diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/sql/SQLRowStream.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/sql/SQLRowStream.java
index 8d60379..d921635 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/sql/SQLRowStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/sql/SQLRowStream.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonArray;
 import io.vertx.core.streams.ReadStream;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * A ReadStream of Rows from the underlying RDBMS. This class follows the ReadStream semantics and will automatically
  * close the underlying resources if all returned rows are returned. For cases where the results are ignored before the
@@ -25,6 +27,13 @@ public interface SQLRowStream extends ReadStream<JsonArray> {
    */
   int column(String name);
 
+  /**
+   * Returns all column names available in the underlying resultset.
+   *
+   * @return the list of columns names returned by the query
+   */
+  List<String> columns();
+
   /**
    * Event handler when a resultset is closed. This is useful to request for more results.
    * @param handler