diff --git a/crates/catalog/glue/src/schema.rs b/crates/catalog/glue/src/schema.rs
index 59d51f3dc1..d9779d27da 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/glue/src/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/glue/src/schema.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use aws_sdk_glue::types::Column;
 use iceberg::spec::{PrimitiveType, SchemaVisitor, TableMetadata, VariantType, visit_schema};
-use iceberg::{Error, ErrorKind, Result};
+use iceberg::Result;
 
 use crate::error::from_aws_build_error;
 
@@ -157,12 +157,10 @@ impl SchemaVisitor for GlueSchemaBuilder {
             PrimitiveType::Date => "date".to_string(),
             PrimitiveType::Timestamp => "timestamp".to_string(),
             PrimitiveType::TimestampNs => "timestamp_ns".to_string(),
-            PrimitiveType::Timestamptz | PrimitiveType::TimestamptzNs => {
-                return Err(Error::new(
-                    ErrorKind::FeatureUnsupported,
-                    format!("Conversion from {p:?} is not supported"),
-                ));
-            }
+            // Glue has no timezone-aware timestamp type; map to the equivalent non-tz type,
+            // matching the behavior of the AWS Glue catalog module in apache/iceberg.
+            PrimitiveType::Timestamptz => "timestamp".to_string(),
+            PrimitiveType::TimestamptzNs => "timestamp_ns".to_string(),
             PrimitiveType::Time | PrimitiveType::String | PrimitiveType::Uuid => {
                 "string".to_string()
             }
@@ -342,6 +340,42 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_schema_with_timestamptz_fields() -> Result<()> {
+        let record = r#"{
+            "type": "struct",
+            "schema-id": 1,
+            "fields": [
+                {
+                    "id": 1,
+                    "name": "ts_tz",
+                    "required": true,
+                    "type": "timestamptz"
+                },
+                {
+                    "id": 2,
+                    "name": "ts_tz_ns",
+                    "required": true,
+                    "type": "timestamptz_ns"
+                }
+            ]
+        }"#;
+
+        let schema = serde_json::from_str::<Schema>(record)?;
+        let metadata = create_metadata(schema)?;
+
+        let result = GlueSchemaBuilder::from_iceberg(&metadata)?.build();
+
+        let expected = vec![
+            create_column("ts_tz", "timestamp", "1", false)?,
+            create_column("ts_tz_ns", "timestamp_ns", "2", false)?,
+        ];
+
+        assert_eq!(result, expected);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_schema_with_structs() -> Result<()> {
         let record = r#"{