diff --git a/src/databricks/sql/client.py b/src/databricks/sql/client.py
index 78a011421..5bb191ca2 100755
--- a/src/databricks/sql/client.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sql/client.py
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ def read(self) -> Optional[OAuthToken]:
                     STRUCT is returned as Dict[str, Any]
                     ARRAY is returned as numpy.ndarray
                 When False, complex types are returned as a strings. These are generally deserializable as JSON.
+            :param enable_metric_view_metadata: `bool`, optional (default is False)
+                When True, enables metric view metadata support by setting the
+                spark.sql.thriftserver.metadata.metricview.enabled session configuration.
+                This allows
+                1. cursor.tables() to return METRIC_VIEW table type
+                2. cursor.columns() to return "measure" column type
         """
 
         # Internal arguments in **kwargs:
@@ -248,6 +254,14 @@ def read(self) -> Optional[OAuthToken]:
             access_token_kv = {"access_token": access_token}
             kwargs = {**kwargs, **access_token_kv}
 
+        enable_metric_view_metadata = kwargs.get("enable_metric_view_metadata", False)
+        if enable_metric_view_metadata:
+            if session_configuration is None:
+                session_configuration = {}
+            session_configuration[
+                "spark.sql.thriftserver.metadata.metricview.enabled"
+            ] = "true"
+
         self.disable_pandas = kwargs.get("_disable_pandas", False)
         self.lz4_compression = kwargs.get("enable_query_result_lz4_compression", True)
         self.use_cloud_fetch = kwargs.get("use_cloud_fetch", True)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_session.py b/tests/unit/test_session.py
index c135a846b..1d70ec4c4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_session.py
@@ -163,6 +163,17 @@ def test_configuration_passthrough(self, mock_client_class):
         call_kwargs = mock_client_class.return_value.open_session.call_args[1]
         assert call_kwargs["session_configuration"] == mock_session_config
 
+    @patch("%s.session.ThriftDatabricksClient" % PACKAGE_NAME)
+    def test_enable_metric_view_metadata_parameter(self, mock_client_class):
+        """Test that enable_metric_view_metadata parameter sets the correct session configuration."""
+        databricks.sql.connect(
+            enable_metric_view_metadata=True, **self.DUMMY_CONNECTION_ARGS
+        )
+
+        call_kwargs = mock_client_class.return_value.open_session.call_args[1]
+        expected_config = {"spark.sql.thriftserver.metadata.metricview.enabled": "true"}
+        assert call_kwargs["session_configuration"] == expected_config
+
     @patch("%s.session.ThriftDatabricksClient" % PACKAGE_NAME)
     def test_initial_namespace_passthrough(self, mock_client_class):
         mock_cat = Mock()