diff --git a/scripts-available/CDB_ForeignTable.sql b/scripts-available/CDB_ForeignTable.sql
index 98d3c9b..f60b043 100644
--- a/scripts-available/CDB_ForeignTable.sql
+++ b/scripts-available/CDB_ForeignTable.sql
@@ -125,7 +125,14 @@ BEGIN
 
   -- We assume that the remote cdb_tablemetadata is called cdb_tablemetadata and is on the same schema as the queried table.
   SELECT nspname FROM pg_class c, pg_namespace n WHERE c.oid=foreign_table AND c.relnamespace = n.oid INTO fdw_schema_name;
-  EXECUTE FORMAT('SELECT updated_at FROM %I.cdb_tablemetadata WHERE tabname=%L ORDER BY updated_at DESC LIMIT 1', fdw_schema_name, remote_table_name) INTO time;
+  BEGIN
+    EXECUTE FORMAT('SELECT updated_at FROM %I.cdb_tablemetadata WHERE tabname=%L ORDER BY updated_at DESC LIMIT 1', fdw_schema_name, remote_table_name) INTO time;
+  EXCEPTION
+    WHEN undefined_table THEN
+      -- If you add a GET STACKED DIAGNOSTICS text_var = RETURNED_SQLSTATE
+      -- you get a code 42P01 which corresponds to undefined_table
+      RAISE NOTICE 'CDB_Get_Foreign_Updated_At: could not find %.cdb_tablemetadata while checking % updated_at, returning NULL timestamp', fdw_schema_name, foreign_table;
+  END;
   RETURN time;
 END
 $$
diff --git a/test/extension/test.sh b/test/extension/test.sh
index 54c2c50..1d9e7ee 100755
--- a/test/extension/test.sh
+++ b/test/extension/test.sh
@@ -586,6 +586,11 @@ test_extension|public|"local-table-with-dashes"'
     sql postgres "SELECT cartodb.CDB_Last_Updated_Time(ARRAY['test_extension.public.\"local-table-with-dashes\"']::text[]) < now()" should 't'
     sql postgres "SELECT cartodb.CDB_Last_Updated_Time(ARRAY['test_extension.public.\"local-table-with-dashes\"']::text[]) > (now() - interval '1 minute')" should 't'
 
+    # Check CDB_Get_Foreign_Updated_At is robust to unimported CDB_TableMetadata
+    sql postgres "DROP FOREIGN TABLE IF EXISTS test_fdw.cdb_tablemetadata;"
+    sql postgres "SELECT cartodb.CDB_Get_Foreign_Updated_At('test_fdw.foo') IS NULL" should 't'
+
+    # Teardown
     DATABASE=fdw_target sql postgres 'REVOKE USAGE ON SCHEMA test_fdw FROM fdw_user;'
     DATABASE=fdw_target sql postgres 'REVOKE SELECT ON test_fdw.foo FROM fdw_user;'
     DATABASE=fdw_target sql postgres 'REVOKE SELECT ON test_fdw.foo2 FROM fdw_user;'