diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
index 6aaf0265e1a7..59ce870b5a1e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ private TableProperties() {
    */
   public static final String FORMAT_VERSION = "format-version";
 
+  /**
+   * Reserved table property for UUID.
+   * <p>
+   * This reserved property is used to store the UUID of the table.
+   */
+  public static final String UUID = "uuid";
+
   /**
    * Reserved Iceberg table properties list.
    * <p>
@@ -47,7 +54,8 @@ private TableProperties() {
    * The value of these properties are not persisted as a part of the table metadata.
    */
   public static final Set<String> RESERVED_PROPERTIES = ImmutableSet.of(
-      FORMAT_VERSION
+      FORMAT_VERSION,
+      UUID
   );
 
   public static final String COMMIT_NUM_RETRIES = "commit.retry.num-retries";
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestTableMetadata.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestTableMetadata.java
index 97f2d98bac05..a5e5efd72c98 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestTableMetadata.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestTableMetadata.java
@@ -884,5 +884,11 @@ public void testNoReservedPropertyForTableMetadataCreation() {
         "Table properties should not contain reserved properties, but got {format-version=1}",
         () -> TableMetadata.newTableMetadata(schema, PartitionSpec.unpartitioned(), null, "/tmp",
             ImmutableMap.of(TableProperties.FORMAT_VERSION, "1"), 1));
+
+    AssertHelpers.assertThrows("should not allow reserved table property when creating table metadata",
+        IllegalArgumentException.class,
+        "Table properties should not contain reserved properties, but got {uuid=uuid}",
+        () -> TableMetadata.newTableMetadata(schema, PartitionSpec.unpartitioned(), null, "/tmp",
+            ImmutableMap.of(TableProperties.UUID, "uuid"), 1));
   }
 }
diff --git a/flink/v1.12/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java b/flink/v1.12/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java
index 7b552fa9ecb3..41908ce39177 100644
--- a/flink/v1.12/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java
+++ b/flink/v1.12/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 import org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes;
@@ -178,10 +177,9 @@ public void testCreateTableIfNotExists() {
     sql("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tl(id BIGINT)");
     Assert.assertEquals(Maps.newHashMap(), table("tl").properties());
 
-    final String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    final Map<String, String> expectedProperties = ImmutableMap.of("uuid", uuid);
+    final Map<String, String> expectedProperties = ImmutableMap.of("key", "value");
     table("tl").updateProperties()
-        .set("uuid", uuid)
+        .set("key", "value")
         .commit();
     Assert.assertEquals(expectedProperties, table("tl").properties());
 
diff --git a/flink/v1.13/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java b/flink/v1.13/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java
index 4ecfcb040cbb..b0efe154ce53 100644
--- a/flink/v1.13/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java
+++ b/flink/v1.13/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 import org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes;
@@ -179,10 +178,9 @@ public void testCreateTableIfNotExists() {
     sql("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tl(id BIGINT)");
     Assert.assertEquals(Maps.newHashMap(), table("tl").properties());
 
-    final String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    final Map<String, String> expectedProperties = ImmutableMap.of("uuid", uuid);
+    final Map<String, String> expectedProperties = ImmutableMap.of("key", "value");
     table("tl").updateProperties()
-        .set("uuid", uuid)
+        .set("key", "value")
         .commit();
     Assert.assertEquals(expectedProperties, table("tl").properties());
 
diff --git a/flink/v1.14/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java b/flink/v1.14/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java
index 4ecfcb040cbb..b0efe154ce53 100644
--- a/flink/v1.14/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java
+++ b/flink/v1.14/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TestFlinkCatalogTable.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 import org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes;
@@ -179,10 +178,9 @@ public void testCreateTableIfNotExists() {
     sql("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tl(id BIGINT)");
     Assert.assertEquals(Maps.newHashMap(), table("tl").properties());
 
-    final String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    final Map<String, String> expectedProperties = ImmutableMap.of("uuid", uuid);
+    final Map<String, String> expectedProperties = ImmutableMap.of("key", "value");
     table("tl").updateProperties()
-        .set("uuid", uuid)
+        .set("key", "value")
         .commit();
     Assert.assertEquals(expectedProperties, table("tl").properties());
 
diff --git a/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveTableOperations.java b/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveTableOperations.java
index a0bb5c3d5963..f1f23a14549d 100644
--- a/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveTableOperations.java
+++ b/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveTableOperations.java
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ protected void doCommit(TableMetadata base, TableMetadata metadata) {
       Map<String, String> summary = Optional.ofNullable(metadata.currentSnapshot())
           .map(Snapshot::summary)
           .orElseGet(ImmutableMap::of);
-      setHmsTableParameters(newMetadataLocation, tbl, metadata.properties(), removedProps, hiveEngineEnabled, summary);
+      setHmsTableParameters(newMetadataLocation, tbl, metadata, removedProps, hiveEngineEnabled, summary);
 
       if (!keepHiveStats) {
         tbl.getParameters().remove(StatsSetupConst.COLUMN_STATS_ACCURATE);
@@ -352,18 +352,21 @@ private Table newHmsTable() {
     return newTable;
   }
 
-  private void setHmsTableParameters(String newMetadataLocation, Table tbl, Map<String, String> icebergTableProps,
+  private void setHmsTableParameters(String newMetadataLocation, Table tbl, TableMetadata metadata,
                                      Set<String> obsoleteProps, boolean hiveEngineEnabled,
                                      Map<String, String> summary) {
     Map<String, String> parameters = Optional.ofNullable(tbl.getParameters())
         .orElseGet(Maps::newHashMap);
 
     // push all Iceberg table properties into HMS
-    icebergTableProps.forEach((key, value) -> {
+    metadata.properties().forEach((key, value) -> {
       // translate key names between Iceberg and HMS where needed
       String hmsKey = ICEBERG_TO_HMS_TRANSLATION.getOrDefault(key, key);
       parameters.put(hmsKey, value);
     });
+    if (metadata.uuid() != null) {
+      parameters.put(TableProperties.UUID, metadata.uuid());
+    }
 
     // remove any props from HMS that are no longer present in Iceberg table props
     obsoleteProps.forEach(parameters::remove);
diff --git a/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveCatalog.java b/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveCatalog.java
index dea77be5c9b8..74716b771cb0 100644
--- a/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveCatalog.java
+++ b/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveCatalog.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.SortOrder;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Transaction;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Catalog;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Namespace;
@@ -442,4 +443,29 @@ private String defaultUri(Namespace namespace) throws TException {
         "hive.metastore.warehouse.dir", "") +  "/" + namespace.level(0) + ".db";
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testUUIDinTableProperties() throws Exception {
+    Schema schema = new Schema(
+        required(1, "id", Types.IntegerType.get(), "unique ID"),
+        required(2, "data", Types.StringType.get())
+    );
+    TableIdentifier tableIdentifier = TableIdentifier.of(DB_NAME, "tbl");
+    String location = temp.newFolder("tbl").toString();
+
+    try {
+      catalog.buildTable(tableIdentifier, schema)
+          .withLocation(location)
+          .create();
+
+      String tableName = tableIdentifier.name();
+      org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.Table hmsTable =
+          metastoreClient.getTable(tableIdentifier.namespace().level(0), tableName);
+
+      // check parameters are in expected state
+      Map<String, String> parameters = hmsTable.getParameters();
+      Assert.assertNotNull(parameters.get(TableProperties.UUID));
+    } finally {
+      catalog.dropTable(tableIdentifier);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/mr/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/mr/hive/TestHiveIcebergStorageHandlerNoScan.java b/mr/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/mr/hive/TestHiveIcebergStorageHandlerNoScan.java
index 1df2d28c0b06..938ba1997b28 100644
--- a/mr/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/mr/hive/TestHiveIcebergStorageHandlerNoScan.java
+++ b/mr/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/mr/hive/TestHiveIcebergStorageHandlerNoScan.java
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ public void testIcebergAndHmsTableProperties() throws Exception {
     Assert.assertEquals(expectedIcebergProperties, icebergTable.properties());
 
     if (Catalogs.hiveCatalog(shell.getHiveConf(), tableProperties)) {
-      Assert.assertEquals(10, hmsParams.size());
+      Assert.assertEquals(11, hmsParams.size());
       Assert.assertEquals("initial_val", hmsParams.get("custom_property"));
       Assert.assertEquals("TRUE", hmsParams.get(InputFormatConfig.EXTERNAL_TABLE_PURGE));
       Assert.assertEquals("TRUE", hmsParams.get("EXTERNAL"));
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ public void testIcebergAndHmsTableProperties() throws Exception {
         .collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue));
 
     if (Catalogs.hiveCatalog(shell.getHiveConf(), tableProperties)) {
-      Assert.assertEquals(13, hmsParams.size()); // 2 newly-added properties + previous_metadata_location prop
+      Assert.assertEquals(14, hmsParams.size()); // 2 newly-added properties + previous_metadata_location prop
       Assert.assertEquals("true", hmsParams.get("new_prop_1"));
       Assert.assertEquals("false", hmsParams.get("new_prop_2"));
       Assert.assertEquals("new_val", hmsParams.get("custom_property"));