diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/athena/metadata.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/athena/metadata.py
index 847c94beb79..f0240af398a 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/athena/metadata.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/athena/metadata.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from typing import Iterable, Optional, Tuple
 from pyathena.sqlalchemy.base import AthenaDialect
 from sqlalchemy.engine.reflection import Inspector
 
+from metadata.clients.aws_client import AWSClient
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.data.databaseSchema import DatabaseSchema
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.data.table import (
     Column,
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ from metadata.ingestion.source.database.common_db_source import (
 from metadata.ingestion.source.database.external_table_lineage_mixin import (
     ExternalTableLineageMixin,
 )
+from metadata.ingestion.source.database.glue.models import DatabasePage
 from metadata.utils import fqn
 from metadata.utils.logger import ingestion_logger
 from metadata.utils.sqlalchemy_utils import get_all_table_ddls, get_table_ddl
@@ -112,6 +114,29 @@ class AthenaSource(ExternalTableLineageMixin, CommonDbSourceService):
             connection=self.service_connection
         )
         self.external_location_map = {}
+        self.schema_description_map = {}
+
+    def prepare(self):
+        """
+        Prepare the source by fetching the schema descriptions from the AWS Glue service.
+        """
+        try:
+            super().prepare()
+            glue_client = AWSClient(self.service_connection.awsConfig).get_glue_client()
+            paginator = glue_client.get_paginator("get_databases")
+            for page in paginator.paginate():
+                database_page = DatabasePage(**page)
+                for database in database_page.DatabaseList or []:
+                    if database.Description:
+                        self.schema_description_map[
+                            database.Name
+                        ] = database.Description
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning(f"Error preparing Athena source: {exc}")
+            logger.debug(traceback.format_exc())
+
+    def get_schema_description(self, schema_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
+        return self.schema_description_map.get(schema_name)
 
     def query_table_names_and_types(
         self, schema_name: str
@@ -259,6 +284,7 @@ class AthenaSource(ExternalTableLineageMixin, CommonDbSourceService):
                     )
                 )
 
+    # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
     def get_table_description(
         self, schema_name: str, table_name: str, inspector: Inspector
     ) -> str: