diff --git a/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/opener/mod.rs b/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/opener/mod.rs
index af97a192fa7ce..3b08e7dc49b9c 100644
--- a/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/opener/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/opener/mod.rs
@@ -1147,16 +1147,28 @@ impl FiltersPreparedParquetOpen {
 impl RowGroupsPrunedParquetOpen {
     /// Load the page index if pruning requires it and metadata did not include it.
     async fn load_page_index(mut self) -> Result<Self> {
-        self.prepared.loaded.reader_metadata = load_page_index(
+        let options = self
+            .prepared
+            .loaded
+            .options
+            .clone()
+            .with_page_index_policy(PageIndexPolicy::Optional);
+        let reader_metadata = load_page_index(
             self.prepared.loaded.reader_metadata.clone(),
             &mut self.prepared.loaded.prepared.async_file_reader,
-            self.prepared
-                .loaded
-                .options
-                .clone()
-                .with_page_index_policy(PageIndexPolicy::Optional),
+            options.clone(),
         )
         .await?;
+        self.prepared
+            .loaded
+            .prepared
+            .parquet_file_reader_factory
+            .cache_metadata(
+                &self.prepared.loaded.prepared.partitioned_file,
+                Arc::clone(reader_metadata.metadata()),
+                &options,
+            );
+        self.prepared.loaded.reader_metadata = reader_metadata;
 
         Ok(self)
     }
@@ -3162,6 +3174,92 @@ mod test {
         );
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_deferred_page_index_is_cached() {
+        use parquet::file::properties::WriterProperties;
+
+        let store = Arc::new(InMemory::new()) as Arc<dyn ObjectStore>;
+        let metadata_cache: Arc<FileMetadataCache> =
+            Arc::new(DefaultCache::<Path, CachedFileMetadataEntry>::new(
+                64 * 1024 * 1024,
+            ));
+        let values: Vec<i32> = (1..=100).collect();
+        let batch = record_batch!((
+            "a",
+            Int32,
+            values.iter().map(|v| Some(*v)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        let props = WriterProperties::builder()
+            .set_data_page_row_count_limit(10)
+            .set_write_batch_size(10)
+            .build();
+        let schema = batch.schema();
+        let data_len = write_parquet_batches(
+            Arc::clone(&store),
+            "test.parquet",
+            vec![batch],
+            Some(props),
+        )
+        .await;
+        let file = PartitionedFile::new(
+            "test.parquet".to_string(),
+            u64::try_from(data_len).unwrap(),
+        );
+        let predicate = logical2physical(&col("a").gt(lit(90i32)), &schema);
+
+        let morselizer = ParquetMorselizerBuilder::new()
+            .with_store(Arc::clone(&store))
+            .with_schema(Arc::clone(&schema))
+            .with_predicate(Arc::clone(&predicate))
+            .with_enable_page_index(true)
+            .with_pushdown_filters(false)
+            .with_row_group_stats_pruning(false)
+            .with_parquet_file_reader_factory(Arc::new(
+                CachedParquetFileReaderFactory::new(
+                    Arc::clone(&store),
+                    Arc::clone(&metadata_cache),
+                ),
+            ))
+            .build();
+
+        let (_, rows) =
+            count_batches_and_rows(open_file(&morselizer, file.clone()).await.unwrap())
+                .await;
+        assert_eq!(rows, 10);
+
+        let cached = metadata_cache
+            .get(&Path::from("test.parquet"))
+            .expect("metadata cache should contain the file");
+        let page_index_cached = cached.file_metadata.extra_info();
+        assert_eq!(
+            page_index_cached.get("page_index").map(String::as_str),
+            Some("true"),
+            "deferred page index should be written back to the metadata cache"
+        );
+
+        let second_metrics = ExecutionPlanMetricsSet::new();
+        let second_morselizer = ParquetMorselizerBuilder::new()
+            .with_store(Arc::clone(&store))
+            .with_schema(schema)
+            .with_predicate(predicate)
+            .with_enable_page_index(true)
+            .with_pushdown_filters(false)
+            .with_row_group_stats_pruning(false)
+            .with_metrics(second_metrics.clone())
+            .with_parquet_file_reader_factory(Arc::new(
+                CachedParquetFileReaderFactory::new(store, metadata_cache),
+            ))
+            .build();
+
+        let _stream = open_file(&second_morselizer, file).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            counter_metric_value(&second_metrics, "bytes_scanned"),
+            0,
+            "reopening the file should reuse the cached page index"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_page_index_loaded_when_not_fully_matched() {
         use parquet::file::properties::WriterProperties;
diff --git a/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/reader.rs b/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/reader.rs
index 4df636b894940..64681e7016424 100644
--- a/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/reader.rs
+++ b/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/reader.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use crate::metadata::DFParquetMetadata;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use datafusion_common::HashMap;
 use datafusion_datasource::PartitionedFile;
+use datafusion_execution::cache::cache_manager::CachedFileMetadataEntry;
 use datafusion_execution::cache::cache_manager::FileMetadata;
 use datafusion_execution::cache::cache_manager::FileMetadataCache;
 use datafusion_physical_plan::metrics::ExecutionPlanMetricsSet;
@@ -66,6 +67,20 @@ pub trait ParquetFileReaderFactory: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static {
         metadata_size_hint: Option<usize>,
         metrics: &ExecutionPlanMetricsSet,
     ) -> datafusion_common::Result<Box<dyn AsyncFileReader + Send>>;
+
+    /// Stores metadata loaded after the initial metadata request, if this
+    /// factory has a metadata cache.
+    ///
+    /// The default implementation does nothing because most factories do not
+    /// cache metadata. Implementations that do cache metadata can override
+    /// this hook so deferred page-index loads are available to later readers.
+    fn cache_metadata(
+        &self,
+        _partitioned_file: &PartitionedFile,
+        _metadata: Arc<ParquetMetaData>,
+        _options: &ArrowReaderOptions,
+    ) {
+    }
 }
 
 /// Default implementation of [`ParquetFileReaderFactory`]
@@ -232,6 +247,28 @@ impl ParquetFileReaderFactory for CachedParquetFileReaderFactory {
             metadata_size_hint,
         )))
     }
+
+    fn cache_metadata(
+        &self,
+        partitioned_file: &PartitionedFile,
+        metadata: Arc<ParquetMetaData>,
+        options: &ArrowReaderOptions,
+    ) {
+        #[cfg(feature = "parquet_encryption")]
+        if options.file_decryption_properties().is_some() {
+            return;
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "parquet_encryption"))]
+        let _ = options;
+
+        self.metadata_cache.put(
+            &partitioned_file.object_meta.location,
+            CachedFileMetadataEntry::new(
+                partitioned_file.object_meta.clone(),
+                Arc::new(crate::metadata::CachedParquetMetaData::new(metadata)),
+            ),
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 /// Implements [`AsyncFileReader`] for a Parquet file in object storage. Reads the file metadata