diff --git a/forward_engineering/configs/templates.js b/forward_engineering/configs/templates.js
index fefdd3d1..fed0813c 100644
--- a/forward_engineering/configs/templates.js
+++ b/forward_engineering/configs/templates.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module.exports = {
 	createAsSelect: 'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ${name} AS ${selectStatement}${tableOptions};\n',
 
 	createExternalTable:
-		'CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS \n' +
+		'CREATE${orReplace} EXTERNAL TABLE${tableIfNotExists}\n' +
 		'\t${name} (\n' +
 		'\t\t${column_definitions}${out_of_line_constraints}\n' +
 		'\t)${tableOptions};\n',
diff --git a/forward_engineering/ddlProvider.js b/forward_engineering/ddlProvider.js
index f62feb95..104e6431 100644
--- a/forward_engineering/ddlProvider.js
+++ b/forward_engineering/ddlProvider.js
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ module.exports = (baseProvider, options, app) => {
 						],
 						comment,
 					),
-
+					orReplace,
+					tableIfNotExists,
 					column_definitions: columnDefinitions,
 					out_of_line_constraints: getOutOfLineConstraints(
 						isActivated,