diff --git a/src/utils/json-filter.js b/src/utils/json-filter.js
index e7c082d8..4c69c576 100644
--- a/src/utils/json-filter.js
+++ b/src/utils/json-filter.js
@@ -36,12 +36,16 @@ export default function jsonFilter(state, res, query) {
   function filter(dataStruct) {
     const len = Math.min(limit, dataStruct.data.length - offset);
     const filtered = dataStruct.data.slice(offset, offset + len);
-    return {
+    const ret = {
       total: dataStruct.total,
       offset,
       limit: filtered.length,
       data: filtered,
     };
+    if (dataStruct.columns) {
+      ret.columns = dataStruct.columns;
+    }
+    return ret;
   }
 
   const { data, sourceBus } = state.content;
diff --git a/test/json-pipe.test.js b/test/json-pipe.test.js
index a6760205..80156793 100644
--- a/test/json-pipe.test.js
+++ b/test/json-pipe.test.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
   let TEST_DATA;
   let TEST_SINGLE_SHEET;
   let TEST_MULTI_SHEET;
+  const TEST_COLUMNS = ['col0', 'col1', 'col2', 'col3'];
 
   before(async () => {
     TEST_DATA = JSON.parse(await readFile(resolve(__testdir, 'fixtures', 'json', 'test-data.json'), 'utf-8'));
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
       limit: TEST_DATA.length,
       total: TEST_DATA.length,
       data: TEST_DATA,
+      columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
     });
     TEST_MULTI_SHEET = (names = ['foo', 'bar']) => JSON.stringify(
       {
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
             limit: TEST_DATA.length,
             total: TEST_DATA.length,
             data: TEST_DATA,
+            columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
           }])),
         ),
         ':names': names,
@@ -144,6 +147,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
       offset: 5,
       limit: 10,
       total: TEST_DATA.length,
+      columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
       data: TEST_DATA.slice(5, 15),
     });
     assert.deepStrictEqual(Object.fromEntries(resp.headers.entries()), {
@@ -160,6 +164,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
       offset: 5,
       limit: 10,
       total: TEST_DATA.length,
+      columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
       data: TEST_DATA.slice(5, 15),
     });
     assert.deepStrictEqual(Object.fromEntries(resp.headers.entries()), {
@@ -216,6 +221,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
       offset: 5,
       limit: 10,
       total: TEST_DATA.length,
+      columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
       data: TEST_DATA.slice(5, 15),
     });
     assert.deepStrictEqual(Object.fromEntries(resp.headers.entries()), {
@@ -234,6 +240,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
       offset: 5,
       limit: 10,
       total: TEST_DATA.length,
+      columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
       data: TEST_DATA.slice(5, 15),
     });
     const headers = Object.fromEntries(resp.headers.entries());
@@ -341,6 +348,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
       offset: 5,
       limit: 10,
       total: TEST_DATA.length,
+      columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
       data: TEST_DATA.slice(5, 15),
     });
     const headers = Object.fromEntries(resp.headers.entries());
@@ -373,6 +381,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
       offset: 5,
       limit: 10,
       total: TEST_DATA.length,
+      columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
       data: TEST_DATA.slice(5, 15),
     });
     const headers = Object.fromEntries(resp.headers.entries());
@@ -409,6 +418,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
       offset: 5,
       limit: 10,
       total: TEST_DATA.length,
+      columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
       data: TEST_DATA.slice(5, 15),
     });
     assert.deepStrictEqual(Object.fromEntries(resp.headers.entries()), {
@@ -651,12 +661,14 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
         offset: 0,
         limit: TEST_DATA.length,
         total: TEST_DATA.length,
+        columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
         data: TEST_DATA,
       },
       bar: {
         offset: 0,
         limit: TEST_DATA.length,
         total: TEST_DATA.length,
+        columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
         data: TEST_DATA,
       },
     });
@@ -686,6 +698,7 @@ describe('JSON Pipe Test', () => {
         offset: 0,
         limit: TEST_DATA.length,
         total: TEST_DATA.length,
+        columns: TEST_COLUMNS,
         data: TEST_DATA,
       },
     });