diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/source/IcebergScanNode.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/source/IcebergScanNode.java
index 382d058d3dc1d6..fb3d746fb1076a 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/source/IcebergScanNode.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/source/IcebergScanNode.java
@@ -586,15 +586,24 @@ public long getCountFromSnapshot() throws UserException {
             return 0;
         }
 
-        // `TOTAL_POSITION_DELETES` is need to 0,
-        // because prevent 'dangling delete' problem after `rewrite_data_files`
-        // ref: https://iceberg.apache.org/docs/nightly/spark-procedures/#rewrite_position_delete_files
         Map<String, String> summary = snapshot.summary();
-        if (!summary.get(IcebergUtils.TOTAL_EQUALITY_DELETES).equals("0")
-                || !summary.get(IcebergUtils.TOTAL_POSITION_DELETES).equals("0")) {
+        if (!summary.get(IcebergUtils.TOTAL_EQUALITY_DELETES).equals("0")) {
+            // has equality delete files, can not push down count
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        long deleteCount = Long.parseLong(summary.get(IcebergUtils.TOTAL_POSITION_DELETES));
+        if (deleteCount == 0) {
+            // no delete files, can push down count directly
+            return Long.parseLong(summary.get(IcebergUtils.TOTAL_RECORDS));
+        }
+        if (sessionVariable.ignoreIcebergDanglingDelete) {
+            // has position delete files, if we ignore dangling delete, can push down count
+            return Long.parseLong(summary.get(IcebergUtils.TOTAL_RECORDS)) - deleteCount;
+        } else {
+            // otherwise, can not push down count
             return -1;
         }
-        return Long.parseLong(summary.get(IcebergUtils.TOTAL_RECORDS));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/qe/SessionVariable.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/qe/SessionVariable.java
index ec7a4f4a25b610..848eb619299b99 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/qe/SessionVariable.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/qe/SessionVariable.java
@@ -3121,6 +3121,19 @@ public boolean isEnableESParallelScroll() {
     )
     public boolean useV3StorageFormat = false;
 
+    public static final String IGNORE_ICEBERG_DANGLING_DELETE = "ignore_iceberg_dangling_delete";
+    @VariableMgr.VarAttr(name = IGNORE_ICEBERG_DANGLING_DELETE,
+            description = {"是否忽略 Iceberg 表中 dangling delete 文件对 COUNT(*) 统计信息的影响。"
+                    + "默认为 true，COUNT(*) 会直接从元信息中获取行数，性能更好，但是如果有 dangling delete，结果可能是不准确的。"
+                    + "设置为 false 时，COUNT(*) 会扫描数据文件以排除 dangling delete 文件的影响。",
+                    " Whether to ignore the impact of dangling delete files in Iceberg tables on COUNT(*) statistics. "
+                            + "The default is true, COUNT(*) will directly obtain the number of rows from metadata, "
+                            + "which has better performance, but if there are dangling deletes, "
+                            + "the result may be inaccurate. "
+                            + "When set to false, COUNT(*) will scan data files "
+                            + "to exclude the impact of dangling delete files."})
+    public boolean ignoreIcebergDanglingDelete = false;
+
     // If this fe is in fuzzy mode, then will use initFuzzyModeVariables to generate some variables,
     // not the default value set in the code.
     @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:Indentation")
diff --git a/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_optimize_count.out b/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_optimize_count.out
index 20d03ad9c06bec..a64d8480129d8b 100644
--- a/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_optimize_count.out
+++ b/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_optimize_count.out
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@
 -- !q09 --
 2
 
+-- !sql_count1 --
+2
+
+-- !sql_count1 --
+1
+
diff --git a/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_optimize_count.groovy b/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_optimize_count.groovy
index 0f1f5535c058e9..4815de33584b5a 100644
--- a/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_optimize_count.groovy
+++ b/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/iceberg/test_iceberg_optimize_count.groovy
@@ -162,10 +162,19 @@ suite("test_iceberg_optimize_count", "p0,external,doris,external_docker,external
 
         qt_q09 """${sqlstr5}""" 
 
+        sql """ set ignore_iceberg_dangling_delete=false"""
         explain {
             sql("""${sqlstr5}""")
             contains """pushdown agg=COUNT (-1)"""
         }
+        qt_sql_count1 """select count(*) from ${catalog_name}.test_db.dangling_delete_after_write;"""
+
+        sql """ set ignore_iceberg_dangling_delete=true"""
+        explain {
+            sql("""${sqlstr5}""")
+            contains """pushdown agg=COUNT (1)"""
+        }
+        qt_sql_count1 """select count(*) from ${catalog_name}.test_db.dangling_delete_after_write;"""
 
     } finally {
         sql """ set enable_count_push_down_for_external_table=true; """