diff --git a/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py b/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py
index adec150d84..6d87a68b62 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@
 GLUE_SKIP_ARCHIVE = "glue.skip-archive"
 GLUE_SKIP_ARCHIVE_DEFAULT = True
 
+# Configure an alternative endpoint of the Glue service for GlueCatalog to access.
+# This could be used to use GlueCatalog with any glue-compatible metastore service that has a different endpoint
+GLUE_CATALOG_ENDPOINT = "glue.endpoint"
+
 ICEBERG_FIELD_ID = "iceberg.field.id"
 ICEBERG_FIELD_OPTIONAL = "iceberg.field.optional"
 ICEBERG_FIELD_CURRENT = "iceberg.field.current"
@@ -285,7 +289,7 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, **properties: Any):
             aws_secret_access_key=properties.get("aws_secret_access_key"),
             aws_session_token=properties.get("aws_session_token"),
         )
-        self.glue: GlueClient = session.client("glue")
+        self.glue: GlueClient = session.client("glue", endpoint_url=properties.get(GLUE_CATALOG_ENDPOINT))
 
         if glue_catalog_id := properties.get(GLUE_ID):
             _register_glue_catalog_id_with_glue_client(self.glue, glue_catalog_id)
diff --git a/tests/catalog/test_glue.py b/tests/catalog/test_glue.py
index 6d44d92724..1c12066945 100644
--- a/tests/catalog/test_glue.py
+++ b/tests/catalog/test_glue.py
@@ -692,3 +692,11 @@ def test_commit_table_properties(
     updated_table_metadata = table.metadata
     assert test_catalog._parse_metadata_version(table.metadata_location) == 1
     assert updated_table_metadata.properties == {"test_a": "test_aa", "test_c": "test_c"}
+
+
+def test_glue_endpoint_override(moto_endpoint_url: str, database_name: str) -> None:
+    catalog_name = "glue"
+    test_catalog = GlueCatalog(
+        catalog_name, **{"s3.endpoint": moto_endpoint_url, "warehouse": f"s3://{BUCKET_NAME}", "glue.endpoint": moto_endpoint_url}
+    )
+    assert test_catalog.glue.meta.endpoint_url == moto_endpoint_url