diff --git a/pkg/resources/external_stage_acceptance_test.go b/pkg/resources/external_stage_acceptance_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..711089672b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/resources/external_stage_acceptance_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package resources_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/acctest"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAcc_ExternalStage(t *testing.T) {
+	accName := strings.ToUpper(acctest.RandStringFromCharSet(10, acctest.CharSetAlpha))
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		Providers: providers(),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: externalStageConfig(accName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("snowflake_stage.test", "name", accName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("snowflake_stage.test", "database", accName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("snowflake_stage.test", "schema", accName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("snowflake_stage.test", "comment", "Terraform acceptance test"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func externalStageConfig(n string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "snowflake_database" "test" {
+	name = "%v"
+	comment = "Terraform acceptance test"
+}
+
+resource "snowflake_schema" "test" {
+	name = "%v"
+	database = snowflake_database.test.name
+	comment = "Terraform acceptance test"
+}
+
+resource "snowflake_stage" "test" {
+	name = "%v"
+	url = "s3://com.example.bucket/prefix"
+	database = snowflake_database.test.name
+	schema = snowflake_schema.test.name
+	comment = "Terraform acceptance test"
+}
+`, n, n, n)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/resources/stage_acceptance_test.go b/pkg/resources/internal_stage_acceptance_test.go
similarity index 90%
rename from pkg/resources/stage_acceptance_test.go
rename to pkg/resources/internal_stage_acceptance_test.go
index be3591caf9..390b6793b7 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/stage_acceptance_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/internal_stage_acceptance_test.go
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
 )
 
-func TestAcc_Stage(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAcc_InternalStage(t *testing.T) {
 	accName := strings.ToUpper(acctest.RandStringFromCharSet(10, acctest.CharSetAlpha))
 
 	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
 		Providers: providers(),
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			{
-				Config: stageConfig(accName),
+				Config: internalStageConfig(accName),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("snowflake_stage.test", "name", accName),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("snowflake_stage.test", "database", accName),
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestAcc_Stage(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func stageConfig(n string) string {
+func internalStageConfig(n string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "snowflake_database" "test" {
 	name = "%v"
diff --git a/pkg/resources/stage_test.go b/pkg/resources/stage_test.go
index 05ee297818..5d351aac40 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/stage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/stage_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestStage(t *testing.T) {
 	r.NoError(err)
 }
 
-func TestStageCreate(t *testing.T) {
+func TestInternalStageCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	r := require.New(t)
 
 	in := map[string]interface{}{
@@ -43,6 +43,31 @@ func TestStageCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestExternalStageCreate(t *testing.T) {
+	r := require.New(t)
+
+	in := map[string]interface{}{
+		"name":     "test_stage",
+		"database": "test_db",
+		"url":      "s3://com.example.bucket/prefix",
+		"schema":   "test_schema",
+		"comment":  "great comment",
+	}
+	d := schema.TestResourceDataRaw(t, resources.Stage().Schema, in)
+	r.NotNil(d)
+
+	WithMockDb(t, func(db *sql.DB, mock sqlmock.Sqlmock) {
+		mock.ExpectExec(
+			`^CREATE STAGE "test_db"."test_schema"."test_stage" URL = 's3://com.example.bucket/prefix' COMMENT = 'great comment'$`,
+		).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(1, 1))
+
+		expectReadStage(mock)
+		expectReadStageShow(mock)
+		err := resources.CreateStage(d, db)
+		r.NoError(err)
+	})
+}
+
 func expectReadStage(mock sqlmock.Sqlmock) {
 	rows := sqlmock.NewRows([]string{
 		"parent_property", "property", "property_type", "property_value", "property_default"},