diff --git a/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/paimon/spark/PaimonSparkTableBase.scala b/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/paimon/spark/PaimonSparkTableBase.scala
index bd69174be712..6be314cee847 100644
--- a/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/paimon/spark/PaimonSparkTableBase.scala
+++ b/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/paimon/spark/PaimonSparkTableBase.scala
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ package org.apache.paimon.spark
 
 import org.apache.paimon.CoreOptions
 import org.apache.paimon.CoreOptions.BucketFunctionType
+import org.apache.paimon.options.CatalogOptions.TABLE_TYPE
 import org.apache.paimon.options.Options
 import org.apache.paimon.spark.catalog.functions.BucketFunction
 import org.apache.paimon.spark.read.PaimonSplitScanBuilder
 import org.apache.paimon.spark.schema.PaimonMetadataColumn
 import org.apache.paimon.spark.util.OptionUtils
 import org.apache.paimon.spark.write.{PaimonV2WriteBuilder, PaimonWriteBuilder}
-import org.apache.paimon.table.{Table, _}
+import org.apache.paimon.table.{CatalogTableType, Table, _}
 import org.apache.paimon.table.BucketMode.{BUCKET_UNAWARE, HASH_FIXED, POSTPONE_MODE}
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog._
@@ -84,6 +85,12 @@ abstract class PaimonSparkTableBase(val table: Table)
         if (properties.containsKey(CoreOptions.PATH.key())) {
           properties.put(TableCatalog.PROP_LOCATION, properties.get(CoreOptions.PATH.key()))
         }
+        if (
+          CatalogTableType.EXTERNAL.toString.equalsIgnoreCase(
+            dataTable.options().get(TABLE_TYPE.key()))
+        ) {
+          properties.put(TableCatalog.PROP_EXTERNAL, "true")
+        }
         properties
       case _ => Collections.emptyMap()
     }
diff --git a/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-ut/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/spark/SparkCatalogWithHiveTest.java b/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-ut/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/spark/SparkCatalogWithHiveTest.java
index 583522822b9e..f71e5df3c08f 100644
--- a/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-ut/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/spark/SparkCatalogWithHiveTest.java
+++ b/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-ut/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/spark/SparkCatalogWithHiveTest.java
@@ -156,6 +156,30 @@ public void testCreateExternalTable() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDescribeExternalAndManagedTableType() throws IOException {
+        try (SparkSession spark = createSessionBuilder().getOrCreate()) {
+            spark.sql("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS type_test_db");
+            spark.sql("USE spark_catalog.type_test_db");
+
+            spark.sql("CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE external_type_table (a INT, bb INT, c STRING)");
+            assertThat(
+                            spark.sql("DESC FORMATTED external_type_table")
+                                    .filter("col_name = 'Type'")
+                                    .head()
+                                    .getString(1))
+                    .isEqualTo("EXTERNAL");
+
+            spark.sql("CREATE TABLE managed_type_table (a INT)");
+            assertThat(
+                            spark.sql("DESC FORMATTED managed_type_table")
+                                    .filter("col_name = 'Type'")
+                                    .head()
+                                    .getString(1))
+                    .isEqualTo("MANAGED");
+        }
+    }
+
     private SparkSession.Builder createSessionBuilder() {
         Path warehousePath = new Path("file:" + tempDir.toString());
         return SparkSession.builder()