diff --git a/examples/simple_plugin/plugin/client.go b/examples/simple_plugin/plugin/client.go
index 5ef3bf773d..72bb5131dc 100644
--- a/examples/simple_plugin/plugin/client.go
+++ b/examples/simple_plugin/plugin/client.go
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ func (*Client) Transform(_ context.Context, _ <-chan arrow.Record, _ chan<- arro
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (*Client) TransformSchema(_ context.Context, _ *arrow.Schema) (*arrow.Schema, error) {
+	// Not implemented, just used for testing destination packaging
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 func Configure(_ context.Context, logger zerolog.Logger, spec []byte, opts plugin.NewClientOptions) (plugin.Client, error) {
 	if opts.NoConnection {
 		return &Client{
diff --git a/internal/memdb/memdb.go b/internal/memdb/memdb.go
index e0c7fa410c..5874e1c9b2 100644
--- a/internal/memdb/memdb.go
+++ b/internal/memdb/memdb.go
@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ func (*client) Transform(_ context.Context, _ <-chan arrow.Record, _ chan<- arro
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (*client) TransformSchema(_ context.Context, _ *arrow.Schema) (*arrow.Schema, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 func evaluatePredicate(pred message.Predicate, record arrow.Record) bool {
 	sc := record.Schema()
 	indices := sc.FieldIndices(pred.Column)
diff --git a/internal/reversertransformer/reversertransformer.go b/internal/reversertransformer/reversertransformer.go
index 831443fec5..0932900796 100644
--- a/internal/reversertransformer/reversertransformer.go
+++ b/internal/reversertransformer/reversertransformer.go
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ func (c *client) Transform(ctx context.Context, recvRecords <-chan arrow.Record,
 	}
 }
 
+func (*client) TransformSchema(_ context.Context, old *arrow.Schema) (*arrow.Schema, error) {
+	return old, nil
+}
+
 func (*client) reverseStrings(record arrow.Record) (arrow.Record, error) {
 	for i, column := range record.Columns() {
 		if column.DataType().ID() != arrow.STRING {
diff --git a/internal/reversertransformer/reversertransformer_test.go b/internal/reversertransformer/reversertransformer_test.go
index 1f7c19225a..9750ed729c 100644
--- a/internal/reversertransformer/reversertransformer_test.go
+++ b/internal/reversertransformer/reversertransformer_test.go
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 )
 
-var mem = memory.NewGoAllocator()
-
 func TestReverserTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 	p := plugin.NewPlugin("test", "development", GetNewClient())
 	s := internalPlugin.Server{
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ func makeRequestFromString(s string) *pb.Transform_Request {
 }
 
 func makeRecordFromString(s string) arrow.Record {
-	str := array.NewStringBuilder(mem)
+	str := array.NewStringBuilder(memory.DefaultAllocator)
 	str.AppendString(s)
 	arr := str.NewStringArray()
 	schema := arrow.NewSchema([]arrow.Field{{Name: "col1", Type: arrow.BinaryTypes.String}}, nil)
diff --git a/internal/servers/plugin/v3/plugin.go b/internal/servers/plugin/v3/plugin.go
index 699fde1477..917fe3c58b 100644
--- a/internal/servers/plugin/v3/plugin.go
+++ b/internal/servers/plugin/v3/plugin.go
@@ -475,6 +475,22 @@ func (s *Server) Transform(stream pb.Plugin_TransformServer) error {
 	return eg.Wait()
 }
 
+func (s *Server) TransformSchema(ctx context.Context, req *pb.TransformSchema_Request) (*pb.TransformSchema_Response, error) {
+	sc, err := pb.NewSchemaFromBytes(req.Schema)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "failed to create schema from bytes: %v", err)
+	}
+	newSchema, err := s.Plugin.TransformSchema(ctx, sc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to transform schema: %v", err)
+	}
+	encoded, err := pb.SchemaToBytes(newSchema)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to encode schema: %v", err)
+	}
+	return &pb.TransformSchema_Response{Schema: encoded}, nil
+}
+
 func (s *Server) Close(ctx context.Context, _ *pb.Close_Request) (*pb.Close_Response, error) {
 	return &pb.Close_Response{}, s.Plugin.Close(ctx)
 }
diff --git a/internal/servers/plugin/v3/plugin_test.go b/internal/servers/plugin/v3/plugin_test.go
index dc5610994c..ac32af2091 100644
--- a/internal/servers/plugin/v3/plugin_test.go
+++ b/internal/servers/plugin/v3/plugin_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cloudquery/plugin-sdk/v4/internal/memdb"
 	"github.com/cloudquery/plugin-sdk/v4/plugin"
 	"github.com/cloudquery/plugin-sdk/v4/schema"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 )
@@ -183,3 +185,66 @@ func TestPluginSync(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTransformSchema(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := Server{
+		Plugin: plugin.NewPlugin("test", "development", getColumnAdderPlugin()),
+	}
+
+	_, err := s.Init(ctx, &pb.Init_Request{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	table := &schema.Table{
+		Name: "test",
+		Columns: []schema.Column{
+			{
+				Name: "test",
+				Type: arrow.BinaryTypes.String,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	sc := table.ToArrowSchema()
+
+	schemaBytes, err := pb.SchemaToBytes(sc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	resp, err := s.TransformSchema(ctx, &pb.TransformSchema_Request{Schema: schemaBytes})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	newSchema, err := pb.NewSchemaFromBytes(resp.Schema)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Len(t, newSchema.Fields(), 2)
+	require.Equal(t, "test", newSchema.Fields()[0].Name)
+	require.Equal(t, "source", newSchema.Fields()[1].Name)
+	require.Equal(t, "utf8", newSchema.Fields()[1].Type.(*arrow.StringType).Name())
+
+	if _, err := s.Close(ctx, &pb.Close_Request{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+type mockSourceColumnAdderPluginClient struct {
+	plugin.UnimplementedDestination
+	plugin.UnimplementedSource
+}
+
+func getColumnAdderPlugin(...plugin.Option) plugin.NewClientFunc {
+	c := &mockSourceColumnAdderPluginClient{}
+	return func(context.Context, zerolog.Logger, []byte, plugin.NewClientOptions) (plugin.Client, error) {
+		return c, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (*mockSourceColumnAdderPluginClient) Transform(context.Context, <-chan arrow.Record, chan<- arrow.Record) error {
+	return nil
+}
+func (*mockSourceColumnAdderPluginClient) TransformSchema(_ context.Context, old *arrow.Schema) (*arrow.Schema, error) {
+	return old.AddField(1, arrow.Field{Name: "source", Type: arrow.BinaryTypes.String})
+}
+func (*mockSourceColumnAdderPluginClient) Close(context.Context) error { return nil }
diff --git a/plugin/plugin.go b/plugin/plugin.go
index b7a00671dc..7ad2824cfd 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ type UnimplementedTransformer struct{}
 func (UnimplementedTransformer) Transform(context.Context, <-chan arrow.Record, chan<- arrow.Record) error {
 	return ErrNotImplemented
 }
+func (UnimplementedTransformer) TransformSchema(context.Context, *arrow.Schema) (*arrow.Schema, error) {
+	return nil, ErrNotImplemented
+}
 
 // Plugin is the base structure required to pass to sdk.serve
 // We take a declarative approach to API here similar to Cobra
diff --git a/plugin/plugin_test.go b/plugin/plugin_test.go
index be7af4ff81..22d20d5a25 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin_test.go
+++ b/plugin/plugin_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ func (*testPluginClient) Close(context.Context) error {
 func (*testPluginClient) Transform(context.Context, <-chan arrow.Record, chan<- arrow.Record) error {
 	return nil
 }
+func (*testPluginClient) TransformSchema(context.Context, *arrow.Schema) (*arrow.Schema, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
 
 func TestPluginSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
diff --git a/plugin/plugin_transformer.go b/plugin/plugin_transformer.go
index a273021078..225b3e8129 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin_transformer.go
+++ b/plugin/plugin_transformer.go
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ import (
 
 type TransformerClient interface {
 	Transform(context.Context, <-chan arrow.Record, chan<- arrow.Record) error
+	TransformSchema(context.Context, *arrow.Schema) (*arrow.Schema, error)
 }
 
 func (p *Plugin) Transform(ctx context.Context, recvRecords <-chan arrow.Record, sendRecords chan<- arrow.Record) error {
 	return p.client.Transform(ctx, recvRecords, sendRecords)
 }
+func (p *Plugin) TransformSchema(ctx context.Context, old *arrow.Schema) (*arrow.Schema, error) {
+	return p.client.TransformSchema(ctx, old)
+}