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 e9e6497f7e5faaae7bf5ef600e67d2f5c1f6960a..68284344afd554a7cc79d5b11c9959939ecabf9b 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
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ object HiveMetastoreTypes extends RegexParsers {
     case BinaryType => "binary"
     case BooleanType => "boolean"
     case DecimalType => "decimal"
+    case TimestampType => "timestamp"
   }
 }