diff --git a/integration_tests/models/plugins/snowflake.yml b/integration_tests/models/plugins/snowflake.yml
index f159395e..19681fa7 100644
--- a/integration_tests/models/plugins/snowflake.yml
+++ b/integration_tests/models/plugins/snowflake.yml
@@ -71,12 +71,20 @@ sources:
         
       - name: people_csv_partitioned_no_columns
         external:
-          <<: *json-people
+          <<: *csv-people
           partitions: *parts-of-the-people
         tests: *same-rowcount
+      
+      - name: people_csv_with_keyword_colname
+        external: *csv-people
+        columns:
+          - name: UNION
+            quote: true
+            data_type: varchar(64)
+        tests: *same-rowcount
           
       - name: people_json_unpartitioned_no_columns
-        external: *csv-people
+        external: *json-people
         tests: *same-rowcount
         
       - name: people_json_partitioned_no_columns
diff --git a/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql b/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql
index 26bb0833..30904403 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@
             {{partition.name}} {{partition.data_type}} as {{partition.expression}}{{- ',' if not loop.last or columns|length > 0 -}}
         {%- endfor -%}{%- endif -%}
         {%- for column in columns %}
+            {%- set column_quoted = adapter.quote(column.name) if column.quote else column.name %}
             {%- set col_expression -%}
                 {%- if is_csv -%}nullif(value:c{{loop.index}},''){# special case: get columns by ordinal position #}
                 {%- else -%}nullif(value:{{column.name}},''){# standard behavior: get columns by name #}
                 {%- endif -%}
             {%- endset %}
-            {{column.name}} {{column.data_type}} as ({{col_expression}}::{{column.data_type}})
+            {{column_quoted}} {{column.data_type}} as ({{col_expression}}::{{column.data_type}})
             {{- ',' if not loop.last -}}
         {% endfor %}
     )