diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-add-gssapi-auth.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-add-gssapi-auth.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d0c03bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-add-gssapi-auth.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Add `gssapi` authentication method backed by trino-python-client's `GSSAPIAuthentication` class. Supports `kinit`-style credential cache auth in addition to keytab, and exposes mutual_authentication as a case-insensitive string ("REQUIRED" | "OPTIONAL" | "DISABLED").
+time: 2026-05-07T06:50:38.855Z
+custom:
+  Author: hb1915
+  Issue: ""
+  PR: ""
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/trino/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/trino/connections.py
index 3b89aa20..6c63491b 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/trino/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/trino/connections.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ def _create_trino_profile(cls, profile):
                 return TrinoCertificateCredentials
             elif method == "kerberos":
                 return TrinoKerberosCredentials
+            elif method == "gssapi":
+                return TrinoGssapiCredentials
             elif method == "jwt":
                 return TrinoJwtCredentials
             elif method == "oauth":
@@ -223,6 +225,75 @@ def trino_auth(self):
         )
 
 
+# Mapping from human-readable mutual-authentication mode (used in dbt profiles)
+# to trino-python-client's integer constants. Kept module-level so it's exposed
+# for tests and for any future auth methods that need the same translation.
+_GSSAPI_MUTUAL_AUTH_VALUES = {
+    "REQUIRED": trino.auth.GSSAPIAuthentication.MUTUAL_REQUIRED,
+    "OPTIONAL": trino.auth.GSSAPIAuthentication.MUTUAL_OPTIONAL,
+    "DISABLED": trino.auth.GSSAPIAuthentication.MUTUAL_DISABLED,
+}
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TrinoGssapiCredentials(TrinoCredentials):
+    host: str
+    port: Port
+    user: str
+    client_tags: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    roles: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+    principal: Optional[str] = None
+    krb5_config: Optional[str] = None
+    service_name: Optional[str] = None
+    # One of "REQUIRED", "OPTIONAL", "DISABLED" (case-insensitive). Defaults to
+    # "DISABLED" to match trino-python-client's GSSAPIAuthentication default.
+    mutual_authentication: Optional[str] = "DISABLED"
+    cert: Optional[Union[str, bool]] = None
+    http_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+    force_preemptive: Optional[bool] = False
+    hostname_override: Optional[str] = None
+    sanitize_mutual_error_response: Optional[bool] = True
+    delegate: Optional[bool] = False
+    session_properties: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    prepared_statements_enabled: bool = PREPARED_STATEMENTS_ENABLED_DEFAULT
+    retries: Optional[int] = trino.constants.DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS
+    timezone: Optional[str] = None
+    suppress_cert_warning: Optional[bool] = None
+
+    @property
+    def http_scheme(self):
+        return HttpScheme.HTTPS
+
+    @property
+    def method(self):
+        return "gssapi"
+
+    def trino_auth(self):
+        return trino.auth.GSSAPIAuthentication(
+            config=self.krb5_config,
+            service_name=self.service_name,
+            mutual_authentication=self._resolve_mutual_authentication(),
+            force_preemptive=self.force_preemptive,
+            hostname_override=self.hostname_override,
+            sanitize_mutual_error_response=self.sanitize_mutual_error_response,
+            principal=self.principal,
+            delegate=self.delegate,
+            ca_bundle=self.cert,
+        )
+
+    def _resolve_mutual_authentication(self) -> int:
+        value = (self.mutual_authentication or "DISABLED").upper()
+        try:
+            return _GSSAPI_MUTUAL_AUTH_VALUES[value]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise DbtRuntimeError(
+                "Invalid mutual_authentication value {!r}. "
+                "Expected one of: REQUIRED, OPTIONAL, DISABLED.".format(
+                    self.mutual_authentication
+                )
+            )
+
+
 @dataclass
 class TrinoJwtCredentials(TrinoCredentials):
     host: str
diff --git a/dbt/include/trino/sample_profiles.yml b/dbt/include/trino/sample_profiles.yml
index 4f0639b4..c863dead 100644
--- a/dbt/include/trino/sample_profiles.yml
+++ b/dbt/include/trino/sample_profiles.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ default:
 
     dev:
       type: trino
-      method: none  # optional, one of {none | ldap | kerberos}
+      method: none  # optional, one of {none | ldap | kerberos | gssapi | jwt | certificate | oauth | oauth_console}
       user: [dev_user]
       password: [password]  # required if method is ldap or kerberos
       database: [database name]
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ default:
 
     prod:
       type: trino
-      method: none  # optional, one of {none | ldap | kerberos}
+      method: none  # optional, one of {none | ldap | kerberos | gssapi | jwt | certificate | oauth | oauth_console}
       user: [prod_user]
       password: [prod_password]  # required if method is ldap or kerberos
       database: [database name]
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_adapter.py b/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
index c389bc84..70baa994 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.trino.connections import (
     HttpScheme,
     TrinoCertificateCredentials,
+    TrinoGssapiCredentials,
     TrinoJwtCredentials,
     TrinoKerberosCredentials,
     TrinoLdapCredentials,
@@ -320,6 +321,73 @@ def test_kerberos_authentication(self):
         self.assertEqual(credentials.timezone, "UTC")
         self.assertEqual(credentials.suppress_cert_warning, False)
 
+
+    def test_gssapi_authentication(self):
+        connection = self.acquire_connection_with_profile(
+            {
+                "type": "trino",
+                "catalog": "trinodb",
+                "host": "database",
+                "port": 5439,
+                "method": "gssapi",
+                "schema": "dbt_test_schema",
+                "user": "trino_user",
+                "principal": "trino_user@EXAMPLE.COM",
+                "krb5_config": "/etc/krb5.conf",
+                "service_name": "trino",
+                "hostname_override": "database.example.com",
+                "mutual_authentication": "OPTIONAL",
+                "force_preemptive": True,
+                "delegate": True,
+                "cert": "/path/to/cert",
+                "client_tags": ["dev", "gssapi"],
+                "http_headers": {"X-Trino-Client-Info": "dbt-trino"},
+                "session_properties": {
+                    "query_max_run_time": "4h",
+                    "exchange_compression": True,
+                },
+                "timezone": "UTC",
+                "suppress_cert_warning": False,
+            }
+        )
+        credentials = connection.credentials
+        self.assertIsInstance(credentials, TrinoGssapiCredentials)
+        self.assert_default_connection_credentials(credentials)
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.http_scheme, HttpScheme.HTTPS)
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.cert, "/path/to/cert")
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.client_tags, ["dev", "gssapi"])
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.principal, "trino_user@EXAMPLE.COM")
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.service_name, "trino")
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.hostname_override, "database.example.com")
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.mutual_authentication, "OPTIONAL")
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.force_preemptive, True)
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.delegate, True)
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.timezone, "UTC")
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.suppress_cert_warning, False)
+        import trino.auth
+        self.assertEqual(
+            credentials._resolve_mutual_authentication(),
+            trino.auth.GSSAPIAuthentication.MUTUAL_OPTIONAL,
+        )
+
+    def test_gssapi_authentication_default_mutual_authentication(self):
+        credentials = TrinoGssapiCredentials(
+            host="h", port=443, user="u", database="db", schema="s"
+        )
+        import trino.auth
+        self.assertEqual(
+            credentials._resolve_mutual_authentication(),
+            trino.auth.GSSAPIAuthentication.MUTUAL_DISABLED,
+        )
+
+    def test_gssapi_authentication_invalid_mutual_authentication(self):
+        credentials = TrinoGssapiCredentials(
+            host="h", port=443, user="u", database="db", schema="s",
+            mutual_authentication="bogus",
+        )
+        with self.assertRaises(DbtRuntimeError):
+            credentials._resolve_mutual_authentication()
+
     def test_certificate_authentication(self):
         connection = self.acquire_connection_with_profile(
             {