diff --git a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/relation_configs/policies.py b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/relation_configs/policies.py
index 75195f9a3..2ad42dc0b 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/relation_configs/policies.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/relation_configs/policies.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class SnowflakeRelationType(StrEnum):
     CTE = "cte"
     External = "external"
     DynamicTable = "dynamic_table"
+    ExternalTable = "external_table"
 
 
 class SnowflakeIncludePolicy(Policy):
diff --git a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/relations/external_table/external_table.sql b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/relations/external_table/external_table.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edf127abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/relations/external_table/external_table.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{% macro snowflake__create_external_table(source_node) %}
+
+    {%- set columns = source_node.columns.values() -%}
+    {%- set external = source_node.external -%}
+    {%- set partitions = external.partitions -%}
+
+    {# {{ log('XXX: columns: ' ~ columns, info=True) }}
+    {{ log('XXX: partitions: ' ~ columns, info=True) }}
+    {% set partition_map = partitions|map(attribute='name')|join(', ') %}
+    {{ log('XXX: partition_map: ' ~ partition_map, info=True) }} #}
+
+
+
+
+    {%- set is_csv = dbt_external_tables.is_csv(external.file_format) -%}
+
+  {%- set relation = api.Relation.create(
+      database=source_node.database, schema=source_node.schema, identifier=source_node.name,
+      type='external_table') -%}
+
+{# https://docs.snowflake.net/manuals/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table.html #}
+{# This assumes you have already created an external stage #}
+
+    create or replace external table {{ relation }}
+    (
+
+    {%- for column in columns %}
+        {{ log('column: ' ~ column.name, info=True) }}
+        {%- set column_alias = column.name %}
+        {%- set col_expression -%}
+                {%- set col_id = 'value:c' ~ loop.index if is_csv else 'value:' ~ column_alias -%}
+                (case when is_null_value({{col_id}}) or lower({{col_id}}) = 'null' then null else {{col_id}} end)
+        {%- endset %}
+        {{column_alias}} {{column.data_type}} as ({{col_expression}}::{{column.data_type}})
+        {{- ',' if not loop.last -}}
+    {% endfor %}
+
+    )
+    location = {{external.location}} {# stage #}
+
+    file_format = {{external.file_format}}
+
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/relations/external_table/helpers.sql b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/relations/external_table/helpers.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..257f35b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/relations/external_table/helpers.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+{% macro snowflake__create_external_schema(source_node) %}
+
+    {% set schema_exists_query %}
+        show terse schemas like '{{ source_node.schema }}' in database {{ source_node.database }} limit 1;
+    {% endset %}
+    {% if execute %}
+        {% set schema_exists = run_query(schema_exists_query)|length > 0 %}
+    {% else %}
+        {% set schema_exists = false %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {% if schema_exists %}
+        {% set ddl %}
+            select 'Schema {{ source_node.schema }} exists' from dual;
+        {% endset %}
+    {% else %}
+        {% set fqn %}
+            {% if source_node.database %}
+                {{ source_node.database }}.{{ source_node.schema }}
+            {% else %}
+                {{ source_node.schema }}
+            {% endif %}
+        {% endset %}
+
+        {% set ddl %}
+            create schema if not exists {{ fqn }};
+        {% endset %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {% do return(ddl) %}
+
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro snowflake__refresh_external_table(source_node) %}
+
+    {% set external = source_node.external %}
+    {% set snowpipe = source_node.external.get('snowpipe', none) %}
+
+    {% set auto_refresh = external.get('auto_refresh', false) %}
+    {% set partitions = external.get('partitions', none) %}
+    {% set delta_format = (external.table_format | lower == "delta") %}
+
+    {% set manual_refresh = not auto_refresh %}
+
+    {% if manual_refresh %}
+
+        {% set ddl %}
+        begin;
+        alter external table {{source(source_node.source_name, source_node.name)}} refresh;
+        commit;
+        {% endset %}
+
+        {% do return([ddl]) %}
+
+    {% else %}
+
+        {% do return([]) %}
+
+    {% endif %}
+
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro is_csv(file_format) %}
+
+{# From https://docs.snowflake.net/manuals/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table.html:
+
+Important: The external table does not inherit the file format, if any, in the
+stage definition. You must explicitly specify any file format options for the
+external table using the FILE_FORMAT parameter.
+
+Note: FORMAT_NAME and TYPE are mutually exclusive; to avoid unintended behavior,
+you should only specify one or the other when creating an external table.
+
+#}
+
+    {% set ff_ltrimmed = file_format|lower|replace(' ','') %}
+
+    {% if 'type=' in ff_ltrimmed %}
+
+        {% if 'type=csv' in ff_ltrimmed %}
+
+            {{return(true)}}
+
+        {% else %}
+
+            {{return(false)}}
+
+        {% endif %}
+
+    {% else %}
+
+        {% set ff_standardized = ff_ltrimmed
+            | replace('(','') | replace(')','')
+            | replace('format_name=','') %}
+        {% set fqn = ff_standardized.split('.') %}
+
+        {% if fqn | length == 3 %}
+            {% set ff_database, ff_schema, ff_identifier = fqn[0], fqn[1], fqn[2] %}
+        {% elif fqn | length == 2 %}
+            {% set ff_database, ff_schema, ff_identifier = target.database, fqn[0], fqn[1] %}
+        {% else %}
+            {% set ff_database, ff_schema, ff_identifier = target.database, target.schema, fqn[0] %}
+        {% endif %}
+
+        {% call statement('get_file_format', fetch_result = True) %}
+            show file formats in {{ff_database}}.{{ff_schema}}
+        {% endcall %}
+
+        {% set ffs = load_result('get_file_format').table %}
+
+        {% for ff in ffs %}
+
+            {% if ff['name']|lower == ff_identifier and ff['type']|lower == 'csv' %}
+
+                {{return(true)}}
+
+            {% endif %}
+
+        {% endfor %}
+
+        {{return(false)}}
+
+    {% endif %}
+
+{% endmacro %}