diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md b/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
index 93b198c328..72516e02f1 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
@@ -232,6 +232,18 @@ catalog:
     s3.secret-access-key: password
 ```
 
+In case of Hive 2.x:
+
+```yaml
+catalog:
+  default:
+    uri: thrift://localhost:9083
+    hive.hive2-compatible: true
+    s3.endpoint: http://localhost:9000
+    s3.access-key-id: admin
+    s3.secret-access-key: password
+```
+
 ## Glue Catalog
 
 Your AWS credentials can be passed directly through the Python API.
diff --git a/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py b/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py
index 93177022aa..c3c2fdafc6 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 from pyiceberg.table import (
     CommitTableRequest,
     CommitTableResponse,
+    PropertyUtil,
     Table,
     update_table_metadata,
 )
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ def _update_glue_table(self, database_name: str, table_name: str, table_input: T
             self.glue.update_table(
                 DatabaseName=database_name,
                 TableInput=table_input,
-                SkipArchive=self.properties.get(GLUE_SKIP_ARCHIVE, GLUE_SKIP_ARCHIVE_DEFAULT),
+                SkipArchive=PropertyUtil.property_as_bool(self.properties, GLUE_SKIP_ARCHIVE, GLUE_SKIP_ARCHIVE_DEFAULT),
                 VersionId=version_id,
             )
         except self.glue.exceptions.EntityNotFoundException as e:
diff --git a/pyiceberg/catalog/hive.py b/pyiceberg/catalog/hive.py
index fe6a4fe027..b504da9a73 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/catalog/hive.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/catalog/hive.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 from pyiceberg.partitioning import UNPARTITIONED_PARTITION_SPEC, PartitionSpec
 from pyiceberg.schema import Schema, SchemaVisitor, visit
 from pyiceberg.serializers import FromInputFile
-from pyiceberg.table import CommitTableRequest, CommitTableResponse, Table, TableProperties, update_table_metadata
+from pyiceberg.table import CommitTableRequest, CommitTableResponse, PropertyUtil, Table, TableProperties, update_table_metadata
 from pyiceberg.table.metadata import new_table_metadata
 from pyiceberg.table.sorting import UNSORTED_SORT_ORDER, SortOrder
 from pyiceberg.typedef import EMPTY_DICT, Identifier, Properties
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@
 COMMENT = "comment"
 OWNER = "owner"
 
+# If set to true, HiveCatalog will operate in Hive2 compatibility mode
+HIVE2_COMPATIBLE = "hive.hive2-compatible"
+HIVE2_COMPATIBLE_DEFAULT = False
+
 
 class _HiveClient:
     """Helper class to nicely open and close the transport."""
@@ -136,10 +140,15 @@ def __exit__(
         self._transport.close()
 
 
-def _construct_hive_storage_descriptor(schema: Schema, location: Optional[str]) -> StorageDescriptor:
+def _construct_hive_storage_descriptor(
+    schema: Schema, location: Optional[str], hive2_compatible: bool = False
+) -> StorageDescriptor:
     ser_de_info = SerDeInfo(serializationLib="org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe")
     return StorageDescriptor(
-        [FieldSchema(field.name, visit(field.field_type, SchemaToHiveConverter()), field.doc) for field in schema.fields],
+        [
+            FieldSchema(field.name, visit(field.field_type, SchemaToHiveConverter(hive2_compatible)), field.doc)
+            for field in schema.fields
+        ],
         location,
         "org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat",
         "org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileOutputFormat",
@@ -184,7 +193,7 @@ def _annotate_namespace(database: HiveDatabase, properties: Properties) -> HiveD
     DateType: "date",
     TimeType: "string",
     TimestampType: "timestamp",
-    TimestamptzType: "timestamp",
+    TimestamptzType: "timestamp with local time zone",
     StringType: "string",
     UUIDType: "string",
     BinaryType: "binary",
@@ -193,6 +202,11 @@ def _annotate_namespace(database: HiveDatabase, properties: Properties) -> HiveD
 
 
 class SchemaToHiveConverter(SchemaVisitor[str]):
+    hive2_compatible: bool
+
+    def __init__(self, hive2_compatible: bool):
+        self.hive2_compatible = hive2_compatible
+
     def schema(self, schema: Schema, struct_result: str) -> str:
         return struct_result
 
@@ -212,6 +226,9 @@ def map(self, map_type: MapType, key_result: str, value_result: str) -> str:
     def primitive(self, primitive: PrimitiveType) -> str:
         if isinstance(primitive, DecimalType):
             return f"decimal({primitive.precision},{primitive.scale})"
+        elif self.hive2_compatible and isinstance(primitive, TimestamptzType):
+            # Hive2 doesn't support timestamp with local time zone
+            return "timestamp"
         else:
             return HIVE_PRIMITIVE_TYPES[type(primitive)]
 
@@ -300,7 +317,9 @@ def create_table(
             owner=properties[OWNER] if properties and OWNER in properties else getpass.getuser(),
             createTime=current_time_millis // 1000,
             lastAccessTime=current_time_millis // 1000,
-            sd=_construct_hive_storage_descriptor(schema, location),
+            sd=_construct_hive_storage_descriptor(
+                schema, location, PropertyUtil.property_as_bool(self.properties, HIVE2_COMPATIBLE, HIVE2_COMPATIBLE_DEFAULT)
+            ),
             tableType=EXTERNAL_TABLE,
             parameters=_construct_parameters(metadata_location),
         )
diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py b/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
index e183d82775..5914da51a9 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
@@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ def property_as_int(properties: Dict[str, str], property_name: str, default: Opt
         else:
             return default
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def property_as_bool(properties: Dict[str, str], property_name: str, default: bool) -> bool:
+        if value := properties.get(property_name):
+            return value.lower() == "true"
+        return default
+
 
 class Transaction:
     _table: Table
diff --git a/tests/catalog/test_hive.py b/tests/catalog/test_hive.py
index f0b5df79d7..a8c904d646 100644
--- a/tests/catalog/test_hive.py
+++ b/tests/catalog/test_hive.py
@@ -194,9 +194,14 @@ def test_check_number_of_namespaces(table_schema_simple: Schema) -> None:
         catalog.create_table("table", schema=table_schema_simple)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("hive2_compatible", [True, False])
 @patch("time.time", MagicMock(return_value=12345))
-def test_create_table(table_schema_with_all_types: Schema, hive_database: HiveDatabase, hive_table: HiveTable) -> None:
+def test_create_table(
+    table_schema_with_all_types: Schema, hive_database: HiveDatabase, hive_table: HiveTable, hive2_compatible: bool
+) -> None:
     catalog = HiveCatalog(HIVE_CATALOG_NAME, uri=HIVE_METASTORE_FAKE_URL)
+    if hive2_compatible:
+        catalog = HiveCatalog(HIVE_CATALOG_NAME, uri=HIVE_METASTORE_FAKE_URL, **{"hive.hive2-compatible": "true"})
 
     catalog._client = MagicMock()
     catalog._client.__enter__().create_table.return_value = None
@@ -229,7 +234,11 @@ def test_create_table(table_schema_with_all_types: Schema, hive_database: HiveDa
                     FieldSchema(name='date', type='date', comment=None),
                     FieldSchema(name='time', type='string', comment=None),
                     FieldSchema(name='timestamp', type='timestamp', comment=None),
-                    FieldSchema(name='timestamptz', type='timestamp', comment=None),
+                    FieldSchema(
+                        name='timestamptz',
+                        type='timestamp' if hive2_compatible else 'timestamp with local time zone',
+                        comment=None,
+                    ),
                     FieldSchema(name='string', type='string', comment=None),
                     FieldSchema(name='uuid', type='string', comment=None),
                     FieldSchema(name='fixed', type='binary', comment=None),
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 89f432ecbc..c80b7bc11a 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -2006,6 +2006,20 @@ def session_catalog() -> Catalog:
     )
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def session_catalog_hive() -> Catalog:
+    return load_catalog(
+        "local",
+        **{
+            "type": "hive",
+            "uri": "http://localhost:9083",
+            "s3.endpoint": "http://localhost:9000",
+            "s3.access-key-id": "admin",
+            "s3.secret-access-key": "password",
+        },
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def spark() -> "SparkSession":
     import importlib.metadata
@@ -2037,6 +2051,13 @@ def spark() -> "SparkSession":
         .config("spark.sql.catalog.integration.s3.endpoint", "http://localhost:9000")
         .config("spark.sql.catalog.integration.s3.path-style-access", "true")
         .config("spark.sql.defaultCatalog", "integration")
+        .config("spark.sql.catalog.hive", "org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkCatalog")
+        .config("spark.sql.catalog.hive.type", "hive")
+        .config("spark.sql.catalog.hive.uri", "http://localhost:9083")
+        .config("spark.sql.catalog.hive.io-impl", "org.apache.iceberg.aws.s3.S3FileIO")
+        .config("spark.sql.catalog.hive.warehouse", "s3://warehouse/hive/")
+        .config("spark.sql.catalog.hive.s3.endpoint", "http://localhost:9000")
+        .config("spark.sql.catalog.hive.s3.path-style-access", "true")
         .getOrCreate()
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_writes.py b/tests/integration/test_writes.py
index e950fb43b1..7cced4ede7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_writes.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_writes.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from pytest_mock.plugin import MockerFixture
 
 from pyiceberg.catalog import Catalog
+from pyiceberg.catalog.hive import HiveCatalog
 from pyiceberg.catalog.sql import SqlCatalog
 from pyiceberg.exceptions import NoSuchTableError
 from pyiceberg.schema import Schema
@@ -832,3 +833,22 @@ def get_metadata_entries_count(identifier: str) -> int:
     tbl.transaction().set_properties({"test": "2"}).commit_transaction()
     tbl.append(arrow_table_with_null)
     assert get_metadata_entries_count(identifier) == 4
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("format_version", [1, 2])
+def test_hive_catalog_storage_descriptor(
+    session_catalog_hive: HiveCatalog,
+    pa_schema: pa.Schema,
+    arrow_table_with_null: pa.Table,
+    spark: SparkSession,
+    format_version: int,
+) -> None:
+    tbl = _create_table(
+        session_catalog_hive, "default.test_storage_descriptor", {"format-version": format_version}, [arrow_table_with_null]
+    )
+
+    # check if pyiceberg can read the table
+    assert len(tbl.scan().to_arrow()) == 3
+    # check if spark can read the table
+    assert spark.sql("SELECT * FROM hive.default.test_storage_descriptor").count() == 3