diff --git a/py-polars/polars/io/delta.py b/py-polars/polars/io/delta.py
index 9b0219fa8dff..b2b27c74a20f 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/io/delta.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/io/delta.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import warnings
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
+from polars import DataFrame
 from polars.convert import from_arrow
 from polars.datatypes import Null, Time
 from polars.datatypes.convert import unpack_dtypes
@@ -12,11 +14,13 @@
 from polars.io.pyarrow_dataset import scan_pyarrow_dataset
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from polars import DataFrame, DataType, LazyFrame
+    from deltalake import DeltaTable
+
+    from polars import DataType, LazyFrame
 
 
 def read_delta(
-    source: str,
+    source: str | DeltaTable,
     *,
     version: int | str | datetime | None = None,
     columns: list[str] | None = None,
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ def read_delta(
     Parameters
     ----------
     source
-        Path or URI to the root of the Delta lake table.
+        DeltaTable or a Path or URI to the root of the Delta lake table.
 
         Note: For Local filesystem, absolute and relative paths are supported but
         for the supported object storages - GCS, Azure and S3 full URI must be provided.
@@ -138,22 +142,23 @@ def read_delta(
     if pyarrow_options is None:
         pyarrow_options = {}
 
-    resolved_uri = _resolve_delta_lake_uri(source)
-
     dl_tbl = _get_delta_lake_table(
-        table_path=resolved_uri,
+        table_path=source,
         version=version,
         storage_options=storage_options,
         delta_table_options=delta_table_options,
     )
 
-    return from_arrow(
-        dl_tbl.to_pyarrow_table(columns=columns, **pyarrow_options), rechunk=rechunk
-    )  # type: ignore[return-value]
+    return cast(
+        DataFrame,
+        from_arrow(
+            dl_tbl.to_pyarrow_table(columns=columns, **pyarrow_options), rechunk=rechunk
+        ),
+    )
 
 
 def scan_delta(
-    source: str,
+    source: str | DeltaTable,
     *,
     version: int | str | datetime | None = None,
     storage_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@ def scan_delta(
     Parameters
     ----------
     source
-        Path or URI to the root of the Delta lake table.
+        DeltaTable or a Path or URI to the root of the Delta lake table.
 
         Note: For Local filesystem, absolute and relative paths are supported but
         for the supported object storages - GCS, Azure and S3 full URI must be provided.
@@ -274,9 +279,8 @@ def scan_delta(
     if pyarrow_options is None:
         pyarrow_options = {}
 
-    resolved_uri = _resolve_delta_lake_uri(source)
     dl_tbl = _get_delta_lake_table(
-        table_path=resolved_uri,
+        table_path=source,
         version=version,
         storage_options=storage_options,
         delta_table_options=delta_table_options,
@@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ def _resolve_delta_lake_uri(table_uri: str, *, strict: bool = True) -> str:
 
 
 def _get_delta_lake_table(
-    table_path: str,
+    table_path: str | DeltaTable,
     version: int | str | datetime | None = None,
     storage_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
     delta_table_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
@@ -314,12 +318,27 @@ def _get_delta_lake_table(
     """
     _check_if_delta_available()
 
+    if isinstance(table_path, deltalake.DeltaTable):
+        if any(
+            [
+                version is not None,
+                storage_options is not None,
+                delta_table_options is not None,
+            ]
+        ):
+            warnings.warn(
+                """When supplying a DeltaTable directly, `version`, `storage_options`, and `delta_table_options` are ignored.
+                To silence this warning, don't supply those parameters.""",
+                RuntimeWarning,
+                stacklevel=1,
+            )
+        return table_path
     if delta_table_options is None:
         delta_table_options = {}
-
+    resolved_uri = _resolve_delta_lake_uri(table_path)
     if not isinstance(version, (str, datetime)):
         dl_tbl = deltalake.DeltaTable(
-            table_path,
+            resolved_uri,
             version=version,
             storage_options=storage_options,
             **delta_table_options,
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_delta.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_delta.py
index 33c6b052ffdf..213988964de3 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_delta.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_delta.py
@@ -516,3 +516,11 @@ def test_read_parquet_respects_rechunk_16982(
     rechunk, expected_chunks = rechunk_and_expected_chunks
     result = pl.read_delta(str(tmp_path), rechunk=rechunk)
     assert result.n_chunks() == expected_chunks
+
+
+def test_scan_delta_DT_input(delta_table_path: Path) -> None:
+    DT = DeltaTable(str(delta_table_path), version=0)
+    ldf = pl.scan_delta(DT)
+
+    expected = pl.DataFrame({"name": ["Joey", "Ivan"], "age": [14, 32]})
+    assert_frame_equal(expected, ldf.collect(), check_dtypes=False)