diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py
index 9d285b75e9f..081c8a60f25 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py
@@ -247,11 +247,16 @@ def get_result_attributes(self, query: str) -> List[Attribute]:
             self._run_new_describe(self._cursor, query), self.max_string_size
         )
 
-    def _run_new_describe(self, cursor: SnowflakeCursor, query: str) -> Union[List[ResultMetadata], List["ResultMetadataV2"]]:
+    def _run_new_describe(
+        self, cursor: SnowflakeCursor, query: str
+    ) -> Union[List[ResultMetadata], List["ResultMetadataV2"]]:
         result_metadata = run_new_describe(cursor, query)
 
-        describe_listeners = [listener for listener in self._query_listener if hasattr(listener, 'describe_listener')]
-        for listener in describe_listeners:
+        for listener in filter(
+            lambda listener: hasattr(listener, "include_describe")
+            and listener.include_describe,
+            self._query_listener,
+        ):
             listener._add_query(QueryRecord(cursor.sfqid, query, True))
 
         return result_metadata
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/query_history.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/query_history.py
index 73a0f9b09ae..69a3e3aa48d 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/query_history.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/query_history.py
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@ class QueryHistory:
         :meth:`snowflake.snowpark.Session.query_history`.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, session: "snowflake.snowpark.session.Session") -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        session: "snowflake.snowpark.session.Session",
+        include_describe: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
         self.session = session
         self._queries: List[QueryRecord] = []
+        self._include_describe = include_describe
 
     def __enter__(self):
         return self
@@ -38,3 +43,7 @@ def _add_query(self, query_record: QueryRecord):
     @property
     def queries(self) -> List[QueryRecord]:
         return self._queries
+
+    @property
+    def include_describe(self) -> bool:
+        return self._include_describe
diff --git a/tests/integ/modin/sql_counter.py b/tests/integ/modin/sql_counter.py
index 3734b5b4ba8..6c254ddc5be 100644
--- a/tests/integ/modin/sql_counter.py
+++ b/tests/integ/modin/sql_counter.py
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ def __init__(
             # Add SqlCounter as a snowpark query listener.
             self.session._conn.add_query_listener(self)
 
+    # The query history listener will include describe queries if this is true.
+    @property
+    def include_describe(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
     @staticmethod
     def set_record_mode(record_mode):
         """Record mode means the SqlCounter does not assert any results, but rather collects them so they can
@@ -187,10 +192,6 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
     def _add_query(self, query_record: QueryRecord):
         self._queries.append(query_record)
 
-    # This attribute signals we also want to collect describe queries.
-    def describe_listener(self):
-        pass
-
     def expects(self, **kwargs):
         """
         Validate expectation of sql counts.  We avoid using asserts because we do not want to interrupt the
@@ -274,8 +275,12 @@ def _get_actual_queries(self):
                         for fw in FILTER_OUT_QUERIES
                     ]
                 ),
-                list(map(lambda q: q.sql_text,
-                         [q for q in self._queries if not q.is_describe])),
+                list(
+                    map(
+                        lambda q: q.sql_text,
+                        [q for q in self._queries if not q.is_describe],
+                    )
+                ),
             )
         )