diff --git a/docker/thirdparties/docker-compose/elasticsearch/scripts/es_init.sh b/docker/thirdparties/docker-compose/elasticsearch/scripts/es_init.sh
index 4a734a504dd31f..7344dc09a27be4 100755
--- a/docker/thirdparties/docker-compose/elasticsearch/scripts/es_init.sh
+++ b/docker/thirdparties/docker-compose/elasticsearch/scripts/es_init.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ curl "http://${ES_7_HOST}:9200/test2_20220808" -H "Content-Type:application/json
 curl "http://${ES_7_HOST}:9200/test2_20220809" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -X PUT -d '@/mnt/scripts/index/es7_test2.json'
 # create index test3_20231005
 curl "http://${ES_7_HOST}:9200/test3_20231005" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -X PUT -d '@/mnt/scripts/index/es7_test3.json'
+# create index test_object for object type testing (empty table)
+curl "http://${ES_7_HOST}:9200/test_object" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -X PUT -d '@/mnt/scripts/index/es7_test_object.json'
 # put data for tese1
 curl "http://${ES_7_HOST}:9200/test1/_doc/1" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -X POST -d '@/mnt/scripts/data/data1.json'
 curl "http://${ES_7_HOST}:9200/test1/_doc/2" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -X POST -d '@/mnt/scripts/data/data2.json'
diff --git a/docker/thirdparties/docker-compose/elasticsearch/scripts/index/es7_test_object.json b/docker/thirdparties/docker-compose/elasticsearch/scripts/index/es7_test_object.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..18405ea38b285c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/thirdparties/docker-compose/elasticsearch/scripts/index/es7_test_object.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "settings": {
+    "number_of_shards": 1,
+    "number_of_replicas": 0
+  },
+  "mappings": {
+    "properties": {
+      "id": {
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "user_info": {
+        "type": "object"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/es/EsUtil.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/es/EsUtil.java
index 55fea86718aa93..a350f386ada9cb 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/es/EsUtil.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/es/EsUtil.java
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ private static Column parseEsField(String fieldName, ObjectNode fieldValue, List
                 case "constant_keyword":
                     type = ScalarType.createStringType();
                     break;
+                // When ES table is empty, object fields still have explicit "type": "object" in mapping
+                case "object":
                 case "nested":
                     type = Type.JSONB;
                     break;
diff --git a/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/es/test_es_query.out b/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/es/test_es_query.out
index 70cc0f4b04a5cd..61b9fd69845a5e 100644
--- a/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/es/test_es_query.out
+++ b/regression-test/data/external_table_p0/es/test_es_query.out
@@ -611,6 +611,12 @@ string_ignore_above_10	text_ignore_above_10
 4444
 4444
 
+-- !sql_7_39 --
+id	int	Yes	true	\N	
+user_info	json	Yes	true	\N	
+
+-- !sql_7_40 --
+
 -- !sql_7_50 --
 value1	value2
 
@@ -1421,6 +1427,12 @@ string_ignore_above_10	text_ignore_above_10
 4444
 4444
 
+-- !sql_7_39 --
+id	int	Yes	true	\N	
+user_info	json	Yes	true	\N	
+
+-- !sql_7_40 --
+
 -- !sql_7_50 --
 value1	value2
 
diff --git a/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/es/test_es_query.groovy b/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/es/test_es_query.groovy
index 22789b9ebe1997..4994018a4c0ee3 100644
--- a/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/es/test_es_query.groovy
+++ b/regression-test/suites/external_table_p0/es/test_es_query.groovy
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ suite("test_es_query", "p0,external,es,external_docker,external_docker_es") {
             order_qt_sql_7_36 """select test1, test2 from test1 where test2 like 'text%';"""
             order_qt_sql_7_37 """select test9 from test1;"""
             order_qt_sql_7_38 """select test9 from test2;"""
+            order_qt_sql_7_39 """desc test_object;"""
+            order_qt_sql_7_40 """select * from test_object;"""
 
             List<List<String>> tables7N = sql """show tables"""
             boolean notContainHide7 = true