diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hadoop/HadoopStreams.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hadoop/HadoopStreams.java
index 44023326a0cf..f9b43b684666 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hadoop/HadoopStreams.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hadoop/HadoopStreams.java
@@ -187,6 +187,17 @@ public void flush() throws IOException {
     public void close() throws IOException {
       stream.close();
       this.closed = true;
+      // {@link org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3ABlockOutputStream#close()} calls {@link
+      // org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3ABlockOutputStream#putObject()}
+      // which doesn't throw an exception when interrupted.
+      // Need to check the interrupted flag to detect failed object upload
+      // and propagate the error up.
+      if (Thread.interrupted()
+          && "org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3ABlockOutputStream"
+              .equals(stream.getWrappedStream().getClass().getName())) {
+        throw new IOException(
+            "S3ABlockOutputStream failed to upload object after stream was closed");
+      }
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:NoFinalizer")
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63bddf7b79c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * 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.hadoop.fs.s3a;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+
+/** mock class for testing hadoop s3a writer */
+public class S3ABlockOutputStream extends OutputStream {
+  public ExecutorService mockCloseService;
+  public Future<?> mockUploadOnClose;
+
+  public S3ABlockOutputStream() {
+    mockCloseService = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void write(int b) throws IOException {
+    throw new IOException("mocked class, do not use");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void close() throws IOException {
+    try {
+      mockUploadOnClose =
+          mockCloseService.submit(
+              () -> {
+                try {
+                  Thread.sleep(30 * 1000);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                  // ignore
+                }
+              });
+      mockUploadOnClose.get();
+    } catch (CancellationException | InterruptedException e) {
+      // mock interrupt in S3ABlockOutputStream#putObject
+      Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+    super.close();
+  }
+
+  public void interruptClose() {
+    mockUploadOnClose.cancel(true);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hadoop/TestHadoopStreams.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hadoop/TestHadoopStreams.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09b478e4a6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hadoop/TestHadoopStreams.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * 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.hadoop;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3ABlockOutputStream;
+import org.apache.iceberg.io.PositionOutputStream;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class TestHadoopStreams {
+
+  @Test
+  void closeShouldThrowIOExceptionWhenInterrupted() throws Exception {
+
+    S3ABlockOutputStream s3ABlockOutputStream = new S3ABlockOutputStream();
+    FSDataOutputStream fsDataOutputStream = new FSDataOutputStream(s3ABlockOutputStream, null);
+    PositionOutputStream wrap = HadoopStreams.wrap(fsDataOutputStream);
+    // interrupt mock upload on close after a delay
+    Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor()
+        .execute(
+            () -> {
+              try {
+                Thread.sleep(1000);
+              } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+              }
+              s3ABlockOutputStream.interruptClose();
+            });
+
+    Assertions.assertThatThrownBy(wrap::close)
+        .isInstanceOf(IOException.class)
+        .hasMessage("S3ABlockOutputStream failed to upload object after stream was closed");
+  }
+}