diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseMetastoreCatalog.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseMetastoreCatalog.java
index a882f7360c7b..f35aa29df030 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseMetastoreCatalog.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseMetastoreCatalog.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.CommitFailedException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchTableException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.InputFile;
+import org.apache.iceberg.metrics.LoggingMetricsReporter;
+import org.apache.iceberg.metrics.MetricsReporter;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@
 public abstract class BaseMetastoreCatalog implements Catalog {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BaseMetastoreCatalog.class);
 
+  private MetricsReporter metricsReporter;
+
   @Override
   public Table loadTable(TableIdentifier identifier) {
     Table result;
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ public Table loadTable(TableIdentifier identifier) {
         }
 
       } else {
-        result = new BaseTable(ops, fullTableName(name(), identifier));
+        result = new BaseTable(ops, fullTableName(name(), identifier), metricsReporter());
       }
 
     } else if (isValidMetadataIdentifier(identifier)) {
@@ -301,4 +305,16 @@ protected static String fullTableName(String catalogName, TableIdentifier identi
 
     return sb.toString();
   }
+
+  private MetricsReporter metricsReporter() {
+    if (metricsReporter == null) {
+      metricsReporter =
+          properties().containsKey(CatalogProperties.METRICS_REPORTER_IMPL)
+              ? CatalogUtil.loadMetricsReporter(
+                  properties().get(CatalogProperties.METRICS_REPORTER_IMPL))
+              : LoggingMetricsReporter.instance();
+    }
+
+    return metricsReporter;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/jdbc/JdbcCatalog.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/jdbc/JdbcCatalog.java
index 56b49f9cbaec..8ecbfa5373fd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/jdbc/JdbcCatalog.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/jdbc/JdbcCatalog.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public void initialize(String name, Map<String, String> properties) {
         "Cannot initialize JDBCCatalog because warehousePath must not be null or empty");
 
     this.warehouseLocation = LocationUtil.stripTrailingSlash(inputWarehouseLocation);
-    this.catalogProperties = properties;
+    this.catalogProperties = ImmutableMap.copyOf(properties);
 
     if (name != null) {
       this.catalogName = name;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/jdbc/TestJdbcCatalog.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/jdbc/TestJdbcCatalog.java
index 268391bf436a..b0fdea458d29 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/jdbc/TestJdbcCatalog.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/jdbc/TestJdbcCatalog.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.CatalogProperties;
 import org.apache.iceberg.DataFile;
 import org.apache.iceberg.DataFiles;
+import org.apache.iceberg.FileFormat;
+import org.apache.iceberg.FileScanTask;
 import org.apache.iceberg.HasTableOperations;
 import org.apache.iceberg.PartitionSpec;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchNamespaceException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchTableException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.hadoop.Util;
+import org.apache.iceberg.io.CloseableIterable;
+import org.apache.iceberg.metrics.MetricsReport;
+import org.apache.iceberg.metrics.MetricsReporter;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
@@ -801,4 +807,43 @@ public void testRegisterExistingTable() {
         .hasMessage("Table already exists: a.t1");
     Assertions.assertThat(catalog.dropTable(identifier)).isTrue();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCatalogWithCustomMetricsReporter() throws IOException {
+    JdbcCatalog catalogWithCustomReporter =
+        initCatalog(
+            "test_jdbc_catalog_with_custom_reporter",
+            ImmutableMap.of(
+                CatalogProperties.METRICS_REPORTER_IMPL, CustomMetricsReporter.class.getName()));
+    try {
+      catalogWithCustomReporter.buildTable(TABLE, SCHEMA).create();
+      Table table = catalogWithCustomReporter.loadTable(TABLE);
+      table
+          .newFastAppend()
+          .appendFile(
+              DataFiles.builder(PartitionSpec.unpartitioned())
+                  .withPath(FileFormat.PARQUET.addExtension(UUID.randomUUID().toString()))
+                  .withFileSizeInBytes(10)
+                  .withRecordCount(2)
+                  .build())
+          .commit();
+      try (CloseableIterable<FileScanTask> tasks = table.newScan().planFiles()) {
+        Assertions.assertThat(tasks.iterator()).hasNext();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      catalogWithCustomReporter.dropTable(TABLE);
+    }
+    // counter of custom metrics reporter should have been increased
+    // 1x for commit metrics / 1x for scan metrics
+    Assertions.assertThat(CustomMetricsReporter.COUNTER.get()).isEqualTo(2);
+  }
+
+  public static class CustomMetricsReporter implements MetricsReporter {
+    static final AtomicInteger COUNTER = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+    @Override
+    public void report(MetricsReport report) {
+      COUNTER.incrementAndGet();
+    }
+  }
 }