diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_producer.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_producer.go
index 3fdc5032388..695e08cfe6c 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_producer.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_producer.go
@@ -348,12 +348,24 @@ func (b *binlogProducer) createTableMapEvents(ctx *sql.Context, databaseName str
 		if tableName.Name == "" {
 			tableName = tableDelta.FromName
 		}
+
+		isFullRowMetadata, err := isFullRowMetadata(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
 		tablesToId[tableName.Name] = tableId
-		tableMap, err := createTableMapFromDoltTable(ctx, databaseName, tableName.Name, tableDelta.ToTable)
+		tableMap, err := createTableMapFromDoltTable(ctx, databaseName,
+			tableName.Name, tableDelta.ToTable, isFullRowMetadata)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		tableMapEvent, err := b.newTableMapEvent(tableId, tableMap)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
-		events = append(events, b.newTableMapEvent(tableId, tableMap))
+		events = append(events, tableMapEvent)
 	}
 
 	return events, tablesToId, nil
@@ -548,12 +560,8 @@ func (b *binlogProducer) newXIDEvent() mysql.BinlogEvent {
 
 // newTableMapEvent returns a new TableMap BinlogEvent for the specified |tableId| and |tableMap|, and updates the
 // stream's log position.
-func (b *binlogProducer) newTableMapEvent(tableId uint64, tableMap *mysql.TableMap) mysql.BinlogEvent {
-	// TODO: The new error introduced in this function signature is only used when optional table metadata
-	//       is specified (e.g. column names). Dolt doesn't support populating this yet, so there's no
-	//       need to look at the return error yet. That will be added in an upcoming PR.
-	event, _ := mysql.NewTableMapEvent(*b.binlogFormat, b.binlogEventMeta, tableId, tableMap)
-	return event
+func (b *binlogProducer) newTableMapEvent(tableId uint64, tableMap *mysql.TableMap) (mysql.BinlogEvent, error) {
+	return mysql.NewTableMapEvent(*b.binlogFormat, b.binlogEventMeta, tableId, tableMap)
 }
 
 // newWriteRowsEvent returns a new WriteRows BinlogEvent for the specified |tableId| and |rows|, and updates the
@@ -594,6 +602,22 @@ func isDatabaseFilteredOut(ctx *sql.Context, dbName string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// isFullRowMetadata returns true if the system is configured to return full metadata as part of
+// binlog table descriptions. Full row metadata is configured by setting @@binlog_row_metadata
+// to FULL.
+func isFullRowMetadata(ctx *sql.Context) (bool, error) {
+	val, err := ctx.GetSessionVariable(ctx, "binlog_row_metadata")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if stringVal, ok := val.(string); ok {
+		return strings.EqualFold(stringVal, "FULL"), nil
+	} else {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+}
+
 // extractRowCountAndDiffType uses |sch| and |diff| to determine how many changed rows this
 // diff represents (returned as the |rowCount| param) and what type of change it represents
 // (returned as the |diffType| param). For tables with primary keys, this function will always
@@ -659,19 +683,47 @@ func extractRowCountAndDiffType(sch schema.Schema, diff tree.Diff) (rowCount uin
 	}
 }
 
-// createTableMapFromDoltTable creates a binlog TableMap for the given Dolt table.
-func createTableMapFromDoltTable(ctx *sql.Context, databaseName, tableName string, table *doltdb.Table) (*mysql.TableMap, error) {
-	schema, err := table.GetSchema(ctx)
+// createTableMapFromDoltTable creates a binlog TableMap for the given Dolt table. If
+// |includeOptionalMetadata| is set to true, then additional, optional metadata such as
+// column names and column collations will also be included in the TableMap.
+func createTableMapFromDoltTable(ctx *sql.Context, databaseName, tableName string, table *doltdb.Table, includeOptionalMetadata bool) (*mysql.TableMap, error) {
+	sch, err := table.GetSchema(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	columns := schema.GetAllCols().GetColumns()
+	columns := sch.GetAllCols().GetColumns()
 	types := make([]byte, len(columns))
 	metadata := make([]uint16, len(columns))
 	canBeNullMap := mysql.NewServerBitmap(len(columns))
 
+	var columnNames []string
+	var columnCollationIds []uint64
+	var enumValues [][]string
+	var setValues [][]string
+	var enumAndSetCollationIds []uint64
+	if includeOptionalMetadata {
+		columnNames = make([]string, len(columns))
+		columnCollationIds = make([]uint64, len(columns))
+	}
+
 	for i, col := range columns {
+		if includeOptionalMetadata {
+			columnNames[i] = col.Name
+			columnCollationIds[i] = uint64(schema.Collation_Unspecified)
+			if stringType, ok := col.TypeInfo.ToSqlType().(sql.StringType); ok {
+				columnCollationIds[i] = uint64(stringType.Collation())
+			}
+
+			if enumType, ok := col.TypeInfo.ToSqlType().(sql.EnumType); ok {
+				enumValues = append(enumValues, enumType.Values())
+				enumAndSetCollationIds = append(enumAndSetCollationIds, uint64(enumType.Collation()))
+			} else if setType, ok := col.TypeInfo.ToSqlType().(sql.SetType); ok {
+				setValues = append(setValues, setType.Values())
+				enumAndSetCollationIds = append(enumAndSetCollationIds, uint64(setType.Collation()))
+			}
+		}
+
 		metadata[i] = 0
 		typ := col.TypeInfo.ToSqlType()
 
@@ -687,14 +739,24 @@ func createTableMapFromDoltTable(ctx *sql.Context, databaseName, tableName strin
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &mysql.TableMap{
+	tableMap := &mysql.TableMap{
 		Flags:     0x0000,
 		Database:  databaseName,
 		Name:      tableName,
 		Types:     types,
 		CanBeNull: canBeNullMap,
 		Metadata:  metadata,
-	}, nil
+	}
+
+	if includeOptionalMetadata {
+		tableMap.OptionalColumnNames = columnNames
+		tableMap.OptionalEnumValues = enumValues
+		tableMap.OptionalSetValues = setValues
+		tableMap.OptionalColumnCollations = columnCollationIds
+		tableMap.OptionalEnumAndSetCollations = enumAndSetCollationIds
+	}
+
+	return tableMap, nil
 }
 
 // createBinlogFormat returns a new BinlogFormat that describes the format of this binlog stream, which will always
diff --git a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/Dockerfile b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/Dockerfile
index 8e47ae4f438..94bdf721dc4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/Dockerfile
@@ -72,13 +72,14 @@ RUN make
 
 FROM python:3.14-slim-bookworm AS python_clients_build
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y binutils libmariadb-dev gcc && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir mysql-connector-python==8.0.33 PyMySQL==1.0.2 sqlalchemy==1.4.46 mariadb pyinstaller
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir mysql-connector-python==8.0.33 PyMySQL==1.0.2 sqlalchemy==1.4.46 mariadb pyinstaller mysql-replication
 COPY dolt/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/python/ /build/python/
 WORKDIR /build/python/
 RUN pyinstaller --onefile pymysql-test.py
 RUN pyinstaller --onefile --collect-all mysql.connector sqlalchemy-test.py
 RUN pyinstaller --onefile --collect-all mysql.connector mysql-connector-test.py
 RUN pyinstaller --onefile mariadb-connector-test.py
+RUN pyinstaller --onefile python-replication-test.py
 
 FROM elixir:1.18.3-slim AS elixir_clients_build
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates xz-utils curl && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/mysql-client-tests.bats b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/mysql-client-tests.bats
index 3e0c5b61773..1fbd1d4d0da 100644
--- a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/mysql-client-tests.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/mysql-client-tests.bats
@@ -49,6 +49,26 @@ teardown() {
     /build/bin/python/sqlalchemy-test $USER $PORT $REPO_NAME
 }
 
+@test "python replication client" {
+    # Stop the server that setup launched
+    kill $SERVER_PID
+
+    # Configure binlog replication settings
+    dolt sql -q "SET @@PERSIST.log_bin=1;"
+    dolt sql -q "SET @@PERSIST.gtid_mode=ON;"
+    dolt sql -q "SET @@PERSIST.enforce_gtid_consistency=ON;"
+    dolt sql -q "SET @@PERSIST.binlog_format='ROW';"
+    dolt sql -q "SET @@PERSIST.binlog_row_image='FULL';"
+    dolt sql -q "SET @@PERSIST.binlog_row_metadata='FULL';"
+
+    # Restart the SQL server
+    dolt sql-server --host 0.0.0.0 --port=$PORT --loglevel=trace &
+    SERVER_PID=$!
+    sleep 1 # Give the server a chance to start
+
+    /build/bin/python/python-replication-test $USER $PORT $REPO_NAME
+}
+
 @test "java mysql-connector-j" {
     java -jar /build/bin/java/mysql-connector-test.jar $USER $PORT $REPO_NAME
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/python/python-replication-test.py b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/python/python-replication-test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b38f67005f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/python/python-replication-test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+import pymysql
+import sys
+import time
+from typing import List, Optional, Iterable, Type, TypeVar
+from pymysqlreplication import BinLogStreamReader
+from pymysqlreplication.event import (
+    RotateEvent,
+    FormatDescriptionEvent,
+    GtidEvent,
+    QueryEvent,
+    HeartbeatLogEvent,
+)
+from pymysqlreplication.row_event import WriteRowsEvent
+
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+def main():
+    user = sys.argv[1]
+    port = int(sys.argv[2])
+    db = sys.argv[3]
+
+    # Connect to the running SQL server to create some test data
+    connection = pymysql.connect(host="127.0.0.1",
+                                 port=port,
+                                 user=user,
+                                 db=db)
+    with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+        cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE t (pk int primary key, c1 varchar(100));")
+        cursor.execute("INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, 'foobarbazbar');")
+
+    # Connect to a replication event stream
+    mysql_settings = {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': port, 'user': user, 'passwd': ''}
+    stream = BinLogStreamReader(connection_settings=mysql_settings, blocking=True, server_id=100, auto_position='8e66e4f4-955a-4844-909a-33d79f78ddba:1')
+
+    # Grab the first 10 events
+    events = read_events(stream, n=10, timeout_s=15.0)
+
+    # To help debugging a failed test, print out the event data
+    for event in events:
+        event.dump()
+
+    assert_correct_events(events)
+    stream.close()
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+def assert_correct_events(events):
+    """
+    Checks the events for expected events and values and raises an AssertionError if unexpected results are found.
+    """
+    # Assert that a RotateEvent is present and indicates that binlog-main.000001 is the next file
+    rotateEvent = require_event(events, RotateEvent)
+    next_file = getattr(rotateEvent, "next_binlog", None) or getattr(rotateEvent, "next_binlog_file", None)
+    assert next_file == "binlog-main.000001", f"RotateEvent next binlog expected binlog-main.000001, got {next_file!r}"
+
+    # Assert that a FormatDescriptionEvent is present and contains the expected binlog version number
+    formatDescriptionEvent = require_event(events, FormatDescriptionEvent)
+    assert getattr(formatDescriptionEvent, "binlog_version", None) == (4,), f"binlog_version expected 4, got {getattr(formatDescriptionEvent,'binlog_version',None)}"
+
+    # Assert that the QueryEvent for the CREATE TABLE statement is present
+    queryEvent = require_event(events, QueryEvent)
+    query = getattr(queryEvent, "query", None) or getattr(queryEvent, "query_text", None)
+    assert query is not None, "QueryEvent query field was None"
+    if isinstance(query, bytes):
+        query = query.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+    assert "CREATE TABLE" in query, f"Query did not contain CREATE TABLE: {query!r}"
+    assert "`t`" in query or " t " in query, f"Query did not appear to create table t: {query!r}"
+
+    # Assert that a WriteRowsEvent is present with the correct row values, and that column names
+    # can be used to access the fields (e.g. @@binlog_row_metadata=FULL is enabled and working).
+    writeRowsEvent = require_event(events, WriteRowsEvent)
+    row0 = writeRowsEvent.rows[0]
+    values = row0.get("values") if isinstance(row0, dict) else getattr(row0, "values", None)
+    assert isinstance(values, dict), f"Expected row values dict, got {type(values).__name__}"
+    assert "pk" in values, f"Missing column 'pk'. Got keys: {sorted(values.keys())}"
+    assert values["pk"] == 1, f"pk expected 1, got {values['pk']!r}"
+    assert "c1" in values, f"Missing column 'c1'. Got keys: {sorted(values.keys())}"
+    assert values["c1"] == "foobarbazbar", f"c1 expected 'foobarbazbar', got {values['c1']!r}"
+
+def read_events(stream, n: int = 10, timeout_s: float = 30.0) -> List[object]:
+    """
+    Read up to `n` non-heartbeat events from `stream`, or stop after `timeout_s`.
+    Returns the list of collected events (possibly fewer than n).
+    """
+    events: List[object] = []
+    deadline = time.monotonic() + timeout_s
+
+    try:
+        for ev in stream:
+            # Timeout check first so we don't hang forever
+            if time.monotonic() >= deadline:
+                break
+
+            # Skip heartbeats (optional: count them, log them, etc.)
+            if isinstance(ev, HeartbeatLogEvent):
+                continue
+
+            events.append(ev)
+            if len(events) >= n:
+                break
+    finally:
+        # Important: stop network/background reading to avoid hangs/leaks
+        try:
+            stream.close()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    return events
+
+def find_event(events: Iterable[object], event_type: Type[T]) -> Optional[T]:
+    """
+    Return the first event in `events` that is an instance of `event_type`,
+    or None if no such event exists.
+    """
+    for event in events:
+        if isinstance(event, event_type):
+            return event
+    return None
+
+def require_event(events: Iterable[object], event_type: Type[T]) -> T:
+    """
+    Return the first event in `events` that is an instance of `event_type`,
+    or raise an AssertionError if none is found.
+    """
+    event = find_event(events, event_type)
+    if event is None:
+        raise AssertionError(f"Expected event of type {event_type.__name__}, but none was found")
+    return event
+
+
+main()
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