diff --git a/itests/hive-unit/src/test/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/TestHiveDatabaseMetaData.java b/itests/hive-unit/src/test/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/TestHiveDatabaseMetaData.java
index 2e5128e1eaff..70f222e0857e 100644
--- a/itests/hive-unit/src/test/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/TestHiveDatabaseMetaData.java
+++ b/itests/hive-unit/src/test/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/TestHiveDatabaseMetaData.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.hive.jdbc;
 
-import org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveConnection;
-import org.apache.hive.jdbc.Utils;
 import org.apache.hive.jdbc.Utils.JdbcConnectionParams;
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -107,4 +105,16 @@ public void testHiveConnectionUdateServerHiveConf() {
         .get(Utils.JdbcConnectionParams.HIVE_CONF_PREFIX + "hive.default.nulls.last"));
 
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetUserName() throws SQLException {
+    HiveConnection hiveConnection = new HiveConnection("jdbc:hive2:///;user=foo", new Properties());
+    hiveDatabaseMetaData = new HiveDatabaseMetaData(hiveConnection, null, null);
+    assertEquals("foo", hiveDatabaseMetaData.getUserName());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetURL() {
+    assertEquals(connection.getConnectedUrl(), hiveDatabaseMetaData.getURL());
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/HiveConnection.java b/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/HiveConnection.java
index 2850ccdddde0..054400c20243 100644
--- a/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/HiveConnection.java
+++ b/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/HiveConnection.java
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ public void updateServerHiveConf(Map<String, String> serverHiveConf, JdbcConnect
   /**
    * @return username from sessConfMap
    */
-  private String getUserName() {
+  String getUserName() {
     return getSessionValue(JdbcConnectionParams.AUTH_USER, JdbcConnectionParams.ANONYMOUS_USER);
   }
 
diff --git a/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/HiveDatabaseMetaData.java b/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/HiveDatabaseMetaData.java
index d1cfd7eb2c56..41f9857cd5e5 100644
--- a/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/HiveDatabaseMetaData.java
+++ b/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/HiveDatabaseMetaData.java
@@ -744,12 +744,12 @@ public <T> T getObject(int columnIndex, Class<T> type) throws SQLException {
     };
   }
 
-  public String getURL() throws SQLException {
-    throw new SQLFeatureNotSupportedException("Method not supported");
+  public String getURL() {
+    return connection.getConnectedUrl();
   }
 
-  public String getUserName() throws SQLException {
-    throw new SQLFeatureNotSupportedException("Method not supported");
+  public String getUserName() {
+    return connection.getUserName();
   }
 
   public ResultSet getVersionColumns(String catalog, String schema, String table)