diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
index a91b52076534..9739c0620ac0 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ object HiveMetastoreTypes extends RegexParsers {
     case BinaryType => "binary"
     case BooleanType => "boolean"
     case DecimalType => "decimal"
+    case TimestampType => "timestamp"
   }
 }