diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalog.java
index e9d07c5ba332..cb12d7d5c28f 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalog.java
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ public class TrinoGlueCatalog
     private final AWSGlueAsync glueClient;
     private final GlueMetastoreStats stats;
     private final boolean hideMaterializedViewStorageTable;
+    private final boolean isUsingSystemSecurity;
 
     private final Cache<SchemaTableName, com.amazonaws.services.glue.model.Table> glueTableCache = EvictableCacheBuilder.newBuilder()
             // Even though this is query-scoped, this still needs to be bounded. information_schema queries can access large number of tables.
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ public TrinoGlueCatalog(
             String trinoVersion,
             AWSGlueAsync glueClient,
             GlueMetastoreStats stats,
+            boolean isUsingSystemSecurity,
             Optional<String> defaultSchemaLocation,
             boolean useUniqueTableLocation,
             boolean hideMaterializedViewStorageTable)
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ public TrinoGlueCatalog(
         this.fileSystemFactory = requireNonNull(fileSystemFactory, "fileSystemFactory is null");
         this.glueClient = requireNonNull(glueClient, "glueClient is null");
         this.stats = requireNonNull(stats, "stats is null");
+        this.isUsingSystemSecurity = isUsingSystemSecurity;
         this.defaultSchemaLocation = requireNonNull(defaultSchemaLocation, "defaultSchemaLocation is null");
         this.hideMaterializedViewStorageTable = hideMaterializedViewStorageTable;
     }
@@ -1180,7 +1183,7 @@ private void createMaterializedViewWithStorageTable(
         TableInput materializedViewTableInput = getMaterializedViewTableInput(
                 viewName.getTableName(),
                 encodeMaterializedViewData(fromConnectorMaterializedViewDefinition(definition)),
-                session.getUser(),
+                isUsingSystemSecurity ? null : session.getUser(),
                 createMaterializedViewProperties(session, storageTable));
 
         if (existing.isPresent()) {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalogFactory.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalogFactory.java
index 2a76128e0290..89e844d7ac47 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalogFactory.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TrinoGlueCatalogFactory.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import io.trino.plugin.hive.metastore.glue.GlueHiveMetastoreConfig;
 import io.trino.plugin.hive.metastore.glue.GlueMetastoreStats;
 import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergConfig;
+import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergSecurityConfig;
 import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.catalog.IcebergTableOperationsProvider;
 import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.catalog.TrinoCatalog;
 import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.catalog.TrinoCatalogFactory;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import static io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergSecurityConfig.IcebergSecurity.SYSTEM;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
 public class TrinoGlueCatalogFactory
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ public class TrinoGlueCatalogFactory
     private final boolean isUniqueTableLocation;
     private final boolean hideMaterializedViewStorageTable;
     private final GlueMetastoreStats stats;
+    private final boolean isUsingSystemSecurity;
 
     @Inject
     public TrinoGlueCatalogFactory(
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ public TrinoGlueCatalogFactory(
             GlueHiveMetastoreConfig glueConfig,
             IcebergConfig icebergConfig,
             IcebergGlueCatalogConfig catalogConfig,
+            IcebergSecurityConfig securityConfig,
             GlueMetastoreStats stats,
             AWSGlueAsync glueClient)
     {
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ public TrinoGlueCatalogFactory(
         this.isUniqueTableLocation = icebergConfig.isUniqueTableLocation();
         this.hideMaterializedViewStorageTable = icebergConfig.isHideMaterializedViewStorageTable();
         this.stats = requireNonNull(stats, "stats is null");
+        this.isUsingSystemSecurity = securityConfig.getSecuritySystem() == SYSTEM;
     }
 
     @Managed
@@ -93,6 +98,7 @@ public TrinoCatalog create(ConnectorIdentity identity)
                 trinoVersion,
                 glueClient,
                 stats,
+                isUsingSystemSecurity,
                 defaultSchemaLocation,
                 isUniqueTableLocation,
                 hideMaterializedViewStorageTable);
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TestTrinoGlueCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TestTrinoGlueCatalog.java
index c44dc03ee138..894c006528b9 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TestTrinoGlueCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/glue/TestTrinoGlueCatalog.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ protected TrinoCatalog createTrinoCatalog(boolean useUniqueTableLocations)
                 "test",
                 glueClient,
                 new GlueMetastoreStats(),
+                false,
                 Optional.empty(),
                 useUniqueTableLocations,
                 new IcebergConfig().isHideMaterializedViewStorageTable());
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ public void testDefaultLocation()
                 "test",
                 glueClient,
                 new GlueMetastoreStats(),
+                false,
                 Optional.of(tmpDirectory.toAbsolutePath().toString()),
                 false,
                 new IcebergConfig().isHideMaterializedViewStorageTable());