diff --git a/Framework/Core/include/Framework/ASoA.h b/Framework/Core/include/Framework/ASoA.h
index ccf2cab5e6807..872f4d9fc5a79 100644
--- a/Framework/Core/include/Framework/ASoA.h
+++ b/Framework/Core/include/Framework/ASoA.h
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
 #include "Framework/ArrowTableSlicingCache.h" // IWYU pragma: export
 #include "Framework/SliceCache.h"             // IWYU pragma: export
 #include "Framework/VariantHelpers.h"         // IWYU pragma: export
-#include <arrow/table.h>                      // IWYU pragma: export
-#include <arrow/array.h>                      // IWYU pragma: export
-#include <arrow/util/config.h>                // IWYU pragma: export
-#include <gandiva/selection_vector.h>         // IWYU pragma: export
-#include <array>                              // IWYU pragma: export
+#include <arrow/array/array_binary.h>
+#include <arrow/table.h>              // IWYU pragma: export
+#include <arrow/array.h>              // IWYU pragma: export
+#include <arrow/util/config.h>        // IWYU pragma: export
+#include <gandiva/selection_vector.h> // IWYU pragma: export
+#include <array>                      // IWYU pragma: export
 #include <cassert>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 #include <concepts>
@@ -579,7 +580,15 @@ class ColumnIterator : ChunkingPolicy
   }
 
   decltype(auto) operator*() const
-    requires((!std::same_as<bool, std::decay_t<T>>) && !std::same_as<arrow_array_for_t<T>, arrow::ListArray>)
+    requires((!std::same_as<bool, std::decay_t<T>>) && std::same_as<arrow_array_for_t<T>, arrow::BinaryViewArray>)
+  {
+    checkSkipChunk();
+    auto array = std::static_pointer_cast<arrow::BinaryViewArray>(mColumn->chunk(mCurrentChunk));
+    return array->GetView(*mCurrentPos - mFirstIndex);
+  }
+
+  decltype(auto) operator*() const
+    requires((!std::same_as<bool, std::decay_t<T>>) && !std::same_as<arrow_array_for_t<T>, arrow::ListArray> && !std::same_as<arrow_array_for_t<T>, arrow::BinaryViewArray>)
   {
     checkSkipChunk();
     return *(mCurrent + (*mCurrentPos >> SCALE_FACTOR));
diff --git a/Framework/Core/include/Framework/ArrowTypes.h b/Framework/Core/include/Framework/ArrowTypes.h
index 69946b6f35a50..6fd70113fede7 100644
--- a/Framework/Core/include/Framework/ArrowTypes.h
+++ b/Framework/Core/include/Framework/ArrowTypes.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #ifndef O2_FRAMEWORK_ARROWTYPES_H
 #define O2_FRAMEWORK_ARROWTYPES_H
 #include "arrow/type_fwd.h"
+#include <span>
 
 namespace o2::soa
 {
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ template <>
 struct arrow_array_for<double> {
   using type = arrow::DoubleArray;
 };
+template <>
+struct arrow_array_for<std::span<std::byte>> {
+  using type = arrow::BinaryViewArray;
+};
 template <int N>
 struct arrow_array_for<float[N]> {
   using type = arrow::FixedSizeListArray;
diff --git a/Framework/Core/include/Framework/TableBuilder.h b/Framework/Core/include/Framework/TableBuilder.h
index eb56791acfd3c..74395a2680077 100644
--- a/Framework/Core/include/Framework/TableBuilder.h
+++ b/Framework/Core/include/Framework/TableBuilder.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ O2_ARROW_STL_CONVERSION(long unsigned, UInt64Type)
 O2_ARROW_STL_CONVERSION(float, FloatType)
 O2_ARROW_STL_CONVERSION(double, DoubleType)
 O2_ARROW_STL_CONVERSION(std::string, StringType)
+O2_ARROW_STL_CONVERSION(std::span<std::byte>, BinaryViewType)
 } // namespace detail
 
 void addLabelToSchema(std::shared_ptr<arrow::Schema>& schema, const char* label);
@@ -274,6 +275,29 @@ struct BuilderMaker<bool> {
   }
 };
 
+template <>
+struct BuilderMaker<std::span<std::byte>> {
+  using FillType = std::span<std::byte>;
+  using STLValueType = std::span<std::byte>;
+  using ArrowType = typename detail::ConversionTraits<std::span<std::byte>>::ArrowType;
+  using BuilderType = typename arrow::TypeTraits<ArrowType>::BuilderType;
+
+  static std::unique_ptr<BuilderType> make(arrow::MemoryPool* pool)
+  {
+    return std::make_unique<BuilderType>(pool);
+  }
+
+  static std::shared_ptr<arrow::DataType> make_datatype()
+  {
+    return arrow::TypeTraits<ArrowType>::type_singleton();
+  }
+
+  static arrow::Status append(BuilderType& builder, std::span<std::byte> value)
+  {
+    return builder.Append((char*)value.data(), (int64_t)value.size());
+  }
+};
+
 template <typename ITERATOR>
 struct BuilderMaker<std::pair<ITERATOR, ITERATOR>> {
   using FillType = std::pair<ITERATOR, ITERATOR>;
@@ -422,6 +446,13 @@ struct DirectInsertion {
     return builder->Append(value);
   }
 
+  template <typename BUILDER>
+    requires std::same_as<std::span<std::byte>, T>
+  arrow::Status append(BUILDER& builder, T value)
+  {
+    return builder->Append((char*)value.data(), (int64_t)value.size());
+  }
+
   template <typename BUILDER>
   arrow::Status flush(BUILDER&)
   {
@@ -569,7 +600,7 @@ template <typename... ARGS>
 using IndexedHoldersTuple = decltype(makeHolderTypes<ARGS...>());
 
 template <typename T>
-concept ShouldNotDeconstruct = std::is_bounded_array_v<T> || std::is_arithmetic_v<T> || framework::is_base_of_template_v<std::vector, T>;
+concept ShouldNotDeconstruct = std::is_bounded_array_v<T> || std::is_arithmetic_v<T> || framework::is_base_of_template_v<std::vector, T> || std::same_as<std::span<std::byte>, T>;
 
 /// Helper class which creates a lambda suitable for building
 /// an arrow table from a tuple. This can be used, for example
diff --git a/Framework/Core/test/test_TableBuilder.cxx b/Framework/Core/test/test_TableBuilder.cxx
index 00cbbbc59b725..02bc8fbe67833 100644
--- a/Framework/Core/test/test_TableBuilder.cxx
+++ b/Framework/Core/test/test_TableBuilder.cxx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2019-2020 CERN and copyright holders of ALICE O2.
+// Copyright 2019-2025 CERN and copyright holders of ALICE O2.
 // See https://alice-o2.web.cern.ch/copyright for details of the copyright holders.
 // All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
 //
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <arrow/ipc/writer.h>
 #include <arrow/ipc/reader.h>
 
+#include <string_view>
+
 using namespace o2::framework;
 
 // We use a different namespace to avoid clashes with the
@@ -27,10 +29,12 @@ namespace test2
 {
 DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN_FULL(X, x, uint64_t, "x");
 DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN_FULL(Y, y, uint64_t, "y");
+DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN_FULL(Blob, blob, std::span<std::byte>, "blob");
 DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN_FULL(Pos, pos, int[4], "pos");
 } // namespace test2
 
 using TestTable = o2::soa::InPlaceTable<0, test2::X, test2::Y>;
+using SpanTable = o2::soa::InPlaceTable<0, test2::Blob>;
 using ArrayTable = o2::soa::InPlaceTable<0, test2::Pos>;
 
 TEST_CASE("TestTableBuilder")
@@ -189,6 +193,35 @@ TEST_CASE("TestTableBuilderMore")
   REQUIRE(table->schema()->field(3)->type()->id() == arrow::boolean()->id());
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("TestSpan")
+{
+  TableBuilder builder;
+  std::vector<std::byte> buffer{10, std::byte{'c'}};
+  std::vector<std::byte> buffer1{10, std::byte{'a'}};
+
+  auto rowWriter = builder.persist<std::span<std::byte>>({"blob"});
+  rowWriter(0, std::span(buffer));
+  rowWriter(0, std::span(buffer.data() + 1, 9));
+  rowWriter(0, std::span(buffer1.data(), 3));
+  rowWriter(0, std::span(buffer1.data(), 1));
+  auto table = builder.finalize();
+
+  REQUIRE(table->num_columns() == 1);
+  REQUIRE(table->num_rows() == 4);
+  REQUIRE(table->schema()->field(0)->name() == "blob");
+  REQUIRE(table->schema()->field(0)->type()->id() == arrow::binary_view()->id());
+
+  auto readBack = SpanTable{table};
+  auto row = readBack.begin();
+  REQUIRE(row.blob() == "cccccccccc");
+  ++row;
+  REQUIRE(row.blob() == "ccccccccc");
+  ++row;
+  REQUIRE(row.blob() == "aaa");
+  ++row;
+  REQUIRE(row.blob() == "a");
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("TestSoAIntegration")
 {
   TableBuilder builder;