diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalog.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalog.scala
index d88b5ffc0511ceae6948ad073d5b765b4b60a9c7..c0ebb2b1fa1ea694ebd882afd4a94b3b46ecd343 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalog.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import javax.annotation.concurrent.GuardedBy
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, Path}
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
@@ -253,9 +253,27 @@ class SessionCatalog(
   def getTableMetadata(name: TableIdentifier): CatalogTable = {
     val db = formatDatabaseName(name.database.getOrElse(getCurrentDatabase))
     val table = formatTableName(name.table)
-    requireDbExists(db)
-    requireTableExists(TableIdentifier(table, Some(db)))
-    externalCatalog.getTable(db, table)
+    val tid = TableIdentifier(table)
+    if (isTemporaryTable(name)) {
+      CatalogTable(
+        identifier = tid,
+        tableType = CatalogTableType.VIEW,
+        storage = CatalogStorageFormat.empty,
+        schema = tempTables(table).output.map { c =>
+          CatalogColumn(
+            name = c.name,
+            dataType = c.dataType.catalogString,
+            nullable = c.nullable,
+            comment = Option(c.name)
+          )
+        },
+        properties = Map(),
+        viewText = None)
+    } else {
+      requireDbExists(db)
+      requireTableExists(TableIdentifier(table, Some(db)))
+      externalCatalog.getTable(db, table)
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -432,10 +450,10 @@ class SessionCatalog(
   def tableExists(name: TableIdentifier): Boolean = synchronized {
     val db = formatDatabaseName(name.database.getOrElse(currentDb))
     val table = formatTableName(name.table)
-    if (name.database.isDefined || !tempTables.contains(table)) {
-      externalCatalog.tableExists(db, table)
+    if (isTemporaryTable(name)) {
+      true
     } else {
-      true // it's a temporary table
+      externalCatalog.tableExists(db, table)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalogSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalogSuite.scala
index 05eb302c3c03ab972a52fa80082db8eda22711af..adce5df81cb7f6a0b7cb06a320b274e773ed5f1e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalogSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalogSuite.scala
@@ -432,6 +432,39 @@ class SessionCatalogSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(catalog.tableExists(TableIdentifier("tbl3")))
   }
 
+  test("tableExists on temporary views") {
+    val catalog = new SessionCatalog(newBasicCatalog())
+    val tempTable = Range(1, 10, 2, 10)
+    assert(!catalog.tableExists(TableIdentifier("view1")))
+    assert(!catalog.tableExists(TableIdentifier("view1", Some("default"))))
+    catalog.createTempView("view1", tempTable, overrideIfExists = false)
+    assert(catalog.tableExists(TableIdentifier("view1")))
+    assert(!catalog.tableExists(TableIdentifier("view1", Some("default"))))
+  }
+
+  test("getTableMetadata on temporary views") {
+    val catalog = new SessionCatalog(newBasicCatalog())
+    val tempTable = Range(1, 10, 2, 10)
+    val m = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+      catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("view1"))
+    }.getMessage
+    assert(m.contains("Table or view 'view1' not found in database 'default'"))
+
+    val m2 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+      catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("view1", Some("default")))
+    }.getMessage
+    assert(m2.contains("Table or view 'view1' not found in database 'default'"))
+
+    catalog.createTempView("view1", tempTable, overrideIfExists = false)
+    assert(catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("view1")).identifier.table == "view1")
+    assert(catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("view1")).schema(0).name == "id")
+
+    val m3 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+      catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("view1", Some("default")))
+    }.getMessage
+    assert(m3.contains("Table or view 'view1' not found in database 'default'"))
+  }
+
   test("list tables without pattern") {
     val catalog = new SessionCatalog(newBasicCatalog())
     val tempTable = Range(1, 10, 2, 10)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalog/Catalog.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalog/Catalog.scala
index 91ed9b3258a12c537c5bc85d4f3e5b49b7725cae..1aed245fdd332dc8528c212b6fa3cd84e5cb6a9e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalog/Catalog.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalog/Catalog.scala
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ abstract class Catalog {
   def listFunctions(dbName: String): Dataset[Function]
 
   /**
-   * Returns a list of columns for the given table in the current database.
+   * Returns a list of columns for the given table in the current database or
+   * the given temporary table.
    *
    * @since 2.0.0
    */
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/CatalogImpl.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/CatalogImpl.scala
index 44babcc93a1deaf9a64b4268e209d1381dd3f5a0..a6ae6fe2aad2e60fe6f9bd5f6e291dcefd6dba05 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/CatalogImpl.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/CatalogImpl.scala
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class CatalogImpl(sparkSession: SparkSession) extends Catalog {
    */
   @throws[AnalysisException]("table does not exist")
   override def listColumns(tableName: String): Dataset[Column] = {
-    listColumns(currentDatabase, tableName)
+    listColumns(TableIdentifier(tableName, None))
   }
 
   /**
@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@ class CatalogImpl(sparkSession: SparkSession) extends Catalog {
   @throws[AnalysisException]("database or table does not exist")
   override def listColumns(dbName: String, tableName: String): Dataset[Column] = {
     requireTableExists(dbName, tableName)
-    val tableMetadata = sessionCatalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier(tableName, Some(dbName)))
+    listColumns(TableIdentifier(tableName, Some(dbName)))
+  }
+
+  private def listColumns(tableIdentifier: TableIdentifier): Dataset[Column] = {
+    val tableMetadata = sessionCatalog.getTableMetadata(tableIdentifier)
     val partitionColumnNames = tableMetadata.partitionColumnNames.toSet
     val bucketColumnNames = tableMetadata.bucketColumnNames.toSet
     val columns = tableMetadata.schema.map { c =>
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/CatalogSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/CatalogSuite.scala
index d862e4cfa943a0b344241f7da0a01b29eda4cfc6..d75df56dd608aa6405374c33c85cf410b7f1c14f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/CatalogSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/CatalogSuite.scala
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ class CatalogSuite
     testListColumns("tab1", dbName = None)
   }
 
+  test("list columns in temporary table") {
+    createTempTable("temp1")
+    spark.catalog.listColumns("temp1")
+  }
+
   test("list columns in database") {
     createDatabase("db1")
     createTable("tab1", Some("db1"))