diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ndb_alter_table.result b/mysql-test/r/ndb_alter_table.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cc6a89d5ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ndb_alter_table.result
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+a INT NOT NULL,
+b INT NOT NULL
+) ENGINE=ndbcluster;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (9410,9412);
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN c int not null;
+SELECT * FROM t1;
+a	b	c
+9410	9412	0
+DROP TABLE t1;
+create table t1 (
+col1 int not null auto_increment primary key,
+col2 varchar(30) not null,
+col3 varchar (20) not null,
+col4 varchar(4) not null,
+col5 enum('PENDING', 'ACTIVE', 'DISABLED') not null,
+col6 int not null, to_be_deleted int);
+insert into t1 values (2,4,3,5,"PENDING",1,7);
+alter table t1
+add column col4_5 varchar(20) not null after col4,
+add column col7 varchar(30) not null after col5,
+add column col8 datetime not null, drop column to_be_deleted,
+change column col2 fourth varchar(30) not null after col3,
+modify column col6 int not null first;
+select * from t1;
+col6	col1	col3	fourth	col4	col4_5	col5	col7	col8
+1	2	3	4	5		PENDING		0000-00-00 00:00:00
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ndb_alter_table.test b/mysql-test/t/ndb_alter_table.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f95aa82b7cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ndb_alter_table.test
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+-- source include/have_ndb.inc
+
+--disable_warnings
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+--enable_warnings
+
+#
+# Basic test to show that the ALTER TABLE
+#  is working
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+  a INT NOT NULL,
+  b INT NOT NULL
+) ENGINE=ndbcluster;
+
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (9410,9412);
+  
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN c int not null;
+SELECT * FROM t1;
+
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+#
+# More advanced test
+#
+create table t1 (
+col1 int not null auto_increment primary key,
+col2 varchar(30) not null,
+col3 varchar (20) not null,
+col4 varchar(4) not null,
+col5 enum('PENDING', 'ACTIVE', 'DISABLED') not null,
+col6 int not null, to_be_deleted int);
+insert into t1 values (2,4,3,5,"PENDING",1,7);
+alter table t1
+add column col4_5 varchar(20) not null after col4,
+add column col7 varchar(30) not null after col5,
+add column col8 datetime not null, drop column to_be_deleted,
+change column col2 fourth varchar(30) not null after col3,
+modify column col6 int not null first;
+select * from t1;
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
index fc0f92994cd..2fd80b85b33 100644
--- a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
@@ -951,7 +951,8 @@ int ha_ndbcluster::full_table_scan(byte *buf)
   {
     Field *field= table->field[i];
     if ((thd->query_id == field->query_id) ||
-	(field->flags & PRI_KEY_FLAG))
+	(field->flags & PRI_KEY_FLAG) || 
+	retrieve_all_fields)
     {      
       if (get_ndb_value(op, i, field->ptr))
 	ERR_RETURN(op->getNdbError());
@@ -1779,6 +1780,7 @@ int ha_ndbcluster::extra(enum ha_extra_function operation)
 					 where field->query_id is the same as
 					 the current query id */
     DBUG_PRINT("info", ("HA_EXTRA_RETRIEVE_ALL_COLS"));
+    retrieve_all_fields = TRUE;
     break;
   case HA_EXTRA_PREPARE_FOR_DELETE:
     DBUG_PRINT("info", ("HA_EXTRA_PREPARE_FOR_DELETE"));
@@ -2025,6 +2027,8 @@ int ha_ndbcluster::external_lock(THD *thd, int lock_type)
       (NdbConnection*)thd->transaction.all.ndb_tid:
       (NdbConnection*)thd->transaction.stmt.ndb_tid;
     DBUG_ASSERT(m_active_trans);
+
+    retrieve_all_fields = FALSE;
     
   } 
   else 
@@ -2076,6 +2080,8 @@ int ha_ndbcluster::start_stmt(THD *thd)
     thd->transaction.stmt.ndb_tid= trans;
   }
   m_active_trans= trans;
+
+  retrieve_all_fields = FALSE;
   
   DBUG_RETURN(error);
 }
@@ -2553,6 +2559,7 @@ ha_ndbcluster::ha_ndbcluster(TABLE *table_arg):
                 HA_DROP_BEFORE_CREATE | 
                 HA_NOT_READ_AFTER_KEY),
   m_use_write(false),
+  retrieve_all_fields(FALSE),
   rows_to_insert(0),
   rows_inserted(0),
   bulk_insert_rows(1024)
diff --git a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.h b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.h
index f9109244492..afb62b1347b 100644
--- a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.h
+++ b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ class ha_ndbcluster: public handler
   const char*  m_unique_index_name[MAX_KEY];
   NdbRecAttr *m_value[NDB_MAX_ATTRIBUTES_IN_TABLE];
   bool m_use_write;
+  bool retrieve_all_fields;
   ha_rows rows_to_insert;
   ha_rows rows_inserted;
   ha_rows bulk_insert_rows;
diff --git a/sql/sql_table.cc b/sql/sql_table.cc
index 0d0be1b7e10..3cb3afafc09 100644
--- a/sql/sql_table.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_table.cc
@@ -3219,7 +3219,11 @@ copy_data_between_tables(TABLE *from,TABLE *to,
     error= 1;
     goto err;
   }
-
+  
+  /* Handler must be told explicitly to retrieve all columns, because
+     this function does not set field->query_id in the columns to the
+     current query id */
+  from->file->extra(HA_EXTRA_RETRIEVE_ALL_COLS);
   init_read_record(&info, thd, from, (SQL_SELECT *) 0, 1,1);
   if (handle_duplicates == DUP_IGNORE ||
       handle_duplicates == DUP_REPLACE)