diff --git a/superset/db_engine_specs/databricks.py b/superset/db_engine_specs/databricks.py
index d67370be7..deb9a3543 100644
--- a/superset/db_engine_specs/databricks.py
+++ b/superset/db_engine_specs/databricks.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.o
+
 from superset.db_engine_specs.hive import HiveEngineSpec
 
 
@@ -21,3 +22,4 @@ class DatabricksHiveEngineSpec(HiveEngineSpec):
     engine = "databricks"
     engine_name = "Databricks Hive"
     driver = "pyhive"
+    _show_functions_column = "function"
diff --git a/superset/db_engine_specs/hive.py b/superset/db_engine_specs/hive.py
index 4234ddc63..9ceb1e587 100644
--- a/superset/db_engine_specs/hive.py
+++ b/superset/db_engine_specs/hive.py
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ class HiveEngineSpec(PrestoEngineSpec):
     allows_alias_to_source_column = True
     allows_hidden_ordeby_agg = False
 
+    # When running `SHOW FUNCTIONS`, what is the name of the column with the
+    # function names?
+    _show_functions_column = "tab_name"
+
     # pylint: disable=line-too-long
     _time_grain_expressions = {
         None: "{col}",
@@ -530,7 +534,23 @@ class HiveEngineSpec(PrestoEngineSpec):
         :param database: The database to get functions for
         :return: A list of function names useable in the database
         """
-        return database.get_df("SHOW FUNCTIONS")["tab_name"].tolist()
+        df = database.get_df("SHOW FUNCTIONS")
+        if cls._show_functions_column in df:
+            return df[cls._show_functions_column].tolist()
+
+        columns = df.columns.values.tolist()
+        logger.error(
+            "Payload from `SHOW FUNCTIONS` has the incorrect format. "
+            "Expected column `%s`, found: %s.",
+            cls._show_functions_column,
+            ", ".join(columns),
+        )
+        # if the results have a single column, use that
+        if len(columns) == 1:
+            return df[columns[0]].tolist()
+
+        # otherwise, return no function names to prevent errors
+        return []
 
     @classmethod
     def is_readonly_query(cls, parsed_query: ParsedQuery) -> bool: