diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/ShowTablesJsonCommand.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/ShowTablesJsonCommand.scala
index 0dfc31705ae69..c52dc3de8fdd2 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/ShowTablesJsonCommand.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/ShowTablesJsonCommand.scala
@@ -107,30 +107,38 @@ case class ShowTablesJsonCommand(
       sparkSession: SparkSession,
       catalog: TableCatalog,
       ns: Seq[String]): JObject = {
-    val identifiers = if (!isExtended) {
+    val relations = if (!isExtended) {
       catalog match {
         case mc: RelationCatalog =>
-          mc.listRelationSummaries(ns.toArray).map(_.identifier())
-        case _ => catalog.listTables(ns.toArray)
+          mc.listRelationSummaries(ns.toArray).map(s => (s.identifier(), Option.empty[String]))
+        case _ =>
+          catalog.listTables(ns.toArray).map(ident => (ident, Option.empty[String]))
       }
     } else {
-      catalog.listTables(ns.toArray)
+      catalog match {
+        case mc: RelationCatalog =>
+          mc.listRelationSummaries(ns.toArray)
+            .map(s => (s.identifier(), Some(s.tableType())))
+        case _ =>
+          catalog.listTableSummaries(ns.toArray)
+            .map(s => (s.identifier(), Some(s.tableType())))
+      }
     }
 
     val pat = pattern.getOrElse("*")
-    val filteredIdents = identifiers.filter { ident =>
+    val filteredRelations = relations.filter { case (ident, _) =>
       StringUtils.filterPattern(Seq(ident.name()), pat).nonEmpty
     }
 
     val jsonRows = new ArrayBuffer[JObject]()
-    filteredIdents.foreach { ident =>
+    filteredRelations.foreach { case (ident, tableType) =>
       val nsArray = JArray(ident.namespace().map(JString(_)).toList)
       val entry = if (isExtended) {
         JObject(
           "name" -> JString(ident.name()),
           "catalog" -> JString(catalog.name()),
           "namespace" -> nsArray,
-          "type" -> JString("TABLE"),
+          "type" -> JString(tableType.get),
           "isTemporary" -> JBool(false)
         )
       } else {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v2/ShowTablesSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v2/ShowTablesSuite.scala
index 775ca672f90b2..e0888fee6ce23 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v2/ShowTablesSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v2/ShowTablesSuite.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.v2
 
+import org.json4s._
+import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods._
+
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Row
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.{InMemoryRelationCatalog, TableSummary}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
@@ -26,6 +30,9 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
  */
 class ShowTablesSuite extends command.ShowTablesSuiteBase with CommandSuiteBase {
   override def defaultNamespace: Seq[String] = Nil
+  // Extended JSON now uses TableSummary.tableType(), and TableCatalog.listTableSummaries
+  // defaults a missing V2 table type property to TableSummary.FOREIGN_TABLE_TYPE.
+  override def expectedTableTypeInJson: String = TableSummary.FOREIGN_TABLE_TYPE
   override def expectsSessionTempViews: Boolean = false
 
   // The test fails for V1 catalog with the error:
@@ -73,6 +80,34 @@ class ShowTablesSuite extends command.ShowTablesSuiteBase with CommandSuiteBase
     }
   }
 
+  test("show table extended as json returns relation catalog table and view types") {
+    val relationCatalog = "show_table_extended_json_relation_catalog"
+    withSQLConf(s"spark.sql.catalog.$relationCatalog" ->
+        classOf[InMemoryRelationCatalog].getName) {
+      withNamespaceAndTable("ns", "tbl", relationCatalog) { t =>
+        sql(s"CREATE TABLE $t (id INT) $defaultUsing")
+        withView(s"$relationCatalog.ns.vw") {
+          sql(s"CREATE VIEW $relationCatalog.ns.vw AS SELECT 1 AS id")
+
+          val jsonStr = sql(
+            s"SHOW TABLE EXTENDED IN $relationCatalog.ns LIKE '*' AS JSON")
+            .collect()(0).getString(0)
+          val tables = (parse(jsonStr) \ "tables").asInstanceOf[JArray].arr
+          def entry(name: String): JValue = {
+            tables.find(e => (e \ "name").extract[String] == name)
+              .getOrElse(fail(s"Missing $name in SHOW TABLE EXTENDED AS JSON: $tables"))
+          }
+
+          assert((entry("tbl") \ "type").extract[String] ===
+            TableSummary.FOREIGN_TABLE_TYPE)
+          assert((entry("vw") \ "type").extract[String] ===
+            TableSummary.VIEW_TABLE_TYPE)
+          assert(tables.map(e => (e \ "name").extract[String]).toSet === Set("tbl", "vw"))
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   override protected def extendedPartInNonPartedTableError(
       catalog: String,
       namespace: String,