diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/UnboundPredicate.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/UnboundPredicate.java
index 75ca9d5835bc..75580c1225c6 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/UnboundPredicate.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/UnboundPredicate.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import org.apache.iceberg.transforms.Transforms;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Type;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.TypeUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types;
@@ -207,10 +208,42 @@ private Expression bindLiteralOperation(BoundTerm<T> boundTerm) {
       }
     }
 
-    // TODO: translate truncate(col) == value to startsWith(value)
+    Expression boundTransformExpression = bindTransformExpression(boundTerm, lit);
+    if (boundTransformExpression != null) {
+      return boundTransformExpression;
+    }
+
     return new BoundLiteralPredicate<>(op(), boundTerm, lit);
   }
 
+  private Expression bindTransformExpression(BoundTerm<T> boundTerm, Literal<T> lit) {
+    if (op() == Operation.EQ
+        && boundTerm instanceof BoundTransform
+        && boundTerm.type().equals(Types.StringType.get())) {
+      BoundTransform<?, ?> boundTransform = (BoundTransform<?, ?>) boundTerm;
+      Integer width = Transforms.truncateWidth(boundTransform.transform());
+      if (width == null) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      String value = lit.value().toString();
+      int length = value.codePointCount(0, value.length());
+      if (length == width) {
+        return startsWithPredicate(boundTransform.ref(), lit);
+      } else if (length > width) {
+        return Expressions.alwaysFalse();
+      }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  private Expression startsWithPredicate(BoundReference<?> ref, Literal<T> lit) {
+    return new BoundLiteralPredicate<>(
+        Operation.STARTS_WITH, (BoundReference<CharSequence>) ref, (Literal<CharSequence>) lit);
+  }
+
   private Expression bindInOperation(BoundTerm<T> boundTerm) {
     List<Literal<T>> convertedLiterals =
         Lists.newArrayList(
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/Transforms.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/Transforms.java
index a3a6a3f6321d..e2fe8e044896 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/Transforms.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/Transforms.java
@@ -271,6 +271,20 @@ public static <T> Transform<T, T> truncate(int width) {
     return Truncate.get(width);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the width of a truncate transform, or null if the transform is not truncate.
+   *
+   * @param transform a transform
+   * @return the width of the truncate transform, or null
+   */
+  public static Integer truncateWidth(Transform<?, ?> transform) {
+    if (transform instanceof Truncate) {
+      return ((Truncate<?>) transform).width();
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a {@link Transform} that always produces null.
    *
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionBinding.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionBinding.java
index 24e58ad1e808..25a4563ed785 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionBinding.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionBinding.java
@@ -230,6 +230,44 @@ public void testTransformExpressionBinding() {
         .hasToString("bucket[16]");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testTruncateStringEqualBinding() {
+    Expression bound = Binder.bind(STRUCT, equal(truncate("data", 3), "abc"));
+    TestHelpers.assertAllReferencesBound("TruncateEquals", bound);
+    BoundPredicate<?> pred = TestHelpers.assertAndUnwrap(bound);
+    assertThat(pred.op()).isEqualTo(Expression.Operation.STARTS_WITH);
+    assertThat(pred.term()).isInstanceOf(BoundReference.class);
+    assertThat(pred.term().ref().fieldId()).isEqualTo(3);
+    assertThat(pred.asLiteralPredicate().literal().value()).isEqualTo("abc");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testTruncateStringEqualBindingWithUnicode() {
+    Expression bound = Binder.bind(STRUCT, equal(truncate("data", 2), "a😀"));
+    TestHelpers.assertAllReferencesBound("TruncateEquals", bound);
+    BoundPredicate<?> pred = TestHelpers.assertAndUnwrap(bound);
+    assertThat(pred.op()).isEqualTo(Expression.Operation.STARTS_WITH);
+    assertThat(pred.term()).isInstanceOf(BoundReference.class);
+    assertThat(pred.term().ref().fieldId()).isEqualTo(3);
+    assertThat(pred.asLiteralPredicate().literal().value()).isEqualTo("a😀");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testTruncateStringEqualBindingWithShortLiteral() {
+    Expression bound = Binder.bind(STRUCT, equal(truncate("data", 3), "ab"));
+    TestHelpers.assertAllReferencesBound("TruncateEquals", bound);
+    BoundPredicate<?> pred = TestHelpers.assertAndUnwrap(bound);
+    assertThat(pred.op()).isEqualTo(Expression.Operation.EQ);
+    assertThat(pred.term()).isInstanceOf(BoundTransform.class);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testTruncateStringEqualBindingWithLongLiteral() {
+    assertThat(Binder.bind(STRUCT, equal(truncate("data", 3), "abcd")))
+        .as("A truncate result cannot be longer than the truncate width")
+        .isEqualTo(alwaysFalse());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testIsNullWithUnknown() {
     Expression bound = Binder.bind(STRUCT, isNull("always_null"));
diff --git a/data/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/TestMetricsRowGroupFilter.java b/data/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/TestMetricsRowGroupFilter.java
index 3cb46b309d82..1262fdc7c4a5 100644
--- a/data/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/TestMetricsRowGroupFilter.java
+++ b/data/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/TestMetricsRowGroupFilter.java
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ public void testTransformFilter() {
     assumeThat(format).isEqualTo(FileFormat.PARQUET);
 
     boolean shouldRead =
-        new ParquetMetricsRowGroupFilter(SCHEMA, equal(truncate("required", 2), "some_value"), true)
+        new ParquetMetricsRowGroupFilter(SCHEMA, equal(truncate("required", 2), "s"), true)
             .shouldRead(parquetSchema, rowGroupMetadata);
     assertThat(shouldRead)
         .as("Should read: filter contains non-reference evaluate as True")
diff --git a/parquet/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/TestDictionaryRowGroupFilter.java b/parquet/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/TestDictionaryRowGroupFilter.java
index 22f8068c0fa3..e48e9e046f01 100644
--- a/parquet/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/TestDictionaryRowGroupFilter.java
+++ b/parquet/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/TestDictionaryRowGroupFilter.java
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ SCHEMA, greaterThanOrEqual("decimal_fixed", BigDecimal.ZERO))
   @TestTemplate
   public void testTransformFilter() {
     boolean shouldRead =
-        new ParquetDictionaryRowGroupFilter(SCHEMA, equal(truncate("required", 2), "some_value"))
+        new ParquetDictionaryRowGroupFilter(SCHEMA, equal(truncate("required", 2), "s"))
             .shouldRead(parquetSchema, rowGroupMetadata, dictionaryStore);
     assertThat(shouldRead)
         .as("Should read: filter contains non-reference evaluate as True")