diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.js
index b27eebb0c4..86d855a28e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.js
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ async function makeTableRequest(
   operation,
   table,
   tables,
-  oldTable = null
+  oldTable = null,
+  renamed = null
 ) {
   const json = {
     endpoint: {
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ async function makeTableRequest(
   if (oldTable) {
     json.meta.table = oldTable
   }
+  if (renamed) {
+    json.meta.renamed = renamed
+  }
   return makeExternalQuery(datasource, json)
 }
 
@@ -160,6 +164,7 @@ function isRelationshipSetup(column) {
 
 exports.save = async function (ctx) {
   const table = ctx.request.body
+  const { _rename: renamed } = table
   // can't do this right now
   delete table.dataImport
   const datasourceId = getDatasourceId(ctx.request.body)
@@ -241,7 +246,14 @@ exports.save = async function (ctx) {
   const operation = oldTable
     ? DataSourceOperation.UPDATE_TABLE
     : DataSourceOperation.CREATE_TABLE
-  await makeTableRequest(datasource, operation, tableToSave, tables, oldTable)
+  await makeTableRequest(
+    datasource,
+    operation,
+    tableToSave,
+    tables,
+    oldTable,
+    renamed
+  )
   // update any extra tables (like foreign keys in other tables)
   for (let extraTable of extraTablesToUpdate) {
     const oldExtraTable = oldTables[extraTable.name]
@@ -258,6 +270,8 @@ exports.save = async function (ctx) {
     )
   }
 
+  // remove the rename prop
+  delete tableToSave._rename
   // store it into couch now for budibase reference
   datasource.entities[tableToSave.name] = tableToSave
   await db.put(datasource)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/definitions/datasource.ts b/packages/server/src/definitions/datasource.ts
index 6c8c8dc07d..2e2ad25f58 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/definitions/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/definitions/datasource.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ export interface PaginationJson {
   page?: string | number
 }
 
+export interface RenameColumn {
+  old: string
+  updated: string
+}
+
 export interface RelationshipsJson {
   through?: string
   from?: string
@@ -166,6 +171,7 @@ export interface QueryJson {
   meta?: {
     table?: Table
     tables?: Record<string, Table>
+    renamed: RenameColumn
   }
   extra?: {
     idFilter?: SearchFilters
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
index b9ea7107fc..0c63b707ae 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { Knex, knex } from "knex"
 import { Table } from "../../definitions/common"
-import { Operation, QueryJson } from "../../definitions/datasource"
+import {
+  Operation,
+  QueryJson,
+  RenameColumn,
+} from "../../definitions/datasource"
 import { breakExternalTableId } from "../utils"
 import SchemaBuilder = Knex.SchemaBuilder
 import CreateTableBuilder = Knex.CreateTableBuilder
@@ -10,7 +14,8 @@ function generateSchema(
   schema: CreateTableBuilder,
   table: Table,
   tables: Record<string, Table>,
-  oldTable: null | Table = null
+  oldTable: null | Table = null,
+  renamed?: RenameColumn
 ) {
   let primaryKey = table && table.primary ? table.primary[0] : null
   const columns = Object.values(table.schema)
@@ -29,7 +34,11 @@ function generateSchema(
   for (let [key, column] of Object.entries(table.schema)) {
     // skip things that are already correct
     const oldColumn = oldTable ? oldTable.schema[key] : null
-    if ((oldColumn && oldColumn.type) || (primaryKey === key && !isJunction)) {
+    if (
+      (oldColumn && oldColumn.type) ||
+      (primaryKey === key && !isJunction) ||
+      renamed?.updated === key
+    ) {
       continue
     }
     switch (column.type) {
@@ -81,6 +90,10 @@ function generateSchema(
     }
   }
 
+  if (renamed) {
+    schema.renameColumn(renamed.old, renamed.updated)
+  }
+
   // need to check if any columns have been deleted
   if (oldTable) {
     const deletedColumns = Object.entries(oldTable.schema)
@@ -90,6 +103,9 @@ function generateSchema(
       )
       .map(([key]) => key)
     deletedColumns.forEach(key => {
+      if (renamed?.old === key) {
+        return
+      }
       if (oldTable.constrained && oldTable.constrained.indexOf(key) !== -1) {
         schema.dropForeign(key)
       }
@@ -114,10 +130,11 @@ function buildUpdateTable(
   knex: SchemaBuilder,
   table: Table,
   tables: Record<string, Table>,
-  oldTable: Table
+  oldTable: Table,
+  renamed: RenameColumn
 ): SchemaBuilder {
   return knex.alterTable(table.name, schema => {
-    generateSchema(schema, table, tables, oldTable)
+    generateSchema(schema, table, tables, oldTable, renamed)
   })
 }
 
@@ -167,7 +184,8 @@ class SqlTableQueryBuilder {
           client,
           json.table,
           json.meta.tables,
-          json.meta.table
+          json.meta.table,
+          json.meta.renamed
         )
         break
       case Operation.DELETE_TABLE: