diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/StatementAnalyzer.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/StatementAnalyzer.java
index 6cb9cce5f858..299f19ce5dc5 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/StatementAnalyzer.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/StatementAnalyzer.java
@@ -1580,6 +1580,16 @@ protected Scope visitTableFunctionInvocation(TableFunctionInvocation node, Optio
                     // so the function's analyze() method should not return the proper columns descriptor.
                     throw semanticException(AMBIGUOUS_RETURN_TYPE, node, "Returned relation type for table function %s is ambiguous", node.getName());
                 }
+                if (function.getArguments().stream()
+                        .filter(TableArgumentSpecification.class::isInstance)
+                        .map(TableArgumentSpecification.class::cast)
+                        .noneMatch(TableArgumentSpecification::isPassThroughColumns)) {
+                    // According to SQL standard ISO/IEC 9075-2, 10.4 <routine invocation>, p. 764,
+                    // if there is no generic table parameter that specifies PASS THROUGH, then number of proper columns shall be positive.
+                    // For GENERIC_TABLE and DescribedTable returned types, this is enforced by the Descriptor constructor, which requires positive number of fields.
+                    // Here we enforce it for the remaining returned type specification: ONLY_PASS_THROUGH.
+                    throw new TrinoException(FUNCTION_IMPLEMENTATION_ERROR, "A table function with ONLY_PASS_THROUGH return type must have a table argument with pass-through columns.");
+                }
                 properColumnsDescriptor = null;
             }
             else if (returnTypeSpecification == GENERIC_TABLE) {
diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/connector/TestingTableFunctions.java b/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/connector/TestingTableFunctions.java
index 3a94bacd9509..a2c849a59dcd 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/connector/TestingTableFunctions.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/connector/TestingTableFunctions.java
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ public OnlyPassThroughFunction()
                     ImmutableList.of(
                             TableArgumentSpecification.builder()
                                     .name("INPUT")
+                                    .passThroughColumns()
                                     .keepWhenEmpty()
                                     .build()),
                     ONLY_PASS_THROUGH);