diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/StatementAnalyzer.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/StatementAnalyzer.java
index cf734b1c36f6..874f10fc09b2 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/StatementAnalyzer.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/StatementAnalyzer.java
@@ -2798,15 +2798,17 @@ protected Scope visitMerge(Merge merge, Optional<Scope> scope)
         {
             Relation relation = merge.getTarget();
             Table table = getMergeTargetTable(relation);
-            QualifiedObjectName tableName = createQualifiedObjectName(session, table, table.getName());
-            if (metadata.isMaterializedView(session, tableName)) {
+            QualifiedObjectName originalTableName = createQualifiedObjectName(session, table, table.getName());
+            if (metadata.isMaterializedView(session, originalTableName)) {
                 throw semanticException(NOT_SUPPORTED, merge, "Merging into materialized views is not supported");
             }
-            if (metadata.getView(session, tableName).isPresent()) {
+            if (metadata.isView(session, originalTableName)) {
                 throw semanticException(NOT_SUPPORTED, merge, "Merging into views is not supported");
             }
 
-            TableHandle targetTableHandle = metadata.getTableHandle(session, tableName)
+            RedirectionAwareTableHandle redirection = metadata.getRedirectionAwareTableHandle(session, originalTableName);
+            QualifiedObjectName tableName = redirection.getRedirectedTableName().orElse(originalTableName);
+            TableHandle targetTableHandle = redirection.getTableHandle()
                     .orElseThrow(() -> semanticException(TABLE_NOT_FOUND, table, "Table '%s' does not exist", tableName));
 
             StatementAnalyzer analyzer = statementAnalyzerFactory
diff --git a/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/hive/TestHiveRedirectionToIceberg.java b/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/hive/TestHiveRedirectionToIceberg.java
index d06d57bd1da1..ec91faaee67d 100644
--- a/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/hive/TestHiveRedirectionToIceberg.java
+++ b/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/hive/TestHiveRedirectionToIceberg.java
@@ -224,6 +224,33 @@ public void testUpdate()
         onTrino().executeQuery("DROP TABLE " + icebergTableName);
     }
 
+    @Test(groups = {HIVE_ICEBERG_REDIRECTIONS, PROFILE_SPECIFIC_TESTS})
+    public void testMerge()
+    {
+        String sourceTableName = "iceberg_merge_source_" + randomTableSuffix();
+        String targetTableName = "iceberg_merge_target_" + randomTableSuffix();
+        String hiveSourceTableName = "hive.default." + sourceTableName;
+        String hiveTargetTableName = "hive.default." + targetTableName;
+        String icebergSourceTableName = "iceberg.default." + sourceTableName;
+        String icebergTargetTableName = "iceberg.default." + targetTableName;
+
+        createIcebergTable(icebergSourceTableName, true, true);
+        createIcebergTable(icebergTargetTableName, true, false);
+
+        assertThat(onTrino().executeQuery("" +
+                "MERGE INTO " + hiveTargetTableName + " t USING " + hiveSourceTableName + " s ON t.nationkey = s.nationkey " +
+                "WHEN NOT MATCHED " +
+                "    THEN INSERT (nationkey, name, regionkey, comment) " +
+                "            VALUES (s.nationkey, s.name, s.regionkey, s.comment)"))
+                .updatedRowsCountIsEqualTo(25);
+        assertResultsEqual(
+                onTrino().executeQuery("TABLE " + icebergSourceTableName),
+                onTrino().executeQuery("TABLE " + icebergTargetTableName));
+
+        onTrino().executeQuery("DROP TABLE " + icebergSourceTableName);
+        onTrino().executeQuery("DROP TABLE " + icebergTargetTableName);
+    }
+
     @Test(groups = {HIVE_ICEBERG_REDIRECTIONS, PROFILE_SPECIFIC_TESTS})
     public void testDropTable()
     {