diff --git a/docker/iceberg-rest-fixture/README.md b/docker/iceberg-rest-fixture/README.md
index 3805cc2468cb..57c6ef181f8d 100644
--- a/docker/iceberg-rest-fixture/README.md
+++ b/docker/iceberg-rest-fixture/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,38 @@ For converting different catalog implementations into a rest one.
 Adapter for wrapping the existing catalog backends over REST.
 
 
+## Configuration
+
+All configuration is provided via environment variables.
+
+### Catalog name
+
+By default, the fixture serves a catalog named `rest_backend`. To match a
+name expected by a specific engine (for example, a catalog created via Trino
+or PyIceberg), set:
+
+```bash
+docker run -e CATALOG_NAME=mycatalog -p 8181:8181 apache/iceberg-rest-fixture
+```
+
+### Backend catalog properties
+
+All other catalog properties can be set via `CATALOG_*` environment variables.
+The `CATALOG_` prefix is stripped; single underscores become dots (`.`);
+double underscores become dashes (`-`). Names are lowercased.
+
+| Env var | Catalog property |
+|---|---|
+| `CATALOG_WAREHOUSE` | `warehouse` |
+| `CATALOG_URI` | `uri` |
+| `CATALOG_CATALOG__IMPL` | `catalog-impl` |
+| `CATALOG_IO__IMPL` | `io-impl` |
+| `CATALOG_JDBC_USER` | `jdbc.user` |
+
+If `catalog-impl` and `uri` are unset, the fixture defaults to an in-memory
+SQLite `JdbcCatalog`.
+
+
 ## Build the Docker Image
 
 When making changes to the local files and test them out, you can build the image locally:
diff --git a/open-api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/TestRESTCatalogServer.java b/open-api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/TestRESTCatalogServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f789fd9ab1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/TestRESTCatalogServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * 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.rest;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class TestRESTCatalogServer {
+
+  @Test
+  void resolvesCatalogNameFromEnvWhenUnset() {
+    Map<String, String> props = Maps.newHashMap();
+    Map<String, String> env = Map.of(RESTCatalogServer.CATALOG_NAME_ENV, "mycatalog");
+
+    RESTCatalogServer.resolveCatalogNameFromEnv(props, env);
+
+    assertThat(props).containsEntry(RESTCatalogServer.CATALOG_NAME, "mycatalog");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void preservesExistingCatalogNameProperty() {
+    Map<String, String> props = Maps.newHashMap();
+    props.put(RESTCatalogServer.CATALOG_NAME, "explicit");
+    Map<String, String> env = Map.of(RESTCatalogServer.CATALOG_NAME_ENV, "from_env");
+
+    RESTCatalogServer.resolveCatalogNameFromEnv(props, env);
+
+    assertThat(props).containsEntry(RESTCatalogServer.CATALOG_NAME, "explicit");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void ignoresMissingEnvVar() {
+    Map<String, String> props = Maps.newHashMap();
+
+    RESTCatalogServer.resolveCatalogNameFromEnv(props, Map.of());
+
+    assertThat(props).doesNotContainKey(RESTCatalogServer.CATALOG_NAME);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void ignoresEmptyEnvVar() {
+    Map<String, String> props = Maps.newHashMap();
+    Map<String, String> env = Map.of(RESTCatalogServer.CATALOG_NAME_ENV, "");
+
+    RESTCatalogServer.resolveCatalogNameFromEnv(props, env);
+
+    assertThat(props).doesNotContainKey(RESTCatalogServer.CATALOG_NAME);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/open-api/src/testFixtures/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/RESTCatalogServer.java b/open-api/src/testFixtures/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/RESTCatalogServer.java
index 2e4541b50b33..5a0bdcf28807 100644
--- a/open-api/src/testFixtures/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/RESTCatalogServer.java
+++ b/open-api/src/testFixtures/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/RESTCatalogServer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.CatalogUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Catalog;
 import org.apache.iceberg.jdbc.JdbcCatalog;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import org.apache.iceberg.util.PropertyUtil;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.compression.gzip.GzipCompression;
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ public class RESTCatalogServer {
 
   public static final String CATALOG_NAME = "catalog.name";
   static final String CATALOG_NAME_DEFAULT = "rest_backend";
+  // The generic CATALOG_* → property scheme in RCKUtils.environmentCatalogConfig
+  // translates CATALOG_NAME to the property "name" (not "catalog.name"), so we
+  // resolve this convenience env var explicitly.
+  static final String CATALOG_NAME_ENV = "CATALOG_NAME";
 
   private Server httpServer;
   private final Map<String, String> config;
@@ -98,6 +103,8 @@ private CatalogContext initializeBackendCatalog() throws IOException {
       LOG.info("No warehouse location set. Defaulting to temp location: {}", warehouseLocation);
     }
 
+    resolveCatalogNameFromEnv(catalogProperties, System.getenv());
+
     String catalogName =
         PropertyUtil.propertyAsString(catalogProperties, CATALOG_NAME, CATALOG_NAME_DEFAULT);
 
@@ -107,6 +114,15 @@ private CatalogContext initializeBackendCatalog() throws IOException {
         catalogProperties);
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static void resolveCatalogNameFromEnv(
+      Map<String, String> catalogProperties, Map<String, String> env) {
+    String catalogNameFromEnv = env.get(CATALOG_NAME_ENV);
+    if (catalogNameFromEnv != null && !catalogNameFromEnv.isEmpty()) {
+      catalogProperties.putIfAbsent(CATALOG_NAME, catalogNameFromEnv);
+    }
+  }
+
   public void start(boolean join) throws Exception {
     CatalogContext catalogContext = initializeBackendCatalog();