diff --git a/external/docker-integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/v2/V2JDBCNamespaceTest.scala b/external/docker-integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/v2/V2JDBCNamespaceTest.scala
index 0c6b2701c92b0..4f56f1f4ea1e7 100644
--- a/external/docker-integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/v2/V2JDBCNamespaceTest.scala
+++ b/external/docker-integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/v2/V2JDBCNamespaceTest.scala
@@ -17,21 +17,31 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.jdbc.v2
 
+import java.util
+import java.util.Collections
+
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.NamespaceChange
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.NonEmptyNamespaceException
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.{Identifier, NamespaceChange}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.v2.jdbc.JDBCTableCatalog
 import org.apache.spark.sql.jdbc.DockerIntegrationFunSuite
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, StringType, StructType}
 import org.apache.spark.tags.DockerTest
 
 @DockerTest
 private[v2] trait V2JDBCNamespaceTest extends SharedSparkSession with DockerIntegrationFunSuite {
   val catalog = new JDBCTableCatalog()
 
+  private val emptyProps: util.Map[String, String] = Collections.emptyMap[String, String]
+  private val schema: StructType = new StructType()
+    .add("id", IntegerType)
+    .add("data", StringType)
+
   def builtinNamespaces: Array[Array[String]]
 
   test("listNamespaces: basic behavior") {
@@ -60,4 +70,26 @@ private[v2] trait V2JDBCNamespaceTest extends SharedSparkSession with DockerInte
     }.getMessage
     assert(msg.contains("Namespace 'foo' not found"))
   }
+
+  test("Drop namespace") {
+    val ident1 = Identifier.of(Array("foo"), "tab")
+    // Drop empty namespace without cascade
+    catalog.createNamespace(Array("foo"), Map("comment" -> "test comment").asJava)
+    assert(catalog.namespaceExists(Array("foo")) === true)
+    catalog.dropNamespace(Array("foo"), cascade = false)
+    assert(catalog.namespaceExists(Array("foo")) === false)
+
+    // Drop non empty namespace without cascade
+    catalog.createNamespace(Array("foo"), Map("comment" -> "test comment").asJava)
+    assert(catalog.namespaceExists(Array("foo")) === true)
+    catalog.createTable(ident1, schema, Array.empty, emptyProps)
+    intercept[NonEmptyNamespaceException] {
+      catalog.dropNamespace(Array("foo"), cascade = false)
+    }
+
+    // Drop non empty namespace with cascade
+    assert(catalog.namespaceExists(Array("foo")) === true)
+    catalog.dropNamespace(Array("foo"), cascade = true)
+    assert(catalog.namespaceExists(Array("foo")) === false)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala
index 7f68a73f8950a..cc40d19693b4d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala
@@ -1014,9 +1014,15 @@ object JdbcUtils extends Logging with SQLConfHelper {
   /**
    * Drops a namespace from the JDBC database.
    */
-  def dropNamespace(conn: Connection, options: JDBCOptions, namespace: String): Unit = {
+  def dropNamespace(
+      conn: Connection, options: JDBCOptions, namespace: String, cascade: Boolean): Unit = {
     val dialect = JdbcDialects.get(options.url)
-    executeStatement(conn, options, s"DROP SCHEMA ${dialect.quoteIdentifier(namespace)}")
+    val dropCmd = if (cascade) {
+      s"DROP SCHEMA ${dialect.quoteIdentifier(namespace)} CASCADE"
+    } else {
+      s"DROP SCHEMA ${dialect.quoteIdentifier(namespace)}"
+    }
+    executeStatement(conn, options, dropCmd)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalog.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalog.scala
index 1658f0dce7fbe..d06a28d952b38 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalog.scala
@@ -282,12 +282,9 @@ class JDBCTableCatalog extends TableCatalog with SupportsNamespaces with Logging
       namespace: Array[String],
       cascade: Boolean): Boolean = namespace match {
     case Array(db) if namespaceExists(namespace) =>
-      if (listTables(Array(db)).nonEmpty) {
-        throw QueryExecutionErrors.namespaceNotEmptyError(namespace)
-      }
       JdbcUtils.withConnection(options) { conn =>
         JdbcUtils.classifyException(s"Failed drop name space: $db", dialect) {
-          JdbcUtils.dropNamespace(conn, options, db)
+          JdbcUtils.dropNamespace(conn, options, db, cascade)
           true
         }
       }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresDialect.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresDialect.scala
index 356cb4ddbd008..fc33a57da7282 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresDialect.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresDialect.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Locale
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.SQLConfHelper
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{IndexAlreadyExistsException, NoSuchIndexException}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{IndexAlreadyExistsException, NonEmptyNamespaceException, NoSuchIndexException}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.expressions.NamedReference
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.{JDBCOptions, JdbcUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.v2.TableSampleInfo
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ private object PostgresDialect extends JdbcDialect with SQLConfHelper {
           // https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/errcodes-appendix.html
           case "42P07" => throw new IndexAlreadyExistsException(message, cause = Some(e))
           case "42704" => throw new NoSuchIndexException(message, cause = Some(e))
+          case "2BP01" => throw NonEmptyNamespaceException(message, cause = Some(e))
           case _ => super.classifyException(message, e)
         }
       case unsupported: UnsupportedOperationException => throw unsupported