@@ -4204,6 +4204,8 @@ pub struct CreateTable {
     /// volume's active storage location.
     /// <https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/sql/create-iceberg-table-iceberg-files>
     pub metadata_file_path: Option<String>,
+    /// Snowflake object-store Iceberg invalid UTF-8 handling.
+    pub replace_invalid_characters: Option<String>,
     /// Snowflake "AUTO_REFRESH" clause for externally-managed Iceberg tables
     /// <https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/sql/create-iceberg-table>
     pub auto_refresh: Option<bool>,
@@ -4527,6 +4529,10 @@ impl fmt::Display for CreateTable {
             write!(f, " METADATA_FILE_PATH='{metadata_file_path}'")?;
         }
 
+        if let Some(value) = self.replace_invalid_characters.as_ref() {
+            write!(f, " REPLACE_INVALID_CHARACTERS={value}")?;
+        }
+
         if let Some(auto_refresh) = self.auto_refresh {
             write!(
                 f,
 
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ pub struct CreateTableBuilder {
     pub catalog_table_name: Option<String>,
     /// Optional object-store metadata-file path for catalog-less Iceberg tables.
     pub metadata_file_path: Option<String>,
+    /// Optional invalid-character replacement setting for object-store Iceberg.
+    pub replace_invalid_characters: Option<String>,
     /// Optional auto-refresh flag for externally-managed Iceberg tables.
     pub auto_refresh: Option<bool>,
     /// Optional catalog synchronization option.
@@ -291,6 +293,7 @@ impl CreateTableBuilder {
             catalog: None,
             catalog_table_name: None,
             metadata_file_path: None,
+            replace_invalid_characters: None,
             auto_refresh: None,
             catalog_sync: None,
             storage_serialization_policy: None,
@@ -778,6 +781,7 @@ impl CreateTableBuilder {
             catalog: self.catalog,
             catalog_table_name: self.catalog_table_name,
             metadata_file_path: self.metadata_file_path,
+            replace_invalid_characters: self.replace_invalid_characters,
             auto_refresh: self.auto_refresh,
             catalog_sync: self.catalog_sync,
             storage_serialization_policy: self.storage_serialization_policy,
@@ -887,6 +891,7 @@ impl From<CreateTable> for CreateTableBuilder {
             catalog: table.catalog,
             catalog_table_name: table.catalog_table_name,
             metadata_file_path: table.metadata_file_path,
+            replace_invalid_characters: table.replace_invalid_characters,
             auto_refresh: table.auto_refresh,
             catalog_sync: table.catalog_sync,
             storage_serialization_policy: table.storage_serialization_policy,
 
@@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ impl Spanned for CreateTable {
             catalog: _,                         // todo, Snowflake specific
             catalog_table_name: _,              // todo, Snowflake specific
             metadata_file_path: _,              // todo, Snowflake specific
+            replace_invalid_characters: _,
             auto_refresh: _,                    // todo, Snowflake specific
             catalog_sync: _,                    // todo, Snowflake specific
             storage_serialization_policy: _,
 
@@ -2989,9 +2989,7 @@ pub fn parse_create_table(
                 }
                 Keyword::REPLACE_INVALID_CHARACTERS => {
                     parser.expect_token(&Token::Eq)?;
-                    // Accepted for object-store Iceberg tables; the read path
-                    // does not act on it, so the parsed value is not retained.
-                    let _ = parser.parse_boolean_string()?;
+                    builder.replace_invalid_characters = Some(parser.parse_expr()?.to_string());
                 }
                 Keyword::CATALOG_SYNC => {
                     parser.expect_token(&Token::Eq)?;
 
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ fn test_duckdb_union_datatype() {
             catalog: Default::default(),
             catalog_table_name: Default::default(),
             metadata_file_path: Default::default(),
+            replace_invalid_characters: Default::default(),
             auto_refresh: Default::default(),
             catalog_sync: Default::default(),
             storage_serialization_policy: Default::default(),
 
@@ -2026,6 +2026,7 @@ fn parse_create_table_with_valid_options() {
                 catalog: None,
                 catalog_table_name: None,
                 metadata_file_path: None,
+                replace_invalid_characters: None,
                 auto_refresh: None,
                 catalog_sync: None,
                 storage_serialization_policy: None,
@@ -2221,6 +2222,7 @@ fn parse_create_table_with_identity_column() {
                 catalog: None,
                 catalog_table_name: None,
                 metadata_file_path: None,
+                replace_invalid_characters: None,
                 auto_refresh: None,
                 catalog_sync: None,
                 storage_serialization_policy: None,
 
@@ -6745,6 +6745,7 @@ fn parse_trigger_related_functions() {
             catalog: None,
             catalog_table_name: None,
             metadata_file_path: None,
+            replace_invalid_characters: None,
             auto_refresh: None,
             catalog_sync: None,
             storage_serialization_policy: None,
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -2989,9 +2989,7 @@ pub fn parse_create_table(`
`2989`	`2989`	`}`
`2990`	`2990`	`Keyword::REPLACE_INVALID_CHARACTERS => {`
`2991`	`2991`	`parser.expect_token(&Token::Eq)?;`
`2992`		`- // Accepted for object-store Iceberg tables; the read path`
`2993`		`- // does not act on it, so the parsed value is not retained.`
`2994`		`- let _ = parser.parse_boolean_string()?;`
	`2992`	`+ builder.replace_invalid_characters = Some(parser.parse_expr()?.to_string());`
`2995`	`2993`	`}`
`2996`	`2994`	`Keyword::CATALOG_SYNC => {`
`2997`	`2995`	`parser.expect_token(&Token::Eq)?;`