diff --git a/.palantir/revapi.yml b/.palantir/revapi.yml
index e523814fe3b4..dda5da78e311 100644
--- a/.palantir/revapi.yml
+++ b/.palantir/revapi.yml
@@ -781,6 +781,10 @@ acceptedBreaks:
     - code: "java.class.removed"
       old: "interface org.apache.iceberg.view.SQLViewRepresentation"
       justification: "Moving from iceberg-api to iceberg-core"
+    - code: "java.method.addedToInterface"
+      new: "method org.apache.iceberg.DeleteFiles org.apache.iceberg.DeleteFiles::validateFilesExist()"
+      justification: "Adding validateFilesExist API for validating files exist when\
+        \ commiting DeleteFiles"
     - code: "java.method.addedToInterface"
       new: "method org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Namespace org.apache.iceberg.view.ViewVersion::defaultNamespace()"
       justification: "Acceptable break due to updating View APIs and the View Spec"
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/DeleteFiles.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/DeleteFiles.java
index 74d31a6dad81..8ee9362e40ba 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/DeleteFiles.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/DeleteFiles.java
@@ -81,4 +81,12 @@ default DeleteFiles deleteFile(DataFile file) {
    * @return this for method chaining
    */
   DeleteFiles caseSensitive(boolean caseSensitive);
+
+  /**
+   * Enables validation that any files that are part of the deletion still exist when committing the
+   * operation.
+   *
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  DeleteFiles validateFilesExist();
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/StreamingDelete.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/StreamingDelete.java
index 8ff7bb831ec9..df5a11bf31c5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/StreamingDelete.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/StreamingDelete.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
  * CommitFailedException}.
  */
 public class StreamingDelete extends MergingSnapshotProducer<DeleteFiles> implements DeleteFiles {
+  private boolean validateFilesToDeleteExist = false;
+
   protected StreamingDelete(String tableName, TableOperations ops) {
     super(tableName, ops);
   }
@@ -60,9 +62,22 @@ public StreamingDelete deleteFromRowFilter(Expression expr) {
     return this;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public DeleteFiles validateFilesExist() {
+    this.validateFilesToDeleteExist = true;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public StreamingDelete toBranch(String branch) {
     targetBranch(branch);
     return this;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void validate(TableMetadata base, Snapshot parent) {
+    if (validateFilesToDeleteExist) {
+      failMissingDeletePaths();
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestDeleteFiles.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestDeleteFiles.java
index 4e4565306c00..7b771de5903e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestDeleteFiles.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestDeleteFiles.java
@@ -412,6 +412,24 @@ public void testDeleteWithCollision() {
         afterDeletePartitions);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testDeleteValidateFileExistence() {
+    commit(table, table.newFastAppend().appendFile(FILE_B), branch);
+    commit(table, table.newDelete().deleteFile(FILE_B).validateFilesExist(), branch);
+    Assertions.assertThatThrownBy(
+            () -> commit(table, table.newDelete().deleteFile(FILE_B).validateFilesExist(), branch))
+        .isInstanceOf(ValidationException.class);
+    Assertions.assertThat(table.io().newInputFile(FILE_B.path().toString()).exists()).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDeleteFilesNoValidation() {
+    commit(table, table.newFastAppend().appendFile(FILE_B), branch);
+    commit(table, table.newDelete().deleteFile(FILE_B), branch);
+    commit(table, table.newDelete().deleteFile(FILE_B), branch);
+    Assertions.assertThat(table.io().newInputFile(FILE_B.path().toString()).exists()).isFalse();
+  }
+
   private static ByteBuffer longToBuffer(long value) {
     return ByteBuffer.allocate(8).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).putLong(0, value);
   }