diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2ec4f82f..d9dc0441d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## dbt-databricks 1.7.x (TBD)
 
+### Features
+
+- Added support for getting freshness from metadata ([481](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/pull/481))
+
 ## dbt-databricks 1.7.0rc1 (October 13, 2023)
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py
index e1d6e1973..88869fa1b 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.base.impl import catch_as_completed
 from dbt.adapters.base.meta import available
 from dbt.adapters.base.relation import BaseRelation, InformationSchema
+from dbt.adapters.capability import CapabilityDict, CapabilitySupport, Support, Capability
 from dbt.adapters.spark.impl import (
     SparkAdapter,
     GET_COLUMNS_IN_RELATION_RAW_MACRO_NAME,
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ class DatabricksAdapter(SparkAdapter):
 
     AdapterSpecificConfigs = DatabricksConfig
 
+    _capabilities = CapabilityDict(
+        {Capability.TableLastModifiedMetadata: CapabilitySupport(support=Support.Full)}
+    )
+
     @available.parse(lambda *a, **k: 0)
     def compare_dbr_version(self, major: int, minor: int) -> int:
         """
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/relation.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/relation.py
index f26f43499..00d6720a4 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/relation.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/relation.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from dbt.contracts.relation import (
     ComponentName,
 )
-from dbt.adapters.base.relation import BaseRelation, Policy
+from dbt.adapters.base.relation import BaseRelation, Policy, InformationSchema
 from dbt.adapters.spark.impl import KEY_TABLE_OWNER, KEY_TABLE_STATISTICS
 from dbt.dataclass_schema import StrEnum
 
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ class DatabricksRelationType(StrEnum):
     StreamingTable = "streamingtable"
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False, repr=False)
+class DatabricksInformationSchema(InformationSchema):
+    quote_policy: Policy = field(default_factory=lambda: DatabricksQuotePolicy())
+    include_policy: Policy = field(default_factory=lambda: DatabricksIncludePolicy())
+    quote_character: str = "`"
+
+    def is_hive_metastore(self) -> bool:
+        return self.database is None or self.database == "hive_metastore"
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False, repr=False)
 class DatabricksRelation(BaseRelation):
     type: Optional[DatabricksRelationType] = None  # type: ignore
@@ -115,3 +125,13 @@ def matches(
     @classproperty
     def get_relation_type(cls) -> Type[DatabricksRelationType]:
         return DatabricksRelationType
+
+    def information_schema(self, view_name: Optional[str] = None) -> InformationSchema:
+        # some of our data comes from jinja, where things can be `Undefined`.
+        if not isinstance(view_name, str):
+            view_name = None
+
+        # Kick the user-supplied schema out of the information schema relation
+        # Instead address this as <database>.information_schema by default
+        info_schema = DatabricksInformationSchema.from_relation(self, view_name)
+        return info_schema.incorporate(path={"schema": None})
diff --git a/dbt/include/databricks/macros/metadata.sql b/dbt/include/databricks/macros/metadata.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42ee73033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/databricks/macros/metadata.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{% macro databricks__get_relation_last_modified(information_schema, relations) -%}
+
+  {%- call statement('last_modified', fetch_result=True) -%}
+    {% if information_schema.is_hive_metastore %}
+        {%- for relation in relations -%}
+            select '{{ relation.schema }}' as schema,
+                    '{{ relation.identifier }}' as identifier,
+                    max(timestamp) as last_modified,
+                    {{ current_timestamp() }} as snapshotted_at
+            from (describe history {{ relation.schema }}.{{ relation.identifier }})
+            {% if not loop.last %}
+            union all
+            {% endif %}
+        {%- endfor -%}
+    {% else %}
+        select table_schema as schema,
+               table_name as identifier,
+               last_altered as last_modified,
+               {{ current_timestamp() }} as snapshotted_at
+        from {{ information_schema }}.tables
+        where (
+          {%- for relation in relations -%}
+            (table_schema = '{{ relation.schema }}' and
+             table_name = '{{ relation.identifier }}'){%- if not loop.last %} or {% endif -%}
+          {%- endfor -%}
+        )
+    {% endif %}
+  {%- endcall -%}
+
+  {{ return(load_result('last_modified')) }}
+
+{% endmacro %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/test_source_freshness.py b/tests/functional/adapter/test_source_freshness.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea8091571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/test_source_freshness.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import os
+import pytest
+
+from dbt.tests.util import get_artifact, run_dbt
+
+freshness_via_metadata_schema_yml = """
+version: 2
+sources:
+  - name: test_source
+    freshness:
+      warn_after: {count: 10, period: hour}
+      error_after: {count: 1, period: day}
+    schema: "{{ env_var('DBT_GET_RELATION_TEST_SCHEMA') }}"
+    tables:
+      - name: test_table
+"""
+
+
+class TestGetRelationLastModified:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class", autouse=True)
+    def set_env_vars(self, project):
+        os.environ["DBT_GET_RELATION_TEST_SCHEMA"] = project.test_schema
+        yield
+        del os.environ["DBT_GET_RELATION_TEST_SCHEMA"]
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {"schema.yml": freshness_via_metadata_schema_yml}
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def custom_schema(self, project, set_env_vars):
+        with project.adapter.connection_named("__test"):
+            relation = project.adapter.Relation.create(
+                database=project.database, schema=os.environ["DBT_GET_RELATION_TEST_SCHEMA"]
+            )
+            project.adapter.drop_schema(relation)
+            project.adapter.create_schema(relation)
+
+        yield relation.schema
+
+        with project.adapter.connection_named("__test"):
+            project.adapter.drop_schema(relation)
+
+    def test_get_relation_last_modified(self, project, custom_schema):
+        project.run_sql(
+            f"create table {custom_schema}.test_table (id integer, name varchar(100) not null);"
+        )
+
+        run_dbt(["source", "freshness"])
+
+        sources = get_artifact("target/sources.json")
+
+        assert sources["results"][0]["status"] == "pass"