diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/lookml.md b/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/lookml.md
index d971c39e2d76da..ddb99659c66b51 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/lookml.md
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/lookml.md
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ Note that a `.` is used to denote nested fields in the YAML recipe.
 | `view_pattern.ignoreCase`  |          | `True` | Whether to ignore case sensitivity during pattern matching.                                                                                                                                  |
 | `env`                                          |          | `"PROD"`   | Environment to use in namespace when constructing URNs.                 |
 | `parse_table_names_from_sql`                   |          | `False`    | See note below.                                                         |
+| `sql_parser`                                   |          | `datahub.utilities.sql_parser.DefaultSQLParser`    | See note below.                                                         |
 
-Note! The integration can use [`sql-metadata`](https://pypi.org/project/sql-metadata/) to try to parse the tables the
-views depends on. As these SQL's can be complicated, and the package doesn't official support all the SQL dialects that
-Looker supports, the result might not be correct. This parsing is disabled by default, but can be enabled by setting
-`parse_table_names_from_sql: True`.
+Note! The integration can use an SQL parser to try to parse the tables the views depends on. This parsing is disabled by default, 
+but can be enabled by setting `parse_table_names_from_sql: True`.  The default parser is based on the [`sql-metadata`](https://pypi.org/project/sql-metadata/) package. 
+As this package doesn't officially support all the SQL dialects that Looker supports, the result might not be correct. You can, however, implement a
+custom parser and take it into use by setting the `sql_parser` configuration value. A custom SQL parser must inherit from `datahub.utilities.sql_parser.SQLParser`
+and must be made available to Datahub by ,for example, installing it. The configuration then needs to be set to `module_name.ClassName` of the parser.
 
 ## Compatibility
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/lookml.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/lookml.py
index 3ca86df6cb964b..7e1dd832bde369 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/lookml.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/lookml.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import glob
+import importlib
 import itertools
 import logging
 import pathlib
@@ -8,15 +9,16 @@
 from dataclasses import field as dataclass_field
 from dataclasses import replace
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type
 
 import pydantic
 
+from datahub.utilities.sql_parser import SQLParser
+
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
     import lkml
 else:
     raise ModuleNotFoundError("The lookml plugin requires Python 3.7 or newer.")
-from sql_metadata import Parser as SQLParser
 
 import datahub.emitter.mce_builder as builder
 from datahub.configuration import ConfigModel
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ class LookMLSourceConfig(ConfigModel):
     view_pattern: AllowDenyPattern = AllowDenyPattern.allow_all()
     env: str = builder.DEFAULT_ENV
     parse_table_names_from_sql: bool = False
+    sql_parser: str = "datahub.utilities.sql_parser.DefaultSQLParser"
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -252,8 +255,23 @@ class LookerView:
     fields: List[ViewField]
 
     @classmethod
-    def _get_sql_table_names(cls, sql: str) -> List[str]:
-        sql_table_names: List[str] = SQLParser(sql).tables
+    def _import_sql_parser_cls(cls, sql_parser_path: str) -> Type[SQLParser]:
+        assert "." in sql_parser_path, "sql_parser-path must contain a ."
+        module_name, cls_name = sql_parser_path.rsplit(".", 1)
+        import sys
+
+        logger.info(sys.path)
+        parser_cls = getattr(importlib.import_module(module_name), cls_name)
+        if not issubclass(parser_cls, SQLParser):
+            raise ValueError(f"must be derived from {SQLParser}; got {parser_cls}")
+
+        return parser_cls
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_sql_table_names(cls, sql: str, sql_parser_path: str) -> List[str]:
+        parser_cls = cls._import_sql_parser_cls(sql_parser_path)
+
+        sql_table_names: List[str] = parser_cls(sql).get_tables()
 
         # Remove quotes from table names
         sql_table_names = [t.replace('"', "") for t in sql_table_names]
@@ -290,6 +308,7 @@ def from_looker_dict(
         looker_viewfile_loader: LookerViewFileLoader,
         reporter: LookMLSourceReport,
         parse_table_names_from_sql: bool = False,
+        sql_parser_path: str = "datahub.utilities.sql_parser.DefaultSQLParser",
     ) -> Optional["LookerView"]:
         view_name = looker_view["name"]
         logger.debug(f"Handling view {view_name}")
@@ -330,7 +349,9 @@ def from_looker_dict(
             sql_table_names = []
             if parse_table_names_from_sql and "sql" in derived_table:
                 # Get the list of tables in the query
-                sql_table_names = cls._get_sql_table_names(derived_table["sql"])
+                sql_table_names = cls._get_sql_table_names(
+                    derived_table["sql"], sql_parser_path
+                )
 
             return LookerView(
                 absolute_file_path=looker_viewfile.absolute_file_path,
@@ -686,6 +707,7 @@ def get_workunits(self) -> Iterable[MetadataWorkUnit]:
                                 viewfile_loader,
                                 self.reporter,
                                 self.source_config.parse_table_names_from_sql,
+                                self.source_config.sql_parser,
                             )
                         except Exception as e:
                             self.reporter.report_warning(
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/utilities/sql_parser.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/utilities/sql_parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a046c31f314acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/utilities/sql_parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+from typing import List
+
+try:
+    from sql_metadata import Parser as MetadataSQLParser
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+
+class SQLParser(metaclass=ABCMeta):
+    def __init__(self, sql_query: str) -> None:
+        self._sql_query = sql_query
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_tables(self) -> List[str]:
+        pass
+
+
+class DefaultSQLParser(SQLParser):
+    def __init__(self, sql_query: str) -> None:
+        self._parser = MetadataSQLParser(sql_query)
+
+    def get_tables(self) -> List[str]:
+        return self._parser.tables
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_utilities.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_utilities.py
index cb1261715ff6b7..919c45c4b7518f 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_utilities.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_utilities.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
 from datahub.utilities.delayed_iter import delayed_iter
 from datahub.utilities.groupby import groupby_unsorted
+from datahub.utilities.sql_parser import DefaultSQLParser
 
 
 def test_delayed_iter():
@@ -44,3 +49,15 @@ def test_groupby_unsorted():
         ("B", ["B"]),
         ("C", ["C", "C"]),
     ]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.version_info < (3, 7), reason="The LookML source requires Python 3.7+"
+)
+def test_default_sql_parser():
+    sql_query = "SELECT foo.a, foo.b, bar.c FROM foo JOIN bar ON (foo.a == bar.b);"
+
+    tables_list = DefaultSQLParser(sql_query).get_tables()
+
+    assert tables_list == ["foo", "bar"]