diff --git a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/AddFiles.java b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/AddFiles.java
index 4aca5e989771..312d62b7def1 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/AddFiles.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/AddFiles.java
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.PartitionSpec;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Snapshot;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties;
 import org.apache.iceberg.avro.Avro;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.AlreadyExistsException;
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.OutputFile;
 import org.apache.iceberg.mapping.MappingUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.mapping.NameMapping;
+import org.apache.iceberg.mapping.NameMappingParser;
 import org.apache.iceberg.orc.OrcMetrics;
 import org.apache.iceberg.parquet.ParquetSchemaUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.parquet.ParquetUtil;
@@ -514,22 +516,37 @@ static <W, T> T transformValue(Transform<W, T> transform, Type type, ByteBuffer
 
     private Table getOrCreateTable(String filePath, FileFormat format) throws IOException {
       TableIdentifier tableId = TableIdentifier.parse(identifier);
+      @Nullable Table t;
       try {
-        return catalogConfig.catalog().loadTable(tableId);
+        t = catalogConfig.catalog().loadTable(tableId);
       } catch (NoSuchTableException e) {
         try {
           org.apache.iceberg.Schema schema = getSchema(filePath, format);
           PartitionSpec spec = PartitionUtils.toPartitionSpec(partitionFields, schema);
 
-          return tableProps == null
-              ? catalogConfig.catalog().createTable(TableIdentifier.parse(identifier), schema, spec)
-              : catalogConfig
-                  .catalog()
-                  .createTable(TableIdentifier.parse(identifier), schema, spec, tableProps);
+          t =
+              tableProps == null
+                  ? catalogConfig
+                      .catalog()
+                      .createTable(TableIdentifier.parse(identifier), schema, spec)
+                  : catalogConfig
+                      .catalog()
+                      .createTable(TableIdentifier.parse(identifier), schema, spec, tableProps);
         } catch (AlreadyExistsException e2) { // if table already exists, just load it
-          return catalogConfig.catalog().loadTable(TableIdentifier.parse(identifier));
+          t = catalogConfig.catalog().loadTable(TableIdentifier.parse(identifier));
         }
       }
+      ensureNameMappingPresent(t);
+      return t;
+    }
+
+    private static void ensureNameMappingPresent(Table table) {
+      if (table.properties().get(TableProperties.DEFAULT_NAME_MAPPING) == null) {
+        // Forces Name based resolution instead of position based resolution
+        NameMapping mapping = MappingUtil.create(table.schema());
+        String mappingJson = NameMappingParser.toJson(mapping);
+        table.updateProperties().set(TableProperties.DEFAULT_NAME_MAPPING, mappingJson).commit();
+      }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/AddFilesTest.java b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/AddFilesTest.java
index 85740a33bd29..00eeeb04af02 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/AddFilesTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/AddFilesTest.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.Snapshot;
 import org.apache.iceberg.StructLike;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
 import org.apache.iceberg.data.GenericRecord;
 import org.apache.iceberg.data.Record;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.DataWriter;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.InputFile;
 import org.apache.iceberg.mapping.MappingUtil;
+import org.apache.iceberg.mapping.NameMappingParser;
 import org.apache.iceberg.parquet.Parquet;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Conversions;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types;
@@ -219,6 +221,12 @@ public void testAddFilesWithPartitionPath(boolean isPartitioned) throws Exceptio
     // check partition metadata is preserved
     assertEquals(writtenDf1.partition(), addedDf1.partition());
     assertEquals(writtenDf2.partition(), addedDf2.partition());
+
+    // check that mapping util was added
+    assertEquals(
+        MappingUtil.create(icebergSchema).asMappedFields(),
+        NameMappingParser.fromJson(table.properties().get(TableProperties.DEFAULT_NAME_MAPPING))
+            .asMappedFields());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -319,6 +327,11 @@ && checkStateNotNull(errorRow.getString(1))
     // check partition metadata is preserved
     assertEquals(expectedPartition1, addedDf1.partition());
     assertEquals(expectedPartition2, addedDf2.partition());
+
+    assertEquals(
+        MappingUtil.create(icebergSchema).asMappedFields(),
+        NameMappingParser.fromJson(table.properties().get(TableProperties.DEFAULT_NAME_MAPPING))
+            .asMappedFields());
   }
 
   @Test