diff --git a/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveSchemaUtil.java b/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveSchemaUtil.java
index d1ff5db66ad4..bb3880b44c5f 100644
--- a/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveSchemaUtil.java
+++ b/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveSchemaUtil.java
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ private static String convertToTypeString(Type type) {
         return "timestamp";
       case FIXED:
       case BINARY:
+      case GEOMETRY:
+      case GEOGRAPHY:
         return "binary";
       case VARIANT:
         return "unknown";
diff --git a/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveSchemaUtil.java b/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveSchemaUtil.java
index 59c19a5d095d..12cf235f62a1 100644
--- a/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveSchemaUtil.java
+++ b/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveSchemaUtil.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.apache.iceberg.types.EdgeAlgorithm;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Type;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -212,6 +213,44 @@ public void testVariantTypeConvertToHiveSchema() {
     assertThat(hiveSchema).containsExactly(new FieldSchema("variant_field", "unknown", null));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testGeometryTypeConvertToHiveSchema() {
+    Schema schema = new Schema(optional(0, "geometry_field", Types.GeometryType.crs84()));
+    List<FieldSchema> hiveSchema = HiveSchemaUtil.convert(schema);
+    assertThat(hiveSchema).containsExactly(new FieldSchema("geometry_field", "binary", null));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGeometryTypeWithCustomCrsConvertToHiveSchema() {
+    Schema schema = new Schema(optional(0, "geometry_field", Types.GeometryType.of("EPSG:3857")));
+    List<FieldSchema> hiveSchema = HiveSchemaUtil.convert(schema);
+    assertThat(hiveSchema).containsExactly(new FieldSchema("geometry_field", "binary", null));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGeographyTypeConvertToHiveSchema() {
+    Schema schema = new Schema(optional(0, "geography_field", Types.GeographyType.crs84()));
+    List<FieldSchema> hiveSchema = HiveSchemaUtil.convert(schema);
+    assertThat(hiveSchema).containsExactly(new FieldSchema("geography_field", "binary", null));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGeographyTypeWithCustomCrsConvertToHiveSchema() {
+    Schema schema = new Schema(optional(0, "geography_field", Types.GeographyType.of("EPSG:4326")));
+    List<FieldSchema> hiveSchema = HiveSchemaUtil.convert(schema);
+    assertThat(hiveSchema).containsExactly(new FieldSchema("geography_field", "binary", null));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGeographyTypeWithVincentyAlgorithmConvertToHiveSchema() {
+    Schema schema =
+        new Schema(
+            optional(
+                0, "geography_field", Types.GeographyType.of("OGC:CRS84", EdgeAlgorithm.VINCENTY)));
+    List<FieldSchema> hiveSchema = HiveSchemaUtil.convert(schema);
+    assertThat(hiveSchema).containsExactly(new FieldSchema("geography_field", "binary", null));
+  }
+
   protected List<FieldSchema> getSupportedFieldSchemas() {
     List<FieldSchema> fields = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(10);
     fields.add(new FieldSchema("c_float", serdeConstants.FLOAT_TYPE_NAME, "float comment"));