diff --git a/integration_tests/models/plugins/snowflake/snowflake_external.yml b/integration_tests/models/plugins/snowflake/snowflake_external.yml
index ad62cec..922ca68 100644
--- a/integration_tests/models/plugins/snowflake/snowflake_external.yml
+++ b/integration_tests/models/plugins/snowflake/snowflake_external.yml
@@ -202,19 +202,12 @@ sources:
                 - email
                 - email_domain
 
-      - name: people_ignore_case
+
+      - name: people_parquet_infer_schema_ignore_case_unpartitioned
         external: 
-          <<: *csv-people
+          <<: *parquet-people
+          infer_schema: true
           ignore_case: true
-        columns:
-          - name: id
-            data_type: int
-          - name: first_name
-            data_type: varchar(64)
-          - name: last_name
-            data_type: varchar(64)
-          - name: email
-            data_type: varchar(64)
         tests:
           - dbt_utils.equality:
               compare_model: ref('people_ignore_case')
@@ -222,4 +215,19 @@ sources:
                 - id
                 - first_name
                 - last_name
-                - email         
\ No newline at end of file
+                - email         
+
+      - name: people_parquet_column_list_ignore_case_partitioned
+        external: 
+          <<: *parquet-people
+          partitions: *parts-of-the-people
+          ignore_case: true
+        columns: *cols-of-the-people
+        tests:
+          - dbt_utils.equality:
+              compare_model: ref('people_ignore_case')
+              compare_columns:
+                - id
+                - first_name
+                - last_name
+                - email        
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql b/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql
index d671e8d..9045ced 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
     {% if infer_schema %}
         {% set query_infer_schema %}
-            select * from table( infer_schema( location=>'{{external.location}}', file_format=>'{{external.file_format}}') )
+            select * from table( infer_schema( location=>'{{external.location}}', file_format=>'{{external.file_format}}', ignore_case=>true) )
         {% endset %}
         {% if execute %}
             {% set columns_infer = run_query(query_infer_schema) %}
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@
         {% else %}
         {%- for column in columns_infer %}
                 {%- set col_expression -%}
+                {%- if ignore_case -%}
+                    {%- set col_id = 'GET_IGNORE_CASE($1, ' ~ "'"~ column[0] ~"'"~ ')' -%}
+                {%- else -%}
                     {%- set col_id = 'value:' ~ column[0] -%}
+                {%- endif -%}
                     (case when is_null_value({{col_id}}) or lower({{col_id}}) = 'null' then null else {{col_id}} end)
                 {%- endset %}
                 {{column[0]}} {{column[1]}} as ({{col_expression}}::{{column[1]}})