diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8c1ff336a6..57c68ea40a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3604,13 +3604,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "home",
  "iceberg",
  "iceberg-catalog-rest",
+ "iceberg-catalog-sql",
  "iceberg-datafusion",
  "mimalloc",
+ "sqlx",
  "stacker",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
+ "uuid",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/integrations/playground/Cargo.toml b/crates/integrations/playground/Cargo.toml
index 3f6774be19..28878ae46a 100644
--- a/crates/integrations/playground/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/integrations/playground/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ fs-err = { workspace = true }
 home = { workspace = true }
 iceberg = { workspace = true }
 iceberg-catalog-rest = { workspace = true }
+iceberg-catalog-sql = { workspace = true }
 iceberg-datafusion = { workspace = true }
+sqlx = { workspace = true, features = ["runtime-tokio", "sqlite", "migrate"] }
 mimalloc = { workspace = true }
 stacker = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ toml = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4"] }
+
 [package.metadata.cargo-machete]
 # These dependencies are added to ensure minimal dependency version
 ignored = ["stacker", "mimalloc", "home"]
diff --git a/crates/integrations/playground/src/catalog.rs b/crates/integrations/playground/src/catalog.rs
index 66742ab893..17ea70d955 100644
--- a/crates/integrations/playground/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/integrations/playground/src/catalog.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use fs_err::read_to_string;
 use iceberg::CatalogBuilder;
 use iceberg::memory::MemoryCatalogBuilder;
 use iceberg_catalog_rest::RestCatalogBuilder;
+use iceberg_catalog_sql::SqlCatalogBuilder;
 use iceberg_datafusion::IcebergCatalogProvider;
 use toml::{Table as TomlTable, Value};
 
@@ -97,10 +98,11 @@ impl IcebergCatalogList {
         // Create catalog based on type using the appropriate builder
         let catalog: Arc<dyn iceberg::Catalog> = match r#type {
             "rest" => Arc::new(RestCatalogBuilder::default().load(name, props).await?),
+            "sql" => Arc::new(SqlCatalogBuilder::default().load(name, props).await?),
             "memory" => Arc::new(MemoryCatalogBuilder::default().load(name, props).await?),
             _ => {
                 return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
-                    "Unsupported catalog type: '{type}'. Supported types: rest, memory"
+                    "Unsupported catalog type: '{type}'. Supported types: rest, sql, memory"
                 ));
             }
         };
@@ -139,8 +141,45 @@ impl CatalogProviderList for IcebergCatalogList {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use sqlx::migrate::MigrateDatabase;
+
     use super::*;
 
+    fn temp_path() -> String {
+        let uuid = uuid::Uuid::new_v4();
+        format!("/tmp/iceberg-test-{uuid}")
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_parse_sql_catalog() {
+        let db_path = temp_path();
+        let sql_uri = format!("sqlite:{db_path}");
+
+        // Create the SQLite database file first
+        sqlx::Sqlite::create_database(&sql_uri).await.unwrap();
+
+        let config = format!(
+            r#"
+            [[catalogs]]
+            name = "test_sql"
+            type = "sql"
+            [catalogs.config]
+            uri = "{sql_uri}"
+            warehouse = "/tmp/sql-warehouse"
+        "#
+        );
+
+        let toml_table: TomlTable = toml::from_str(&config).unwrap();
+        let catalog_list = IcebergCatalogList::parse_table(&toml_table).await.unwrap();
+
+        assert!(
+            catalog_list
+                .catalog_names()
+                .contains(&"test_sql".to_string())
+        );
+        assert!(catalog_list.catalog("test_sql").is_some());
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_parse_memory_catalog() {
         let config = r#"
@@ -179,7 +218,7 @@ mod tests {
         let err_msg = result.unwrap_err().to_string();
         assert!(err_msg.contains("Unsupported catalog type"));
         assert!(err_msg.contains("hive"));
-        assert!(err_msg.contains("rest, memory"));
+        assert!(err_msg.contains("rest, sql, memory"));
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]