diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/lookup_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/lookup_test.go
index c34ac6de527..ba7fd0f4de9 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/lookup_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/lookup_test.go
@@ -529,6 +529,17 @@ func TestSelectNull(t *testing.T) {
 	exec(t, conn, "delete from t5_null_vindex")
 }
 
+func TestShowColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	conn, err := mysql.Connect(context.Background(), &vtParams)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	expected := `[[VARCHAR("id") TEXT("bigint(20)") VARCHAR("NO") VARCHAR("PRI") NULL VARCHAR("")] [VARCHAR("idx") TEXT("varchar(50)") VARCHAR("YES") VARCHAR("") NULL VARCHAR("")]]`
+	assertMatches(t, conn, "show columns from `t5_null_vindex` in `ks`", expected)
+	assertMatches(t, conn, "SHOW COLUMNS from `t5_null_vindex` in `ks`", expected)
+	assertMatches(t, conn, "SHOW columns FROM `t5_null_vindex` in `ks`", expected)
+}
+
 func assertMatches(t *testing.T, conn *mysql.Conn, query, expected string) {
 	t.Helper()
 	qr := exec(t, conn, query)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/executor_test.go b/go/vt/vtgate/executor_test.go
index 278bd3f3c3d..a940d16187a 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/executor_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/executor_test.go
@@ -442,6 +442,44 @@ func TestExecutorAutocommit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestExecutorShowColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	executor, sbc1, sbc2, sbclookup := createExecutorEnv()
+	session := NewSafeSession(&vtgatepb.Session{TargetString: ""})
+
+	queries := []string{
+		"SHOW COLUMNS FROM `user` in `TestExecutor`",
+		"show columns from `user` in `TestExecutor`",
+		"ShOw CoLuMnS fRoM `user` iN `TestExecutor`",
+		"SHOW columns FROM `user` in `TestExecutor`",
+	}
+	for _, query := range queries {
+		t.Run(query, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, err := executor.Execute(context.Background(), "TestExecute", session, query, nil)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			wantQueries := []*querypb.BoundQuery{{
+				Sql:           "show columns from user",
+				BindVariables: map[string]*querypb.BindVariable{},
+			}}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, wantQueries, sbc1.Queries, "sbc1.Queries")
+			assert.Empty(t, sbc1.BatchQueries, "sbc1.BatchQueries")
+			assert.Empty(t, sbc2.Queries, "sbc2.Queries")
+			assert.Empty(t, sbc2.BatchQueries, "sbc2.BatchQueries")
+			assert.Empty(t, sbclookup.Queries, "sbclookup.Queries")
+			assert.Empty(t, sbclookup.BatchQueries, "sbclookup.BatchQueries")
+
+			sbc1.Queries = nil
+			sbc2.Queries = nil
+			sbclookup.Queries = nil
+			sbc1.BatchQueries = nil
+			sbc2.BatchQueries = nil
+			sbclookup.BatchQueries = nil
+		})
+	}
+
+}
+
 func TestExecutorShow(t *testing.T) {
 	executor, _, _, sbclookup := createExecutorEnv()
 	session := NewSafeSession(&vtgatepb.Session{TargetString: "@master"})