diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/LogicalTypeAnnotation.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/LogicalTypeAnnotation.java
index 98bc5c0237..6496902ae9 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/LogicalTypeAnnotation.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/LogicalTypeAnnotation.java
@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ protected LogicalTypeAnnotation fromString(List<String> params) {
       protected LogicalTypeAnnotation fromString(List<String> params) {
         return unknownType();
       }
+    },
+    FILE {
+      @Override
+      protected LogicalTypeAnnotation fromString(List<String> params) {
+        return fileType();
+      }
     };
 
     protected abstract LogicalTypeAnnotation fromString(List<String> params);
@@ -377,6 +383,10 @@ public static UnknownLogicalTypeAnnotation unknownType() {
     return UnknownLogicalTypeAnnotation.INSTANCE;
   }
 
+  public static FileLogicalTypeAnnotation fileType() {
+    return FileLogicalTypeAnnotation.INSTANCE;
+  }
+
   public static class StringLogicalTypeAnnotation extends LogicalTypeAnnotation {
     private static final StringLogicalTypeAnnotation INSTANCE = new StringLogicalTypeAnnotation();
 
@@ -1221,6 +1231,55 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * File logical type annotation. Annotates a group (struct) that represents a reference to
+   * an external file. The group must contain the following fields by name:
+   * <ul>
+   *   <li>{@code path} (required): STRING - the path/URI of the file</li>
+   *   <li>{@code size} (optional): INT64 - size of the file content in bytes</li>
+   *   <li>{@code offset} (optional): INT64 - byte offset within the file; if present, size must be present</li>
+   *   <li>{@code etag} (optional): STRING - opaque identifier for the file version</li>
+   * </ul>
+   * No optional fields with names other than the above are permitted.
+   */
+  public static class FileLogicalTypeAnnotation extends LogicalTypeAnnotation {
+    private static final FileLogicalTypeAnnotation INSTANCE = new FileLogicalTypeAnnotation();
+
+    /** The only required field name in a FILE-annotated group. */
+    public static final String PATH_FIELD = "path";
+
+    /** Valid optional field names in a FILE-annotated group. */
+    public static final Set<String> OPTIONAL_FIELD_NAMES =
+        Set.of("size", "offset", "etag");
+
+    private FileLogicalTypeAnnotation() {}
+
+    @Override
+    public OriginalType toOriginalType() {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> Optional<T> accept(LogicalTypeAnnotationVisitor<T> logicalTypeAnnotationVisitor) {
+      return logicalTypeAnnotationVisitor.visit(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    LogicalTypeToken getType() {
+      return LogicalTypeToken.FILE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+      return obj instanceof FileLogicalTypeAnnotation;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+      return getClass().hashCode();
+    }
+  }
+
   public static class GeometryLogicalTypeAnnotation extends LogicalTypeAnnotation {
     private final String crs;
 
@@ -1426,5 +1485,9 @@ default Optional<T> visit(GeographyLogicalTypeAnnotation geographyLogicalType) {
     default Optional<T> visit(UnknownLogicalTypeAnnotation unknownLogicalTypeAnnotation) {
       return empty();
     }
+
+    default Optional<T> visit(FileLogicalTypeAnnotation fileLogicalType) {
+      return empty();
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/Types.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/Types.java
index 2f12991ab0..305718005a 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/Types.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/Types.java
@@ -821,12 +821,34 @@ public THIS addFields(Type... types) {
     @Override
     protected GroupType build(String name) {
       if (newLogicalTypeSet) {
+        if (logicalTypeAnnotation instanceof LogicalTypeAnnotation.FileLogicalTypeAnnotation) {
+          validateFileTypeFields(name, fields);
+        }
         return new GroupType(repetition, name, logicalTypeAnnotation, fields, id);
       } else {
         return new GroupType(repetition, name, getOriginalType(), fields, id);
       }
     }
 
+    private static void validateFileTypeFields(String name, List<Type> fields) {
+      boolean hasPath = false;
+      for (Type field : fields) {
+        String fieldName = field.getName();
+        if (LogicalTypeAnnotation.FileLogicalTypeAnnotation.PATH_FIELD.equals(fieldName)) {
+          Preconditions.checkArgument(
+              field.getRepetition() == Type.Repetition.REQUIRED,
+              "FILE type field 'path' must be REQUIRED in group '%s'",
+              name);
+          hasPath = true;
+        } else if (!LogicalTypeAnnotation.FileLogicalTypeAnnotation.OPTIONAL_FIELD_NAMES.contains(fieldName)) {
+          throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+              "FILE type group '" + name + "' contains unrecognized field '" + fieldName
+                  + "'. Valid fields are: path, size, offset, etag");
+        }
+      }
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(hasPath, "FILE type group '%s' must contain required field 'path'", name);
+    }
+
     public MapBuilder<THIS> map(Type.Repetition repetition) {
       return new MapBuilder<>(self()).repetition(repetition);
     }
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/TestTypeBuildersWithLogicalTypes.java b/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/TestTypeBuildersWithLogicalTypes.java
index 61fe3065e1..e7dca7f3b3 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/TestTypeBuildersWithLogicalTypes.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/TestTypeBuildersWithLogicalTypes.java
@@ -528,6 +528,81 @@ public void testVariantLogicalTypeWithShredded() {
     assertEquals(specVersion, ((LogicalTypeAnnotation.VariantLogicalTypeAnnotation) annotation).getSpecVersion());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testFileLogicalTypePathOnly() {
+    String name = "file_field";
+    GroupType file = new GroupType(
+        REQUIRED,
+        name,
+        LogicalTypeAnnotation.fileType(),
+        Types.required(BINARY).as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.stringType()).named("path"));
+
+    assertEquals(
+        "required group file_field (FILE) {\n"
+            + "  required binary path (STRING);\n"
+            + "}",
+        file.toString());
+
+    LogicalTypeAnnotation annotation = file.getLogicalTypeAnnotation();
+    assertEquals(LogicalTypeAnnotation.LogicalTypeToken.FILE, annotation.getType());
+    assertNull(annotation.toOriginalType());
+    assertTrue(annotation instanceof LogicalTypeAnnotation.FileLogicalTypeAnnotation);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFileLogicalTypeAllFields() {
+    String name = "file_field";
+    GroupType file = Types.requiredGroup()
+        .as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.fileType())
+        .required(BINARY).as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.stringType()).named("path")
+        .optional(INT64).named("size")
+        .optional(INT64).named("offset")
+        .optional(BINARY).as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.stringType()).named("etag")
+        .named(name);
+
+    LogicalTypeAnnotation annotation = file.getLogicalTypeAnnotation();
+    assertTrue(annotation instanceof LogicalTypeAnnotation.FileLogicalTypeAnnotation);
+    assertEquals(4, file.getFieldCount());
+    assertEquals("path", file.getType("path").getName());
+    assertEquals("size", file.getType("size").getName());
+    assertEquals("offset", file.getType("offset").getName());
+    assertEquals("etag", file.getType("etag").getName());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFileLogicalTypeRequiresPathField() {
+    assertThrows(
+        "FILE type group must contain required field 'path'",
+        IllegalArgumentException.class,
+        () -> Types.requiredGroup()
+            .as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.fileType())
+            .optional(INT64).named("size")
+            .named("missing_path"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFileLogicalTypeRejectsUnrecognizedField() {
+    assertThrows(
+        "FILE type group must not contain unrecognized field names",
+        IllegalArgumentException.class,
+        () -> Types.requiredGroup()
+            .as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.fileType())
+            .required(BINARY).as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.stringType()).named("path")
+            .optional(BINARY).named("unknown_field")
+            .named("file_with_bad_field"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFileLogicalTypeRequiresRequiredPathField() {
+    assertThrows(
+        "FILE type field 'path' must be REQUIRED",
+        IllegalArgumentException.class,
+        () -> Types.requiredGroup()
+            .as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.fileType())
+            .optional(BINARY).as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.stringType()).named("path")
+            .named("file_with_optional_path"));
+  }
+
   /**
    * A convenience method to avoid a large number of @Test(expected=...) tests
    *
diff --git a/parquet-format-structures/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/LogicalTypes.java b/parquet-format-structures/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/LogicalTypes.java
index 8956d3944e..8aa21e0ae3 100644
--- a/parquet-format-structures/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/LogicalTypes.java
+++ b/parquet-format-structures/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/LogicalTypes.java
@@ -60,4 +60,5 @@ public static LogicalType VARIANT(byte specificationVersion) {
   public static final LogicalType BSON = LogicalType.BSON(new BsonType());
   public static final LogicalType FLOAT16 = LogicalType.FLOAT16(new Float16Type());
   public static final LogicalType UUID = LogicalType.UUID(new UUIDType());
+  public static final LogicalType FILE = LogicalType.FILE(new FileType());
 }
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
index 3597898c30..7a4d760727 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
 import org.apache.parquet.format.Type;
 import org.apache.parquet.format.TypeDefinedOrder;
 import org.apache.parquet.format.Uncompressed;
+import org.apache.parquet.format.FileType;
 import org.apache.parquet.format.VariantType;
 import org.apache.parquet.format.XxHash;
 import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.BlockMetaData;
@@ -576,6 +577,11 @@ public Optional<LogicalType> visit(LogicalTypeAnnotation.GeographyLogicalTypeAnn
       geographyType.setAlgorithm(fromParquetEdgeInterpolationAlgorithm(geographyLogicalType.getAlgorithm()));
       return of(LogicalType.GEOGRAPHY(geographyType));
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<LogicalType> visit(LogicalTypeAnnotation.FileLogicalTypeAnnotation fileLogicalType) {
+      return of(LogicalTypes.FILE);
+    }
   }
 
   private void addRowGroup(
@@ -1362,6 +1368,8 @@ LogicalTypeAnnotation getLogicalTypeAnnotation(LogicalType type) {
       case VARIANT:
         VariantType variant = type.getVARIANT();
         return LogicalTypeAnnotation.variantType(variant.getSpecification_version());
+      case FILE:
+        return LogicalTypeAnnotation.fileType();
       default:
         throw new RuntimeException("Unknown logical type " + type);
     }
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/TestParquetMetadataConverter.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/TestParquetMetadataConverter.java
index e4851d8ec4..c209fcbbef 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/TestParquetMetadataConverter.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/TestParquetMetadataConverter.java
@@ -1977,4 +1977,52 @@ public void testEdgeInterpolationAlgorithmConversion() {
     assertNull(ParquetMetadataConverter.fromParquetEdgeInterpolationAlgorithm(null));
     assertNull(ParquetMetadataConverter.toParquetEdgeInterpolationAlgorithm(null));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFileLogicalType() {
+    ParquetMetadataConverter parquetMetadataConverter = new ParquetMetadataConverter();
+
+    MessageType expected = Types.buildMessage()
+        .requiredGroup()
+        .as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.fileType())
+        .required(PrimitiveTypeName.BINARY)
+        .as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.stringType())
+        .named("path")
+        .optional(PrimitiveTypeName.INT64)
+        .named("size")
+        .optional(PrimitiveTypeName.INT64)
+        .named("offset")
+        .optional(PrimitiveTypeName.BINARY)
+        .as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.stringType())
+        .named("etag")
+        .named("f")
+        .named("example");
+
+    List<SchemaElement> parquetSchema = parquetMetadataConverter.toParquetSchema(expected);
+    MessageType schema = parquetMetadataConverter.fromParquetSchema(parquetSchema, null);
+    assertEquals(expected, schema);
+    LogicalTypeAnnotation logicalType = schema.getType("f").getLogicalTypeAnnotation();
+    assertTrue(logicalType instanceof LogicalTypeAnnotation.FileLogicalTypeAnnotation);
+    assertEquals(LogicalTypeAnnotation.fileType(), logicalType);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFileLogicalTypeRoundTripPathOnly() {
+    ParquetMetadataConverter parquetMetadataConverter = new ParquetMetadataConverter();
+
+    MessageType expected = Types.buildMessage()
+        .requiredGroup()
+        .as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.fileType())
+        .required(PrimitiveTypeName.BINARY)
+        .as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.stringType())
+        .named("path")
+        .named("f")
+        .named("example");
+
+    List<SchemaElement> parquetSchema = parquetMetadataConverter.toParquetSchema(expected);
+    MessageType schema = parquetMetadataConverter.fromParquetSchema(parquetSchema, null);
+    assertEquals(expected, schema);
+    LogicalTypeAnnotation logicalType = schema.getType("f").getLogicalTypeAnnotation();
+    assertTrue(logicalType instanceof LogicalTypeAnnotation.FileLogicalTypeAnnotation);
+  }
 }