diff --git a/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py b/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py
index e2244525..46f7547b 100644
--- a/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py
+++ b/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ def get_columns(self, connection, table_name, schema=None, **kw):
                 'type': coltype,
                 'nullable': True,
                 'default': None,
+                'comment': _comment,
             })
         return result