diff --git a/hoodie-common/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/HoodieAvroUtils.java b/hoodie-common/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/HoodieAvroUtils.java
index 9c1dc2273..ae92b00f9 100644
--- a/hoodie-common/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/HoodieAvroUtils.java
+++ b/hoodie-common/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/HoodieAvroUtils.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream;
 import java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import org.apache.avro.io.BinaryEncoder;
 import org.apache.avro.io.Decoder;
 import org.apache.avro.io.DecoderFactory;
 import org.apache.avro.io.EncoderFactory;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
 
 /**
  * Helper class to do common stuff across Avro.
@@ -108,7 +110,11 @@ public class HoodieAvroUtils {
     parentFields.add(fileNameField);
     for (Schema.Field field : schema.getFields()) {
       if (!isMetadataField(field.name())) {
-        parentFields.add(new Schema.Field(field.name(), field.schema(), field.doc(), null));
+        Schema.Field newField = new Schema.Field(field.name(), field.schema(), field.doc(), null);
+        for (Map.Entry<String, JsonNode> prop : field.getJsonProps().entrySet()) {
+          newField.addProp(prop.getKey(), prop.getValue());
+        }
+        parentFields.add(newField);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/hoodie-common/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/TestHoodieAvroUtils.java b/hoodie-common/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/TestHoodieAvroUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdae208c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hoodie-common/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/TestHoodieAvroUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (c) 2018 Uber Technologies, Inc. (hoodie-dev-group@uber.com)
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *           http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.uber.hoodie.common.util;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.avro.Schema;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+
+public class TestHoodieAvroUtils {
+
+  private static String EXAMPLE_SCHEMA = "{\"type\": \"record\"," + "\"name\": \"testrec\"," + "\"fields\": [ "
+            + "{\"name\": \"timestamp\",\"type\": \"double\"},"
+            + "{\"name\": \"_row_key\", \"type\": \"string\"},"
+            + "{\"name\": \"non_pii_col\", \"type\": \"string\"},"
+            + "{\"name\": \"pii_col\", \"type\": \"string\", \"column_category\": \"user_profile\"}]}";
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPropsPresent() {
+    Schema schema = HoodieAvroUtils.addMetadataFields(new Schema.Parser().parse(EXAMPLE_SCHEMA));
+    boolean piiPresent = false;
+    for (Schema.Field field : schema.getFields()) {
+      if (HoodieAvroUtils.isMetadataField(field.name())) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      Assert.assertTrue("field name is null", field.name() != null);
+      Map<String, JsonNode> props = field.getJsonProps();
+      Assert.assertTrue("The property is null", props != null);
+
+      if (field.name().equals("pii_col")) {
+        piiPresent = true;
+        Assert.assertTrue("sensitivity_level is removed in field 'pii_col'", props.containsKey("column_category"));
+      } else {
+        Assert.assertTrue("The property shows up but not set", props.size() == 0);
+      }
+    }
+    Assert.assertTrue("column pii_col doesn't show up", piiPresent);
+  }
+}