diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java
index 0d54c0639cdf..e56a503381d2 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 import static io.trino.plugin.deltalake.transactionlog.DeltaLakeSchemaSupport.serializeSchemaAsJson;
 import static io.trino.plugin.deltalake.transactionlog.DeltaLakeSchemaSupport.serializeStatsAsJson;
 import static io.trino.plugin.deltalake.transactionlog.DeltaLakeSchemaSupport.validateType;
-import static io.trino.plugin.deltalake.transactionlog.MetadataEntry.buildDeltaMetadataConfiguration;
+import static io.trino.plugin.deltalake.transactionlog.MetadataEntry.configurationForNewTable;
 import static io.trino.plugin.deltalake.transactionlog.TransactionLogParser.getMandatoryCurrentVersion;
 import static io.trino.plugin.deltalake.transactionlog.TransactionLogUtil.getTransactionLogDir;
 import static io.trino.plugin.hive.HiveMetadata.PRESTO_QUERY_ID_NAME;
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ public void createTable(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableMetadata tableMe
                         deltaLakeColumns,
                         partitionColumns,
                         columnComments,
-                        buildDeltaMetadataConfiguration(checkpointInterval),
+                        configurationForNewTable(checkpointInterval),
                         CREATE_TABLE_OPERATION,
                         session,
                         nodeVersion,
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ public Optional<ConnectorOutputMetadata> finishCreateTable(
                     handle.getInputColumns(),
                     handle.getPartitionedBy(),
                     ImmutableMap.of(),
-                    buildDeltaMetadataConfiguration(handle.getCheckpointInterval()),
+                    configurationForNewTable(handle.getCheckpointInterval()),
                     CREATE_TABLE_AS_OPERATION,
                     session,
                     nodeVersion,
@@ -1017,8 +1017,6 @@ public void setTableComment(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle table
                     .map(column -> toColumnHandle(column, column.getName(), column.getType(), partitionColumns))
                     .collect(toImmutableList());
 
-            Optional<Long> checkpointInterval = DeltaLakeTableProperties.getCheckpointInterval(tableMetadata.getProperties());
-
             TransactionLogWriter transactionLogWriter = transactionLogWriterFactory.newWriter(session, handle.getLocation());
             appendTableEntries(
                     commitVersion,
@@ -1027,7 +1025,7 @@ public void setTableComment(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle table
                     columns,
                     partitionColumns,
                     getColumnComments(handle.getMetadataEntry()),
-                    buildDeltaMetadataConfiguration(checkpointInterval),
+                    handle.getMetadataEntry().getConfiguration(),
                     SET_TBLPROPERTIES_OPERATION,
                     session,
                     nodeVersion,
@@ -1064,8 +1062,6 @@ public void setColumnComment(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle tabl
                     .collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue)));
             comment.ifPresent(s -> columnComments.put(deltaLakeColumnHandle.getName(), s));
 
-            Optional<Long> checkpointInterval = DeltaLakeTableProperties.getCheckpointInterval(tableMetadata.getProperties());
-
             TransactionLogWriter transactionLogWriter = transactionLogWriterFactory.newWriter(session, deltaLakeTableHandle.getLocation());
             appendTableEntries(
                     commitVersion,
@@ -1074,7 +1070,7 @@ public void setColumnComment(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle tabl
                     columns,
                     partitionColumns,
                     columnComments.buildOrThrow(),
-                    buildDeltaMetadataConfiguration(checkpointInterval),
+                    deltaLakeTableHandle.getMetadataEntry().getConfiguration(),
                     CHANGE_COLUMN_OPERATION,
                     session,
                     nodeVersion,
@@ -1111,8 +1107,6 @@ public void addColumn(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle tableHandle
                 columnComments.put(newColumnMetadata.getName(), newColumnMetadata.getComment());
             }
 
-            Optional<Long> checkpointInterval = DeltaLakeTableProperties.getCheckpointInterval(tableMetadata.getProperties());
-
             TransactionLogWriter transactionLogWriter = transactionLogWriterFactory.newWriter(session, handle.getLocation());
             appendTableEntries(
                     commitVersion,
@@ -1121,7 +1115,7 @@ public void addColumn(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle tableHandle
                     columnsBuilder.build(),
                     partitionColumns,
                     columnComments.buildOrThrow(),
-                    buildDeltaMetadataConfiguration(checkpointInterval),
+                    handle.getMetadataEntry().getConfiguration(),
                     ADD_COLUMN_OPERATION,
                     session,
                     nodeVersion,
diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/transactionlog/MetadataEntry.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/transactionlog/MetadataEntry.java
index f62af938a4df..b0fd34c4222b 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/transactionlog/MetadataEntry.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/transactionlog/MetadataEntry.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public Optional<Long> getCheckpointInterval()
         }
     }
 
-    public static Map<String, String> buildDeltaMetadataConfiguration(Optional<Long> checkpointInterval)
+    public static Map<String, String> configurationForNewTable(Optional<Long> checkpointInterval)
     {
         return checkpointInterval
                 .map(value -> ImmutableMap.of(DELTA_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_PROPERTY, String.valueOf(value)))
diff --git a/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAlterTableCompatibility.java b/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAlterTableCompatibility.java
index a3568192d34c..7df963779d50 100644
--- a/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAlterTableCompatibility.java
+++ b/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAlterTableCompatibility.java
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
 import static io.trino.tempto.assertions.QueryAssert.Row.row;
 import static io.trino.tempto.assertions.QueryAssert.assertQueryFailure;
 import static io.trino.tempto.assertions.QueryAssert.assertThat;
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@
 import static io.trino.tests.product.utils.QueryExecutors.onTrino;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class TestDeltaLakeAlterTableCompatibility
         extends BaseTestDeltaLakeS3Storage
@@ -167,4 +171,30 @@ public void testCommentOnColumnUnsupportedWriterVersion()
             onTrino().executeQuery("DROP TABLE delta.default." + tableName);
         }
     }
+
+    @Test(groups = {DELTA_LAKE_DATABRICKS, DELTA_LAKE_OSS, PROFILE_SPECIFIC_TESTS})
+    public void testTrinoAlterTablePreservesTableMetadata()
+    {
+        String tableName = "test_trino_alter_table_preserves_table_metadata_" + randomTableSuffix();
+        String tableDirectory = "databricks-compatibility-test-" + tableName;
+
+        onDelta().executeQuery(format("" +
+                        "CREATE TABLE default.%s (col int) " +
+                        "USING DELTA LOCATION 's3://%s/%s'" +
+                        "TBLPROPERTIES ('delta.appendOnly' = true)",
+                tableName,
+                bucketName,
+                tableDirectory));
+        try {
+            onTrino().executeQuery("COMMENT ON COLUMN delta.default." + tableName + ".col IS 'test column comment'");
+            onTrino().executeQuery("COMMENT ON TABLE delta.default." + tableName + " IS 'test table comment'");
+            onTrino().executeQuery("ALTER TABLE delta.default." + tableName + " ADD COLUMN new_column INT");
+
+            List<?> properties = getOnlyElement(onDelta().executeQuery("SHOW TBLPROPERTIES " + tableName + "(delta.appendOnly)").rows());
+            assertTrue(Boolean.parseBoolean((String) properties.get(1)));
+        }
+        finally {
+            onTrino().executeQuery("DROP TABLE delta.default." + tableName);
+        }
+    }
 }