diff --git a/bindings/python/Cargo.toml b/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
index 0260f788b..c2e43be30 100644
--- a/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 iceberg = { path = "../../crates/iceberg" }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.21.1", features = ["extension-module"] }
 arrow = { version = "52.2.0", features = ["pyarrow"] }
+iceberg-catalog-sql = { path = "../../crates/catalog/sql" }
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/catalog.rs b/bindings/python/src/catalog.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c95c70a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/src/catalog.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use pyo3::wrap_pyfunction;
+
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use iceberg_catalog_sql::{SqlCatalog, SqlCatalogConfig, SqlBindStyle};
+use iceberg::catalog::NamespaceIdent;
+use iceberg::io::FileIO;
+
+
+
+#[pyclass]
+pub struct PySqlCatalog {
+    inner: SqlCatalog,
+}
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl PySqlCatalog {
+    #[new]
+    fn new(uri: String, name: String, warehouse_location: String, sql_bind_style: String) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        let sql_bind_style = match sql_bind_style.as_str() {
+            "DollarNumeric" => SqlBindStyle::DollarNumeric,
+            "QMark" => SqlBindStyle::QMark,
+            _ => return Err(PyErr::new::<pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError, _>("Invalid SqlBindStyle")),
+        };
+
+        let config = SqlCatalogConfig {
+            uri,
+            name,
+            warehouse_location,
+            file_io: FileIO::from_path(&warehouse_location).unwrap().build().unwrap(),
+            sql_bind_style,
+            props: HashMap::new(),
+        };
+
+        let inner = SqlCatalog::new(config).unwrap();
+
+        Ok(PySqlCatalog { inner })
+    }
+
+    fn list_namespaces(&self, parent: Option<String>) -> PyResult<Vec<String>> {
+        let parent_ident = parent.map(|p| NamespaceIdent::new(p));
+        let namespaces = self.inner.list_namespaces(parent_ident.as_ref()).unwrap();
+        Ok(namespaces.into_iter().map(|ns| ns.to_string()).collect())
+    }
+
+    fn create_namespace(&self, namespace: String, properties: HashMap<String, String>) -> PyResult<()> {
+        let namespace_ident = NamespaceIdent::new(namespace);
+        self.inner.create_namespace(&namespace_ident, properties).unwrap();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    // Add other methods similarly...
+}
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/lib.rs b/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
index 5c3f77ff7..fef0f20a6 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::wrap_pyfunction;
 
 mod transform;
+mod catalog;
 
 #[pyfunction]
 fn hello_world() -> PyResult<String> {
@@ -33,5 +34,6 @@ fn pyiceberg_core_rust(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(hello_world, m)?)?;
 
     m.add_class::<transform::ArrowArrayTransform>()?;
+    m.add_class::<catalog::PySqlCatalog>()?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/lib.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/lib.rs
index d6c5010d3..46271e1c7 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ extern crate derive_builder;
 mod error;
 pub use error::{Error, ErrorKind, Result};
 
-mod catalog;
+pub mod catalog;
 
 pub use catalog::{
     Catalog, Namespace, NamespaceIdent, TableCommit, TableCreation, TableIdent, TableRequirement,