diff --git a/dbt/include/impala/macros/adapters.sql b/dbt/include/impala/macros/adapters.sql
index e664067..db831ed 100644
--- a/dbt/include/impala/macros/adapters.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/impala/macros/adapters.sql
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 
 {% macro impala__drop_schema(relation) -%}
   {%- call statement('drop_schema') -%}
-    drop schema if exists {{ relation }}
+    drop schema if exists {{ relation }} cascade
   {%- endcall -%}
 {% endmacro %}
 
diff --git a/dbt/include/impala/macros/incremental.sql b/dbt/include/impala/macros/incremental.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c56573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/impala/macros/incremental.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+{#
+# Copyright 2022 Cloudera Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#}
+
+{% macro validate_get_incremental_strategy(raw_strategy) %}
+  {% set invalid_strategy_msg -%}
+    Invalid incremental strategy provided: {{ raw_strategy }}
+    Expected one of: 'append', 'insert_overwrite'
+  {%- endset %}
+
+  {% if raw_strategy not in ['append', 'insert_overwrite'] %}
+    {% do exceptions.raise_compiler_error(invalid_strategy_msg) %}
+  {% endif %}
+
+  {% do return(raw_strategy) %}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro incremental_validate_on_schema_change(on_schema_change, default='ignore') %}
+   {% if on_schema_change not in ['fail', 'ignore'] %}
+     {% set log_message = 'Invalid value for on_schema_change (%s) specified. Setting default value of %s.' % (on_schema_change, default) %}
+     {% do log(log_message) %}
+     
+     {% do exceptions.raise_compiler_error(log_message) %}
+
+     {{ return(default) }}
+   {% else %}
+     {{ return(on_schema_change) }}
+   {% endif %}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% materialization incremental, adapter='impala' -%}
+
+  {% set unique_key = config.get('unique_key') %}
+  {% set overwrite_msg -%}
+    impala adapter does not support 'unique_key'
+  {%- endset %}
+  {% if unique_key is not none %}
+    {% do exceptions.raise_compiler_error(overwrite_msg) %}
+  {% endif %}
+
+  {% set raw_strategy = config.get('incremental_strategy', default='append') %}
+  {% set strategy = validate_get_incremental_strategy(raw_strategy) %}
+  
+  {% set on_schema_change = incremental_validate_on_schema_change(config.get('on_schema_change'), default='ignore') %}
+
+  {%- set time_stamp = modules.datetime.datetime.now().isoformat().replace("-","").replace(":","").replace(".","") -%}
+
+  {% set target_relation = this.incorporate(type='table') %}
+  {% set existing_relation = load_relation(this) %}
+  {% set tmp_relation = make_temp_relation(target_relation, '__' + time_stamp + '__dbt_tmp') %}
+  {%- set full_refresh_mode = (should_full_refresh()) -%}
+
+  {% set tmp_identifier = model['name'] + '__' + time_stamp + '__dbt_tmp' %}
+  {% set backup_identifier = model['name'] + '__' + time_stamp + "__dbt_backup" %}
+
+  -- the intermediate_ and backup_ relations should not already exist in the database; get_relation
+  -- will return None in that case. Otherwise, we get a relation that we can drop
+  -- later, before we try to use this name for the current operation. This has to happen before
+  -- BEGIN, in a separate transaction
+  {% set preexisting_intermediate_relation = adapter.get_relation(identifier=tmp_identifier, 
+                                                                  schema=schema,
+                                                                  database=database) %}                                               
+  {% set preexisting_backup_relation = adapter.get_relation(identifier=backup_identifier,
+                                                            schema=schema,
+                                                            database=database) %}
+  {{ drop_relation_if_exists(preexisting_intermediate_relation) }}
+  {{ drop_relation_if_exists(preexisting_backup_relation) }}
+
+  {{ run_hooks(pre_hooks, inside_transaction=False) }}
+
+  -- `BEGIN` happens here:
+  {{ run_hooks(pre_hooks, inside_transaction=True) }}
+
+  {% set to_drop = [] %}
+
+  {% do to_drop.append(tmp_relation) %}
+
+  {# -- first check whether we want to full refresh for source view or config reasons #}
+  {% set trigger_full_refresh = (full_refresh_mode or existing_relation.is_view) %}
+
+  {% if existing_relation is none %}
+      {% set build_sql = create_table_as(False, target_relation, sql) %}
+  {% elif trigger_full_refresh %}
+      {#-- Make sure the backup doesn't exist so we don't encounter issues with the rename below #}
+      {% set tmp_identifier = model['name'] + '__' + time_stamp + '__dbt_tmp' %}
+      {% set backup_identifier = model['name'] + '__' + time_stamp  + '__dbt_backup' %}
+      {% set intermediate_relation = existing_relation.incorporate(path={"identifier": tmp_identifier}) %}
+      {% set backup_relation = existing_relation.incorporate(path={"identifier": backup_identifier}) %}
+
+      {% set build_sql = create_table_as(False, intermediate_relation, sql) %}
+      {% set need_swap = true %}
+      {% do to_drop.append(backup_relation) %}
+      {% do to_drop.append(intermediate_relation) %}
+  {% else %}
+    {% do run_query(create_table_as(True, tmp_relation, sql)) %}
+    {% do adapter.expand_target_column_types(
+             from_relation=tmp_relation,
+             to_relation=target_relation) %}
+    {#-- Process schema changes. Returns dict of changes if successful. Use source columns for upserting/merging --#}
+    {% set dest_columns = process_schema_changes(on_schema_change, tmp_relation, existing_relation) %}
+    {% if not dest_columns %}
+      {% set dest_columns = adapter.get_columns_in_relation(existing_relation) %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {#-- since unique key is not supported, the follow macro (default impl), will only return insert stm, and hence is directly used here --#}
+    {% set build_sql = get_delete_insert_merge_sql(target_relation, tmp_relation, unique_key, dest_columns) %}
+  
+  {% endif %}
+
+  {% call statement("main") %}
+      {{ build_sql }}
+  {% endcall %}
+
+  {% if need_swap %} 
+      {% do adapter.rename_relation(target_relation, backup_relation) %} 
+      {% do adapter.rename_relation(intermediate_relation, target_relation) %} 
+  {% endif %}
+
+  {% do persist_docs(target_relation, model) %}
+
+  {% if existing_relation is none or existing_relation.is_view or should_full_refresh() %}
+    {% do create_indexes(target_relation) %}
+  {% endif %}
+
+  {{ run_hooks(post_hooks, inside_transaction=True) }}
+
+  -- `COMMIT` happens here
+  {% do adapter.commit() %}
+
+  {% for rel in to_drop %}
+      {% do adapter.drop_relation(rel) %}
+  {% endfor %}
+
+  {{ run_hooks(post_hooks, inside_transaction=False) }}
+
+  {{ return({'relations': [target_relation]}) }}
+
+{%- endmaterialization %}
+