diff --git a/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/hive.rst b/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/hive.rst
index bfe8bf118c9e..dcc1ce039da8 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/hive.rst
+++ b/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/hive.rst
@@ -399,6 +399,11 @@ Property Name                                      Description
                                                    Set to ``false`` to disable statistics. Disabling statistics
                                                    means that :doc:`/optimizer/cost-based-optimizations` can
                                                    not make smart decisions about the query plan.
+
+``hive.auto-purge``                                Set the default value for the auto_purge table property for   ``false``
+                                                   managed tables.
+                                                   See the :ref:`hive_table_properties` for more information
+                                                   on auto_purge.
 ================================================== ============================================================ ============
 
 ORC format configuration properties
diff --git a/plugin/trino-hive/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/HiveConfig.java b/plugin/trino-hive/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/HiveConfig.java
index a02601910034..bfebe40ca195 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-hive/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/HiveConfig.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-hive/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/HiveConfig.java
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ public class HiveConfig
 
     private boolean sizeBasedSplitWeightsEnabled = true;
     private double minimumAssignedSplitWeight = 0.05;
+    private boolean autoPurge;
 
     public boolean isSingleStatementWritesOnly()
     {
@@ -1195,4 +1196,16 @@ public HiveConfig setDeltaLakeCatalogName(String deltaLakeCatalogName)
         this.deltaLakeCatalogName = Optional.ofNullable(deltaLakeCatalogName);
         return this;
     }
+
+    public boolean isAutoPurge()
+    {
+        return this.autoPurge;
+    }
+
+    @Config("hive.auto-purge")
+    public HiveConfig setAutoPurge(boolean autoPurge)
+    {
+        this.autoPurge = autoPurge;
+        return this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/trino-hive/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/HiveTableProperties.java b/plugin/trino-hive/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/HiveTableProperties.java
index b98a188b5a39..0a9a0346476a 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-hive/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/HiveTableProperties.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-hive/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/HiveTableProperties.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public HiveTableProperties(
                 stringProperty(CSV_QUOTE, "CSV quote character", null, false),
                 stringProperty(CSV_ESCAPE, "CSV escape character", null, false),
                 booleanProperty(TRANSACTIONAL, "Table is transactional", null, false),
-                booleanProperty(AUTO_PURGE, "Skip trash when table or partition is deleted", null, false));
+                booleanProperty(AUTO_PURGE, "Skip trash when table or partition is deleted", config.isAutoPurge(), false));
     }
 
     public List<PropertyMetadata<?>> getTableProperties()
diff --git a/plugin/trino-hive/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/TestHiveConfig.java b/plugin/trino-hive/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/TestHiveConfig.java
index f1a10dd473ad..11df8a35151b 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-hive/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/TestHiveConfig.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-hive/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/hive/TestHiveConfig.java
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ public void testDefaults()
                 .setIcebergCatalogName(null)
                 .setSizeBasedSplitWeightsEnabled(true)
                 .setMinimumAssignedSplitWeight(0.05)
-                .setDeltaLakeCatalogName(null));
+                .setDeltaLakeCatalogName(null)
+                .setAutoPurge(false));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ public void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
                 .put("hive.size-based-split-weights-enabled", "false")
                 .put("hive.minimum-assigned-split-weight", "1.0")
                 .put("hive.delta-lake-catalog-name", "delta")
+                .put("hive.auto-purge", "true")
                 .buildOrThrow();
 
         HiveConfig expected = new HiveConfig()
@@ -272,7 +274,8 @@ public void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
                 .setIcebergCatalogName("iceberg")
                 .setSizeBasedSplitWeightsEnabled(false)
                 .setMinimumAssignedSplitWeight(1.0)
-                .setDeltaLakeCatalogName("delta");
+                .setDeltaLakeCatalogName("delta")
+                .setAutoPurge(true);
 
         assertFullMapping(properties, expected);
     }