 icebergTypeToDorisType(x.type(), enableMappingVarbinary, enableMappingTimestampTz)))
                         .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
                 return new StructType(nestedTypes);
+            case VARIANT:
+                return Type.UNSUPPORTED;
             default:
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot transform unknown type: " + type);
         }
diff --git a/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_varbinary.out b/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_varbinary.out
index 3d224775383640..65a20f0fb7cb7d 100644
Binary files a/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_varbinary.out and b/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_varbinary.out differ
diff --git a/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_varbinary.groovy b/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_varbinary.groovy
index 62d3d367f80582..cd7689e07b779d 100644
--- a/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_varbinary.groovy
+++ b/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_varbinary.groovy
@@ -161,4 +161,15 @@ suite("test_iceberg_varbinary", "p0,external,doris,external_docker,external_dock
     qt_select23 """
         select * from binary_partitioned_table where from_hex(partition_bin)="0FF102FDFEFF";
     """
+
+    sql """ use test_db; """
+    qt_select23 """
+        select id from test_variant_repro;
+    """
+    test {
+        sql """
+            select * from test_variant_repro;
+        """
+        exception "UNSUPPORTED"
+    }
 }