diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index 8bdf0f78eed..f45958f4a00 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ New Features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 - Expose :py:class:`~xarray.indexes.RangeIndex`, and :py:class:`~xarray.indexes.CoordinateTransformIndex` as public api
   under the ``xarray.indexes`` namespace. By `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian>`_.
+- Support zarr-python's new ``.supports_consolidated_metadata`` store property (:pull:`10457``).
+  by Tom Nicholas <https://github.com/TomNicholas>`_.
 - Better error messages when encoding data to be written to disk fails (:pull:`10464`).
   By `Stephan Hoyer <https://github.com/shoyer>`_
 
diff --git a/xarray/backends/zarr.py b/xarray/backends/zarr.py
index fff07063964..48405b906cd 100644
--- a/xarray/backends/zarr.py
+++ b/xarray/backends/zarr.py
@@ -1768,6 +1768,11 @@ def _get_open_params(
     else:
         missing_exc = zarr.errors.GroupNotFoundError
 
+    if _zarr_v3():
+        # zarr 3.0.8 and earlier did not support this property - it was effectively assumed true
+        if not getattr(store, "supports_consolidated_metadata", True):
+            consolidated = consolidate_on_close = False
+
     if consolidated in [None, True]:
         # open the root of the store, in case there is metadata consolidated there
         group = open_kwargs.pop("path")
@@ -1825,6 +1830,7 @@ def _get_open_params(
         else:
             # this was the default for v2 and should apply to most existing Zarr data
             use_zarr_fill_value_as_mask = True
+
     return (
         zarr_group,
         consolidate_on_close,
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_backends.py b/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
index 2c1718cee7a..7bacaf58155 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     requires_scipy,
     requires_scipy_or_netCDF4,
     requires_zarr,
+    requires_zarr_v3,
 )
 from xarray.tests.test_coding_times import (
     _ALL_CALENDARS,
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
 
     if has_zarr_v3:
         from zarr.storage import MemoryStore as KVStore
+        from zarr.storage import WrapperStore
 
         ZARR_FORMATS = [2, 3]
     else:
@@ -127,8 +129,11 @@
             )
         except ImportError:
             KVStore = None  # type: ignore[assignment,misc,unused-ignore]
+
+        WrapperStore = object  # type: ignore[assignment,misc,unused-ignore]
 else:
     KVStore = None  # type: ignore[assignment,misc,unused-ignore]
+    WrapperStore = object  # type: ignore[assignment,misc,unused-ignore]
     ZARR_FORMATS = []
 
 
@@ -2400,12 +2405,13 @@ def test_read_non_consolidated_warning(self) -> None:
             self.save(
                 expected, store_target=store, consolidated=False, **self.version_kwargs
             )
-            with pytest.warns(
-                RuntimeWarning,
-                match="Failed to open Zarr store with consolidated",
-            ):
-                with xr.open_zarr(store, **self.version_kwargs) as ds:
-                    assert_identical(ds, expected)
+            if getattr(store, "supports_consolidated_metadata", True):
+                with pytest.warns(
+                    RuntimeWarning,
+                    match="Failed to open Zarr store with consolidated",
+                ):
+                    with xr.open_zarr(store, **self.version_kwargs) as ds:
+                        assert_identical(ds, expected)
 
     def test_non_existent_store(self) -> None:
         with pytest.raises(
@@ -3756,6 +3762,42 @@ def test_chunk_key_encoding_v2(self) -> None:
                 assert actual["var1"].encoding["chunks"] == (2, 2)
 
 
+class NoConsolidatedMetadataSupportStore(WrapperStore):
+    """
+    Store that explicitly does not support consolidated metadata.
+
+    Useful as a proxy for stores like Icechunk, see https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/3119.
+    """
+
+    supports_consolidated_metadata = False
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        store,
+        *,
+        read_only: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._store = store.with_read_only(read_only=read_only)
+
+    def with_read_only(
+        self, read_only: bool = False
+    ) -> NoConsolidatedMetadataSupportStore:
+        return type(self)(
+            store=self._store,
+            read_only=read_only,
+        )
+
+
+@requires_zarr_v3
+class TestZarrNoConsolidatedMetadataSupport(ZarrBase):
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def create_zarr_target(self):
+        # TODO the zarr version would need to be >3.08 for the supports_consolidated_metadata property to have any effect
+        yield NoConsolidatedMetadataSupportStore(
+            zarr.storage.MemoryStore({}, read_only=False)
+        )
+
+
 @requires_zarr
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     ON_WINDOWS,