diff --git a/integration-test/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/spark/SparkCommonIT.java b/integration-test/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/spark/SparkCommonIT.java
index 04f1c0dbc05..747b57bbf7b 100644
--- a/integration-test/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/spark/SparkCommonIT.java
+++ b/integration-test/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/spark/SparkCommonIT.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.NoSuchNamespaceException;
@@ -650,6 +651,21 @@ protected void checkDirExists(Path dir) {
     }
   }
 
+  protected void checkDataFileExists(Path dir) {
+    Boolean isExists = false;
+    try {
+      for (FileStatus fileStatus : hdfs.listStatus(dir)) {
+        if (fileStatus.isFile()) {
+          isExists = true;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      Assertions.assertTrue(isExists);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testTableOptions() {
     String tableName = "options_table";
@@ -726,9 +742,17 @@ protected String getExpectedTableData(SparkTableInfo table) {
   }
 
   protected String getCreateSimpleTableString(String tableName) {
+    return getCreateSimpleTableString(tableName, false);
+  }
+
+  protected String getCreateSimpleTableString(String tableName, boolean isExternal) {
+    String external = "";
+    if (isExternal) {
+      external = "EXTERNAL";
+    }
     return String.format(
-        "CREATE TABLE %s (id INT COMMENT 'id comment', name STRING COMMENT '', age INT)",
-        tableName);
+        "CREATE %s TABLE %s (id INT COMMENT 'id comment', name STRING COMMENT '', age INT)",
+        external, tableName);
   }
 
   protected List<SparkColumnInfo> getSimpleTableColumn() {
diff --git a/integration-test/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/spark/hive/SparkHiveCatalogIT.java b/integration-test/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/spark/hive/SparkHiveCatalogIT.java
index 91bea87a2aa..7a16925b627 100644
--- a/integration-test/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/spark/hive/SparkHiveCatalogIT.java
+++ b/integration-test/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/spark/hive/SparkHiveCatalogIT.java
@@ -206,6 +206,27 @@ void testHiveFormatWithStoredAs() {
     checkParquetFile(tableInfo);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testHiveFormatWithExternalTable() {
+    String tableName = "test_hive_format_with_external_table";
+    dropTableIfExists(tableName);
+    String createTableSql = getCreateSimpleTableString(tableName, true);
+    sql(createTableSql);
+    SparkTableInfo tableInfo = getTableInfo(tableName);
+
+    SparkTableInfoChecker checker =
+        SparkTableInfoChecker.create()
+            .withName(tableName)
+            .withTableProperties(
+                ImmutableMap.of(HivePropertiesConstants.SPARK_HIVE_EXTERNAL, "true"));
+    checker.check(tableInfo);
+    checkTableReadWrite(tableInfo);
+
+    dropTableIfExists(tableName);
+    Path tableLocation = new Path(tableInfo.getTableLocation());
+    checkDataFileExists(tableLocation);
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testHiveFormatWithUsing() {
     String tableName = "test_hive_format_using_table";
diff --git a/spark-connector/src/main/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/HivePropertiesConstants.java b/spark-connector/src/main/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/HivePropertiesConstants.java
index c70e038a19a..3384e274fab 100644
--- a/spark-connector/src/main/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/HivePropertiesConstants.java
+++ b/spark-connector/src/main/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/HivePropertiesConstants.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 package com.datastrato.gravitino.spark.connector.hive;
 
+import static com.datastrato.gravitino.catalog.hive.HiveTablePropertiesMetadata.TableType.EXTERNAL_TABLE;
+
 import com.datastrato.gravitino.catalog.hive.HiveTablePropertiesMetadata;
 import com.datastrato.gravitino.catalog.hive.HiveTablePropertiesMetadata.StorageFormat;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
@@ -27,11 +29,14 @@ public class HivePropertiesConstants {
   public static final String GRAVITINO_HIVE_FORMAT_AVRO = StorageFormat.AVRO.toString();
   public static final String GRAVITINO_HIVE_FORMAT_JSON = StorageFormat.JSON.toString();
   public static final String GRAVITINO_HIVE_FORMAT_CSV = StorageFormat.CSV.toString();
+  public static final String GRAVITINO_HIVE_EXTERNAL_TABLE = EXTERNAL_TABLE.name();
+  public static final String GRAVITINO_HIVE_TABLE_TYPE = "table-type";
 
   public static final String SPARK_HIVE_STORED_AS = "hive.stored-as";
   public static final String SPARK_HIVE_INPUT_FORMAT = "input-format";
   public static final String SPARK_HIVE_OUTPUT_FORMAT = "output-format";
   public static final String SPARK_HIVE_SERDE_LIB = "serde-lib";
+  public static final String SPARK_HIVE_EXTERNAL = "external";
 
   @VisibleForTesting
   public static final String TEXT_INPUT_FORMAT_CLASS =
diff --git a/spark-connector/src/main/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/HivePropertiesConverter.java b/spark-connector/src/main/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/HivePropertiesConverter.java
index 6958ef89ca4..87bc968080b 100644
--- a/spark-connector/src/main/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/HivePropertiesConverter.java
+++ b/spark-connector/src/main/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/HivePropertiesConverter.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package com.datastrato.gravitino.spark.connector.hive;
 
+import com.datastrato.gravitino.catalog.hive.HiveTablePropertiesMetadata;
 import com.datastrato.gravitino.spark.connector.PropertiesConverter;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ public Map<String, String> toGravitinoTableProperties(Map<String, String> proper
     String provider = gravitinoTableProperties.get(TableCatalog.PROP_PROVIDER);
     String storeAs = gravitinoTableProperties.get(HivePropertiesConstants.SPARK_HIVE_STORED_AS);
     String fileFormat = Optional.ofNullable(storeAs).orElse(provider);
+    String isExternal =
+        Optional.ofNullable(gravitinoTableProperties.get(TableCatalog.PROP_EXTERNAL))
+            .orElse("false");
+
     if (fileFormat != null) {
       String gravitinoFormat = fileFormatMap.get(fileFormat.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
       if (gravitinoFormat != null) {
@@ -70,6 +75,11 @@ public Map<String, String> toGravitinoTableProperties(Map<String, String> proper
       }
     }
 
+    if (isExternal.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
+      gravitinoTableProperties.put(
+          HivePropertiesConstants.GRAVITINO_HIVE_TABLE_TYPE,
+          HiveTablePropertiesMetadata.TableType.EXTERNAL_TABLE.name());
+    }
     sparkToGravitinoPropertyMap.forEach(
         (sparkProperty, gravitinoProperty) -> {
           if (gravitinoTableProperties.containsKey(sparkProperty)) {
@@ -83,7 +93,15 @@ public Map<String, String> toGravitinoTableProperties(Map<String, String> proper
 
   @Override
   public Map<String, String> toSparkTableProperties(Map<String, String> properties) {
-    return toOptionProperties(properties);
+    Map<String, String> sparkTableProperties = toOptionProperties(properties);
+    String hiveTableType =
+        sparkTableProperties.get(HivePropertiesConstants.GRAVITINO_HIVE_TABLE_TYPE);
+    if (HivePropertiesConstants.GRAVITINO_HIVE_EXTERNAL_TABLE.equalsIgnoreCase(hiveTableType)) {
+      sparkTableProperties.remove(HivePropertiesConstants.GRAVITINO_HIVE_TABLE_TYPE);
+      sparkTableProperties.put(HivePropertiesConstants.SPARK_HIVE_EXTERNAL, "true");
+    }
+
+    return sparkTableProperties;
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
diff --git a/spark-connector/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/TestHivePropertiesConverter.java b/spark-connector/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/TestHivePropertiesConverter.java
index 2a04915d917..1546be9d60c 100644
--- a/spark-connector/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/TestHivePropertiesConverter.java
+++ b/spark-connector/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/spark/connector/hive/TestHivePropertiesConverter.java
@@ -78,6 +78,24 @@ void testTableFormat() {
         ImmutableMap.of(TableCatalog.OPTION_PREFIX + "a", "a", "b", "b"), hiveProperties);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testExternalTable() {
+    Map<String, String> hiveProperties =
+        hivePropertiesConverter.toGravitinoTableProperties(
+            ImmutableMap.of(HivePropertiesConstants.SPARK_HIVE_EXTERNAL, "true"));
+    Assertions.assertEquals(
+        hiveProperties.get(HivePropertiesConstants.GRAVITINO_HIVE_TABLE_TYPE),
+        HivePropertiesConstants.GRAVITINO_HIVE_EXTERNAL_TABLE);
+
+    hiveProperties =
+        hivePropertiesConverter.toSparkTableProperties(
+            ImmutableMap.of(
+                HivePropertiesConstants.GRAVITINO_HIVE_TABLE_TYPE,
+                HivePropertiesConstants.GRAVITINO_HIVE_EXTERNAL_TABLE));
+    Assertions.assertEquals(
+        ImmutableMap.of(HivePropertiesConstants.SPARK_HIVE_EXTERNAL, "true"), hiveProperties);
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testOptionProperties() {
     Map<String, String> properties =