diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
index 517fe77ff757..da57494bb763 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
@@ -2796,6 +2796,12 @@ public Optional<ConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition> getMaterializedView(Connect
         return catalog.getMaterializedView(session, viewName);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName viewName)
+    {
+        return catalog.isMaterializedView(session, viewName);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void renameMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName source, SchemaTableName target)
     {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/TrinoCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/TrinoCatalog.java
index afd25eab19a2..9f00ebd855b6 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/TrinoCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/TrinoCatalog.java
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ void createMaterializedView(
 
     Optional<ConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition> getMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName viewName);
 
+    boolean isMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName viewName);
+
     void renameMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName source, SchemaTableName target);
 
     void updateColumnComment(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName schemaTableName, ColumnIdentity columnIdentity, Optional<String> comment);
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalog.java
index 5a1a03a13d78..ddd0ceaf5633 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalog.java
@@ -1246,6 +1246,28 @@ protected Optional<ConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition> doGetMaterializedView(Co
         return createMaterializedViewDefinition(session, viewName, table);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName viewName)
+    {
+        ConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition materializedViewDefinition = materializedViewCache.get(viewName);
+        if (materializedViewDefinition != null) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (tableMetadataCache.containsKey(viewName) || viewCache.containsKey(viewName)) {
+            // Entries in these caches are not materialized views.
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        Optional<com.amazonaws.services.glue.model.Table> maybeTable = getTableAndCacheMetadata(session, viewName);
+        if (maybeTable.isEmpty()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        com.amazonaws.services.glue.model.Table table = maybeTable.get();
+        return isTrinoMaterializedView(getTableType(table), getTableParameters(table));
+    }
+
     private Optional<ConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition> createMaterializedViewDefinition(
             ConnectorSession session,
             SchemaTableName viewName,
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/hms/TrinoHiveCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/hms/TrinoHiveCatalog.java
index c6234c1cf018..6f9a26be7927 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/hms/TrinoHiveCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/hms/TrinoHiveCatalog.java
@@ -663,6 +663,18 @@ protected Optional<ConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition> doGetMaterializedView(Co
                 storageTableName));
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName viewName)
+    {
+        Optional<io.trino.plugin.hive.metastore.Table> tableOptional = metastore.getTable(viewName.getSchemaName(), viewName.getTableName());
+        if (tableOptional.isEmpty()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        io.trino.plugin.hive.metastore.Table table = tableOptional.get();
+        return isTrinoMaterializedView(table.getTableType(), table.getParameters());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void renameMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName source, SchemaTableName target)
     {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/jdbc/TrinoJdbcCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/jdbc/TrinoJdbcCatalog.java
index 920be5a5dede..d723fd7a710e 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/jdbc/TrinoJdbcCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/jdbc/TrinoJdbcCatalog.java
@@ -412,6 +412,12 @@ public Optional<ConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition> getMaterializedView(Connect
         return Optional.empty();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName viewName)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void renameMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName source, SchemaTableName target)
     {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/nessie/TrinoNessieCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/nessie/TrinoNessieCatalog.java
index 7f4a8872a18b..294ceea68985 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/nessie/TrinoNessieCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/nessie/TrinoNessieCatalog.java
@@ -375,6 +375,12 @@ public Optional<ConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition> getMaterializedView(Connect
         return Optional.empty();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName viewName)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected Optional<ConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition> doGetMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName schemaViewName)
     {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java
index 57f41315f343..27a4d714f26a 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java
@@ -415,6 +415,12 @@ public Optional<ConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition> getMaterializedView(Connect
         return Optional.empty();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName viewName)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void renameMaterializedView(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName source, SchemaTableName target)
     {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorSmokeTest.java
index 257d3bba5ce1..ecdcdd3c8e0f 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -519,6 +519,24 @@ public void testDropTableWithMissingMetadataFile()
         assertFalse(fileSystem.listFiles(tableLocation).hasNext(), "Table location should not exist");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDropMaterializedViewWithMissingMetadataFile()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        String viewName = "test_drop_mv_with_missing_metadata_file_" + randomNameSuffix();
+        assertUpdate("CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW " + viewName + " AS SELECT 1 x, 'INDIA' y");
+
+        Location metadataLocation = Location.of(getMetadataLocation(viewName));
+
+        // Delete current metadata file
+        fileSystem.deleteFile(metadataLocation);
+        assertFalse(fileSystem.newInputFile(metadataLocation).exists(), "Current metadata file should not exist");
+
+        // try to drop mv
+        assertUpdate("DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW " + viewName);
+        assertFalse(getQueryRunner().tableExists(getSession(), viewName));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDropTableWithMissingSnapshotFile()
             throws Exception
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergMinioConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergMinioConnectorSmokeTest.java
index d60cbc15378f..3801e9eb5073 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergMinioConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergMinioConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 
@@ -232,13 +233,17 @@ protected void dropTableFromMetastore(String tableName)
     @Override
     protected String getMetadataLocation(String tableName)
     {
-        HiveMetastore metastore = new BridgingHiveMetastore(
+        Map<String, String> parameters = new BridgingHiveMetastore(
                 testingThriftHiveMetastoreBuilder()
                         .metastoreClient(hiveMinioDataLake.getHiveHadoop().getHiveMetastoreEndpoint())
-                        .build());
-        return metastore
+                        .build())
                 .getTable(schemaName, tableName).orElseThrow()
-                .getParameters().get("metadata_location");
+                .getParameters();
+        return Optional.ofNullable(parameters.get("storage_table"))
+                // this is a materialized view:
+                .map(this::getMetadataLocation)
+                // this is a plain table:
+                .orElseGet(() -> parameters.get("metadata_location"));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergConnectorSmokeTest.java
index 99a4c1d96595..b1a197ca65ae 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static com.google.common.io.MoreFiles.deleteRecursively;
 import static com.google.common.io.RecursiveDeleteOption.ALLOW_INSECURE;
@@ -80,9 +82,14 @@ protected void dropTableFromMetastore(String tableName)
     @Override
     protected String getMetadataLocation(String tableName)
     {
-        return metastore
+        Map<String, String> parameters = metastore
                 .getTable(getSession().getSchema().orElseThrow(), tableName).orElseThrow()
-                .getParameters().get("metadata_location");
+                .getParameters();
+        return Optional.ofNullable(parameters.get("storage_table"))
+                // this is a materialized view:
+                .map(this::getMetadataLocation)
+                // this is a plain table:
+                .orElseGet(() -> parameters.get("metadata_location"));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMetastoreAccessOperations.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMetastoreAccessOperations.java
index 6cdee6b0bfa4..eca6731c61f0 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMetastoreAccessOperations.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMetastoreAccessOperations.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public void testDropMaterializedView()
 
         assertMetastoreInvocations("DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW test_drop_mview_view",
                 ImmutableMultiset.builder()
-                        .addCopies(GET_TABLE, 2)
+                        .add(GET_TABLE)
                         .addCopies(DROP_TABLE, 2)
                         .build());
     }
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/jdbc/TestIcebergJdbcCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/jdbc/TestIcebergJdbcCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java
index 5a9aef435698..6efb3c334953 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/jdbc/TestIcebergJdbcCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/jdbc/TestIcebergJdbcCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -182,4 +182,11 @@ protected boolean isFileSorted(Location path, String sortColumnName)
         }
         return checkOrcFileSorting(fileSystem, path, sortColumnName);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void testDropMaterializedViewWithMissingMetadataFile()
+    {
+        assertThatThrownBy(super::testDropMaterializedViewWithMissingMetadataFile)
+                .hasMessageMatching("createMaterializedView is not supported for Iceberg JDBC catalogs");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/nessie/TestIcebergNessieCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/nessie/TestIcebergNessieCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java
index 33d74c92741c..805501b06373 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/nessie/TestIcebergNessieCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/nessie/TestIcebergNessieCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -224,6 +224,13 @@ public void testDropTableWithMissingMetadataFile()
                 .hasMessageMatching("metadata location for register_table is not supported");
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void testDropMaterializedViewWithMissingMetadataFile()
+    {
+        assertThatThrownBy(super::testDropMaterializedViewWithMissingMetadataFile)
+                .hasMessageMatching("createMaterializedView is not supported for Iceberg Nessie catalogs");
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void testDropTableWithMissingSnapshotFile()
     {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergTrinoRestCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergTrinoRestCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java
index 29ff135aea4c..c45d7aca01ec 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergTrinoRestCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergTrinoRestCatalogConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -234,6 +234,13 @@ public void testDropTableWithMissingMetadataFile()
                 .hasMessageMatching("Failed to load table: (.*)");
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void testDropMaterializedViewWithMissingMetadataFile()
+    {
+        assertThatThrownBy(super::testDropMaterializedViewWithMissingMetadataFile)
+                .hasMessageMatching("createMaterializedView is not supported for Iceberg REST catalog");
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void testDropTableWithMissingSnapshotFile()
     {