diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
index 91d8452eab..904fab2e28 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ def primitive(self, primitive: pa.DataType) -> PrimitiveType:
         elif isinstance(primitive, pa.Decimal128Type):
             primitive = cast(pa.Decimal128Type, primitive)
             return DecimalType(primitive.precision, primitive.scale)
-        elif pa.types.is_string(primitive):
+        elif pa.types.is_string(primitive) or pa.types.is_large_string(primitive):
             return StringType()
         elif pa.types.is_date32(primitive):
             return DateType()
diff --git a/tests/io/test_pyarrow_visitor.py b/tests/io/test_pyarrow_visitor.py
index c7f364b920..c30a53a4d4 100644
--- a/tests/io/test_pyarrow_visitor.py
+++ b/tests/io/test_pyarrow_visitor.py
@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ def test_round_schema_conversion_nested(table_schema_nested: Schema) -> None:
     assert actual == expected
 
 
+def test_round_schema_large_string() -> None:
+    schema = pa.schema([pa.field("animals", pa.large_string())])
+    actual = str(pyarrow_to_schema(schema, name_mapping=NameMapping([MappedField(field_id=1, names=["animals"])])))
+    expected = """table {
+  1: animals: optional string
+}"""
+    assert actual == expected
+
+
 def test_simple_schema_has_missing_ids() -> None:
     schema = pa.schema([
         pa.field('foo', pa.string(), nullable=False),