diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/SessionCatalog.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/SessionCatalog.java
index fe29f8918531..dce40b1af7f8 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/SessionCatalog.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/SessionCatalog.java
@@ -196,6 +196,20 @@ default boolean tableExists(SessionContext context, TableIdentifier ident) {
    */
   Table loadTable(SessionContext context, TableIdentifier ident);
 
+  /**
+   * Load a table with the referenced-by view chain.
+   *
+   * @param context session context
+   * @param ident a table identifier
+   * @param referencedBy ordered list of view identifiers from outermost to innermost
+   * @return instance of {@link Table} implementation referred by {@code ident}
+   * @throws NoSuchTableException if the table does not exist
+   */
+  default Table loadTable(
+      SessionContext context, TableIdentifier ident, List<TableIdentifier> referencedBy) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Loading a table with referenced-by is not supported");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Drop a table, without requesting that files are immediately deleted.
    *
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/SupportsReferencedBy.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/SupportsReferencedBy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8756be96d30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/SupportsReferencedBy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.iceberg.catalog;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.view.View;
+
+/** Catalog methods for loading tables and views with a referenced-by view chain. */
+public interface SupportsReferencedBy {
+
+  /**
+   * Load a table with the referenced-by view chain.
+   *
+   * @param identifier a table identifier
+   * @param referencedBy ordered list of view identifiers from outermost to innermost
+   * @return an iceberg table
+   */
+  Table loadTable(TableIdentifier identifier, List<TableIdentifier> referencedBy);
+
+  /**
+   * Load a view with the referenced-by view chain.
+   *
+   * @param identifier a view identifier
+   * @param referencedBy ordered list of view identifiers from outermost to innermost
+   * @return an iceberg view
+   */
+  View loadView(TableIdentifier identifier, List<TableIdentifier> referencedBy);
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/ViewSessionCatalog.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/ViewSessionCatalog.java
index 0e195665f3c2..031c51d1461a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/ViewSessionCatalog.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/ViewSessionCatalog.java
@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ public interface ViewSessionCatalog {
    */
   View loadView(SessionCatalog.SessionContext context, TableIdentifier identifier);
 
+  /**
+   * Load a view with the referenced-by view chain.
+   *
+   * @param context session context
+   * @param identifier a view identifier
+   * @param referencedBy ordered list of view identifiers from outermost to innermost
+   * @return instance of {@link View} implementation referred by the identifier
+   * @throws NoSuchViewException if the view does not exist
+   */
+  default View loadView(
+      SessionCatalog.SessionContext context,
+      TableIdentifier identifier,
+      List<TableIdentifier> referencedBy) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Loading a view with referenced-by is not supported");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check whether view exists.
    *