diff --git a/xarray/backends/zarr.py b/xarray/backends/zarr.py
index ac614e9e7cd..ca89d9435f9 100644
--- a/xarray/backends/zarr.py
+++ b/xarray/backends/zarr.py
@@ -1620,6 +1620,7 @@ class ZarrBackendEntrypoint(BackendEntrypoint):
 
     description = "Open zarr files (.zarr) using zarr in Xarray"
     url = "https://docs.xarray.dev/en/stable/generated/xarray.backends.ZarrBackendEntrypoint.html"
+    supports_groups = True
 
     def guess_can_open(self, filename_or_obj: T_PathFileOrDataStore) -> bool:
         if isinstance(filename_or_obj, str | os.PathLike):
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_backends_datatree.py b/xarray/tests/test_backends_datatree.py
index 5b2b93f9ade..6b15e74c2e9 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_backends_datatree.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_backends_datatree.py
@@ -1089,3 +1089,27 @@ def test_write_inherited_coords_true(self, tmpdir, zarr_format) -> None:
         expected_child.name = None
         with open_datatree(filepath, group="child", engine="zarr") as roundtrip_child:
             assert_identical(expected_child, roundtrip_child)
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(
+        ON_WINDOWS,
+        reason="Permission errors from Zarr: https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/10793",
+    )
+    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings(
+        "ignore:Failed to open Zarr store with consolidated metadata:RuntimeWarning"
+    )
+    def test_zarr_engine_recognised(self, tmpdir, zarr_format) -> None:
+        """Test that xarray can guess the zarr backend when the engine is not specified"""
+        original_dt = DataTree.from_dict(
+            {
+                "/": xr.Dataset(coords={"x": [1, 2, 3]}),
+                "/child": xr.Dataset({"foo": ("x", [4, 5, 6])}),
+            }
+        )
+
+        filepath = str(tmpdir / "test.zarr")
+        original_dt.to_zarr(
+            filepath, write_inherited_coords=True, zarr_format=zarr_format
+        )
+
+        with open_datatree(filepath) as roundtrip_dt:
+            assert_identical(original_dt, roundtrip_dt)