diff --git a/crates/deltalake-core/src/operations/write.rs b/crates/deltalake-core/src/operations/write.rs
index f38b44fc69..440ca6dca0 100644
--- a/crates/deltalake-core/src/operations/write.rs
+++ b/crates/deltalake-core/src/operations/write.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ pub struct WriteBuilder {
     writer_properties: Option<WriterProperties>,
     /// Additional metadata to be added to commit
     app_metadata: Option<HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>>,
+    /// Name of the table, only used when table doesn't exist yet
+    name: Option<String>,
+    /// Description of the table, only used when table doesn't exist yet
+    description: Option<String>,
+    /// Configurations of the delta table, only used when table doesn't exist
+    // configuration: Option<HashMap<String, Option<String>>>,
 }
 
 impl WriteBuilder {
@@ -131,6 +137,9 @@ impl WriteBuilder {
             overwrite_schema: false,
             writer_properties: None,
             app_metadata: None,
+            name: None,
+            description: None,
+            // configuration: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -214,6 +223,31 @@ impl WriteBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Specify the table name. Optionally qualified with
+    /// a database name [database_name.] table_name.
+    pub fn with_table_name(mut self, name: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        self.name = Some(name.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Comment to describe the table.
+    pub fn with_description(mut self, description: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        self.description = Some(description.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    // /// Set configuration on created table
+    // pub fn with_configuration(
+    //     mut self,
+    //     configuration: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, Option<impl Into<String>>)>,
+    // ) -> Self {
+    //     self.configuration = configuration
+    //         .into_iter()
+    //         .map(|(k, v)| (k.into(), v.map(|s| s.into())))
+    //         .collect();
+    //     self
+    // }
+
     async fn check_preconditions(&self) -> DeltaResult<Vec<Action>> {
         match self.log_store.is_delta_table_location().await? {
             true => {
@@ -242,6 +276,19 @@ impl WriteBuilder {
                 if let Some(partition_columns) = self.partition_columns.as_ref() {
                     builder = builder.with_partition_columns(partition_columns.clone())
                 }
+
+                if let Some(name) = self.name.as_ref() {
+                    builder = builder.with_table_name(name.clone());
+                };
+
+                if let Some(desc) = self.description.as_ref() {
+                    builder = builder.with_comment(desc.clone());
+                };
+
+                // if let Some(config) = self.configuration.as_ref() {
+                //     builder = builder.with_configuration(config.clone());
+                // };
+
                 let (_, actions, _) = builder.into_table_and_actions()?;
                 Ok(actions)
             }
diff --git a/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi b/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi
index 9605d61091..1989e39e8c 100644
--- a/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi
+++ b/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ def write_to_deltalake(
     mode: str,
     max_rows_per_group: int,
     overwrite_schema: bool,
-    _name: Optional[str],
-    _description: Optional[str],
+    name: Optional[str],
+    description: Optional[str],
     _configuration: Optional[Mapping[str, Optional[str]]],
     storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
 ) -> None: ...
diff --git a/python/deltalake/writer.py b/python/deltalake/writer.py
index 15c7b1a5a7..35323f9a49 100644
--- a/python/deltalake/writer.py
+++ b/python/deltalake/writer.py
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ def write_deltalake(
             mode=mode,
             max_rows_per_group=max_rows_per_group,
             overwrite_schema=overwrite_schema,
-            _name=name,
-            _description=description,
+            name=name,
+            description=description,
             _configuration=configuration,
             storage_options=storage_options,
         )
diff --git a/python/src/lib.rs b/python/src/lib.rs
index 8832a39d6c..c22fb408f0 100644
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -1144,8 +1144,8 @@ fn write_to_deltalake(
     max_rows_per_group: i64,
     overwrite_schema: bool,
     partition_by: Option<Vec<String>>,
-    _name: Option<String>,
-    _description: Option<String>,
+    name: Option<String>,
+    description: Option<String>,
     _configuration: Option<HashMap<String, Option<String>>>,
     storage_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
 ) -> PyResult<()> {
@@ -1169,6 +1169,14 @@ fn write_to_deltalake(
         builder = builder.with_partition_columns(partition_columns);
     }
 
+    if let Some(name) = &name {
+        builder = builder.with_table_name(name);
+    };
+
+    if let Some(description) = &description {
+        builder = builder.with_description(description);
+    };
+
     rt()?
         .block_on(builder.into_future())
         .map_err(PythonError::from)?;
diff --git a/python/tests/test_writer.py b/python/tests/test_writer.py
index 465a2b3e77..797b9365a9 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_writer.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_writer.py
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ def test_local_path(
     assert table == sample_data
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip(reason="Waiting on support with create matadata during write")
-def test_roundtrip_metadata_rust(tmp_path: pathlib.Path, sample_data: pa.Table, engine):
+def test_roundtrip_metadata_rust(tmp_path: pathlib.Path, sample_data: pa.Table):
     write_deltalake(
         tmp_path,
         sample_data,
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ def test_roundtrip_metadata_rust(tmp_path: pathlib.Path, sample_data: pa.Table,
 
     assert metadata.name == "test_name"
     assert metadata.description == "test_desc"
-    assert metadata.configuration == {"delta.appendOnly": "false", "foo": "bar"}
+    # assert metadata.configuration == {"delta.appendOnly": "false", "foo": "bar"}
 
 
 def test_roundtrip_metadata(tmp_path: pathlib.Path, sample_data: pa.Table):