diff --git a/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/it/test/PolarisRestCatalogIntegrationTest.java b/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/it/test/PolarisRestCatalogIntegrationTest.java
index ae42c5ae5c..e76aa32f74 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/it/test/PolarisRestCatalogIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/it/test/PolarisRestCatalogIntegrationTest.java
@@ -36,12 +36,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.iceberg.BaseTable;
@@ -563,6 +558,16 @@ public void testCreateTableWithOverriddenBaseLocationCannotOverlapSibling() {
         .hasMessageContaining("because it conflicts with existing table or namespace");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateTableWithMetadataConflictingName() {
+    Catalog catalog = managementApi.getCatalog(currentCatalogName);
+    restCatalog.createNamespace(Namespace.of("ns1"));
+    TableIdentifier tableIdentifier = TableIdentifier.of("ns1", "history");
+    restCatalog.buildTable(tableIdentifier, SCHEMA).withProperty("stage-create", "true").create();
+    Table table = restCatalog.loadTable(tableIdentifier);
+    assertThat(table).isNotNull().isInstanceOf(BaseTable.class);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testCreateTableWithOverriddenBaseLocationMustResideInNsDirectory() {
     Catalog catalog = managementApi.getCatalog(currentCatalogName);
diff --git a/service/common/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/catalog/iceberg/IcebergCatalog.java b/service/common/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/catalog/iceberg/IcebergCatalog.java
index ba9df38c96..6098b61c2b 100644
--- a/service/common/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/catalog/iceberg/IcebergCatalog.java
+++ b/service/common/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/catalog/iceberg/IcebergCatalog.java
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ public IcebergCatalog(
     this.polarisEventListener = polarisEventListener;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean tableExists(TableIdentifier identifier) {
+    if (isValidIdentifier(identifier)) {
+      return newTableOps(identifier).current() != null;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String name() {
     return catalogName;