diff --git a/ksql-execution/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/codegen/SqlToJavaVisitor.java b/ksql-execution/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/codegen/SqlToJavaVisitor.java
index 7b14f2ba005a..23f840bf1694 100644
--- a/ksql-execution/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/codegen/SqlToJavaVisitor.java
+++ b/ksql-execution/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/codegen/SqlToJavaVisitor.java
@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@ public Pair<String, Schema> visitFunctionCall(
     private Schema getFunctionReturnSchema(
         final FunctionCall node
     ) {
+      if (node.getName().equals(FetchFieldFromStruct.FUNCTION_NAME)) {
+        return expressionTypeManager.getExpressionSchema(node);
+      }
+
       final UdfFactory udfFactory = functionRegistry.getUdfFactory(node.getName().name());
       final List<Schema> argumentSchemas = node.getArguments().stream()
           .map(expressionTypeManager::getExpressionSchema)
diff --git a/ksql-execution/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/util/ExpressionTypeManager.java b/ksql-execution/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/util/ExpressionTypeManager.java
index 07ee31929203..a07d1582b71e 100644
--- a/ksql-execution/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/util/ExpressionTypeManager.java
+++ b/ksql-execution/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/util/ExpressionTypeManager.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import io.confluent.ksql.execution.expression.tree.Type;
 import io.confluent.ksql.execution.expression.tree.WhenClause;
 import io.confluent.ksql.execution.function.UdafUtil;
+import io.confluent.ksql.execution.function.udf.structfieldextractor.FetchFieldFromStruct;
 import io.confluent.ksql.function.AggregateFunctionInitArguments;
 import io.confluent.ksql.function.FunctionRegistry;
 import io.confluent.ksql.function.KsqlAggregateFunction;
@@ -407,6 +408,20 @@ public Void visitFunctionCall(
         return null;
       }
 
+      if (node.getName().equals(FetchFieldFromStruct.FUNCTION_NAME)) {
+        process(node.getArguments().get(0), expressionTypeContext);
+        final Schema firstArgSchema = expressionTypeContext.getSchema();
+        final String fieldName = ((StringLiteral) node.getArguments().get(1)).getValue();
+        if (firstArgSchema.field(fieldName) == null) {
+          throw new KsqlException(String.format("Could not find field %s in %s.",
+              fieldName,
+              node.getArguments().get(0).toString()));
+        }
+        final Schema returnSchema = firstArgSchema.field(fieldName).schema();
+        expressionTypeContext.setSchema(returnSchema);
+        return null;
+      }
+
       final UdfFactory udfFactory = functionRegistry.getUdfFactory(node.getName().name());
       final UdfMetadata metadata = udfFactory.getMetadata();
       if (metadata.isInternal()) {
diff --git a/ksql-execution/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/util/ExpressionTypeManagerTest.java b/ksql-execution/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/util/ExpressionTypeManagerTest.java
index f718a25b467d..ce6fbfe5a015 100644
--- a/ksql-execution/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/util/ExpressionTypeManagerTest.java
+++ b/ksql-execution/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/execution/util/ExpressionTypeManagerTest.java
@@ -297,19 +297,18 @@ public void shouldHandleStructFieldDereference() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void shouldThrowOnFetchFieldFromStructFunctionCall() {
+  public void shouldHandleFetchFieldFromStructFunctionCall() {
     // Given:
     final Expression expression = new FunctionCall(
         FetchFieldFromStruct.FUNCTION_NAME,
         ImmutableList.of(ADDRESS, new StringLiteral("NUMBER"))
     );
 
-    // Then:
-    expectedException.expect(KsqlException.class);
-    expectedException.expectMessage("Can't find any functions with the name 'FETCH_FIELD_FROM_STRUCT'");
-
     // When:
-    expressionTypeManager.getExpressionSqlType(expression);
+    final SqlType sqlType = expressionTypeManager.getExpressionSqlType(expression);
+
+    // Then:
+    assertThat(sqlType, is(SqlTypes.BIGINT));
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/ksql-functional-tests/src/test/resources/query-validation-tests/fetch-field-from-struct.json b/ksql-functional-tests/src/test/resources/query-validation-tests/fetch-field-from-struct.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52fd58af776f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ksql-functional-tests/src/test/resources/query-validation-tests/fetch-field-from-struct.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "comments": [
+    "External usage of FETCH_FIELD_FROM_STRUCT"
+  ],
+  "tests": [
+    {
+      "name": "Fetch Field",
+      "statements": [
+        "CREATE STREAM TEST (s STRUCT<val VARCHAR>) WITH (kafka_topic='test_topic', value_format='JSON');",
+        "CREATE STREAM OUTPUT as SELECT FETCH_FIELD_FROM_STRUCT(s, 'VAL') AS value FROM test;"
+      ],
+      "inputs": [
+        {"topic": "test_topic", "key": "foo", "value": {"s": {"val": "foo"}}}
+      ],
+      "outputs": [
+        {"topic": "OUTPUT", "key": "foo", "value": {"VALUE": "foo"}}
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/ksql-functional-tests/src/test/resources/query-validation-tests/simple-struct.json b/ksql-functional-tests/src/test/resources/query-validation-tests/simple-struct.json
index fc4906db3278..6c0b66a07a1e 100644
--- a/ksql-functional-tests/src/test/resources/query-validation-tests/simple-struct.json
+++ b/ksql-functional-tests/src/test/resources/query-validation-tests/simple-struct.json
@@ -1821,17 +1821,6 @@
           "key": 0
         }
       ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "direct use of FETCH_FIELD_FROM_STRUCT",
-      "statements": [
-        "CREATE STREAM input (s STRUCT<f0 BIGINT>) WITH (kafka_topic='input_topic', value_format='JSON');",
-        "CREATE STREAM output AS SELECT FETCH_FIELD_FROM_STRUCT(s, 'f0') FROM input;"
-      ],
-      "expectedException": {
-        "type": "io.confluent.ksql.util.KsqlStatementException",
-        "message": "Can't find any functions with the name 'FETCH_FIELD_FROM_STRUCT'"
-      }
     }
   ]
 }
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