diff --git a/docs/resources/external_table.md b/docs/resources/external_table.md
index 06f2f8724b..df44186f31 100644
--- a/docs/resources/external_table.md
+++ b/docs/resources/external_table.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ resource snowflake_external_table external_table {
 - **copy_grants** (Boolean) Specifies to retain the access permissions from the original table when an external table is recreated using the CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE variant
 - **id** (String) The ID of this resource.
 - **partition_by** (List of String) Specifies any partition columns to evaluate for the external table.
+- **pattern** (String) Specifies the file names and/or paths on the external stage to match.
 - **refresh_on_create** (Boolean) Specifies weather to refresh when an external table is created.
 
 ### Read-Only
diff --git a/pkg/resources/external_table.go b/pkg/resources/external_table.go
index afc599ca71..a967fb1104 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/external_table.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/external_table.go
@@ -76,7 +76,12 @@ var externalTableSchema = map[string]*schema.Schema{
 		ForceNew:    true,
 		Description: "Specifies the file format for the external table.",
 	},
-
+	"pattern": {
+		Type:        schema.TypeString,
+		Optional:    true,
+		ForceNew:    true,
+		Description: "Specifies the file names and/or paths on the external stage to match.",
+	},
 	"aws_sns_topic": {
 		Type:        schema.TypeString,
 		Optional:    true,
diff --git a/pkg/resources/external_table_test.go b/pkg/resources/external_table_test.go
index 5836a7aa17..1d74a5de77 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/external_table_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/external_table_test.go
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ func TestExternalTableCreate(t *testing.T) {
 		"column":      []interface{}{map[string]interface{}{"name": "column1", "type": "OBJECT", "as": "a"}, map[string]interface{}{"name": "column2", "type": "VARCHAR", "as": "b"}},
 		"location":    "location",
 		"file_format": "format",
+		"pattern":     "pattern",
 	}
 	d := externalTable(t, "database_name|schema_name|good_name", in)
 
 	WithMockDb(t, func(db *sql.DB, mock sqlmock.Sqlmock) {
-		mock.ExpectExec(`CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE "database_name"."schema_name"."good_name" \("column1" OBJECT AS a, "column2" VARCHAR AS b\) WITH LOCATION = location REFRESH_ON_CREATE = true AUTO_REFRESH = true FILE_FORMAT = \( format \) COMMENT = 'great comment'`).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(1, 1))
+		mock.ExpectExec(`CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE "database_name"."schema_name"."good_name" \("column1" OBJECT AS a, "column2" VARCHAR AS b\) WITH LOCATION = location REFRESH_ON_CREATE = true AUTO_REFRESH = true PATTERN = 'pattern' FILE_FORMAT = \( format \) COMMENT = 'great comment'`).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(1, 1))
 
 		expectExternalTableRead(mock)
 		err := resources.CreateExternalTable(d, db)
diff --git a/pkg/snowflake/external_table_test.go b/pkg/snowflake/external_table_test.go
index 1821593f9d..4e220904e8 100644
--- a/pkg/snowflake/external_table_test.go
+++ b/pkg/snowflake/external_table_test.go
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ func TestExternalTableCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	s := ExternalTable("test_table", "test_db", "test_schema")
 	s.WithColumns([]map[string]string{{"name": "column1", "type": "OBJECT", "as": "expression1"}, {"name": "column2", "type": "VARCHAR", "as": "expression2"}})
 	s.WithLocation("location")
+	s.WithPattern("pattern")
 	s.WithFileFormat("file format")
 	r.Equal(s.QualifiedName(), `"test_db"."test_schema"."test_table"`)
 
-	r.Equal(s.Create(), `CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE "test_db"."test_schema"."test_table" ("column1" OBJECT AS expression1, "column2" VARCHAR AS expression2) WITH LOCATION = location REFRESH_ON_CREATE = false AUTO_REFRESH = false FILE_FORMAT = ( file format )`)
+	r.Equal(s.Create(), `CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE "test_db"."test_schema"."test_table" ("column1" OBJECT AS expression1, "column2" VARCHAR AS expression2) WITH LOCATION = location REFRESH_ON_CREATE = false AUTO_REFRESH = false PATTERN = 'pattern' FILE_FORMAT = ( file format )`)
 
 	s.WithComment("Test Comment")
-	r.Equal(s.Create(), `CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE "test_db"."test_schema"."test_table" ("column1" OBJECT AS expression1, "column2" VARCHAR AS expression2) WITH LOCATION = location REFRESH_ON_CREATE = false AUTO_REFRESH = false FILE_FORMAT = ( file format ) COMMENT = 'Test Comment'`)
+	r.Equal(s.Create(), `CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE "test_db"."test_schema"."test_table" ("column1" OBJECT AS expression1, "column2" VARCHAR AS expression2) WITH LOCATION = location REFRESH_ON_CREATE = false AUTO_REFRESH = false PATTERN = 'pattern' FILE_FORMAT = ( file format ) COMMENT = 'Test Comment'`)
 }
 
 func TestExternalTableDrop(t *testing.T) {