diff --git a/spec/schemas.spec.js b/spec/schemas.spec.js
index e2d1955c08..568dd2b866 100644
--- a/spec/schemas.spec.js
+++ b/spec/schemas.spec.js
@@ -326,6 +326,35 @@ describe('schemas', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('responds with all fields when getting incomplete schema', done => {
+    config.database.schemaCollection().then((schema) => {
+      return schema.addSchema('_User');
+    }).then(() => {
+      request.get({
+        url: 'http://localhost:8378/1/schemas/_User',
+        headers: masterKeyHeaders,
+        json: true
+      }, (error, response, body) => {
+        expect(body).toEqual({
+          className: '_User',
+          fields: {
+            objectId: {type: 'String'},
+            updatedAt: {type: 'Date'},
+            createdAt: {type: 'Date'},
+            username: {type: 'String'},
+            password: {type: 'String'},
+            authData: {type: 'Object'},
+            email: {type: 'String'},
+            emailVerified: {type: 'Boolean'},
+            ACL: {type: 'ACL'}
+          },
+          classLevelPermissions: defaultClassLevelPermissions
+        });
+        done();
+      });
+    })
+  });
+
   it('lets you specify class name in both places', done => {
     request.post({
       url: 'http://localhost:8378/1/schemas/NewClass',
diff --git a/src/Routers/SchemasRouter.js b/src/Routers/SchemasRouter.js
index 3babd66828..23ad4b56f8 100644
--- a/src/Routers/SchemasRouter.js
+++ b/src/Routers/SchemasRouter.js
@@ -14,9 +14,20 @@ function classNameMismatchResponse(bodyClass, pathClass) {
   );
 }
 
+function injectDefaultSchema(schema) {
+  let defaultSchema = Schema.defaultColumns[schema.className];
+  if (defaultSchema) {
+    Object.keys(defaultSchema).forEach((key) => {
+      schema.fields[key] = defaultSchema[key];
+    });
+  }
+  return schema;
+}
+
 function getAllSchemas(req) {
   return req.config.database.schemaCollection()
     .then(collection => collection.getAllSchemas())
+    .then(schemas => schemas.map(injectDefaultSchema))
     .then(schemas => ({ response: { results: schemas } }));
 }
 
@@ -24,6 +35,7 @@ function getOneSchema(req) {
   const className = req.params.className;
   return req.config.database.schemaCollection()
     .then(collection => collection.findSchema(className))
+    .then(injectDefaultSchema)
     .then(schema => ({ response: schema }))
     .catch(error => {
       if (error === undefined) {
diff --git a/src/Schema.js b/src/Schema.js
index 8311ef482e..f2f188cb57 100644
--- a/src/Schema.js
+++ b/src/Schema.js
@@ -848,4 +848,5 @@ export {
   schemaAPITypeToMongoFieldType,
   buildMergedSchemaObject,
   systemClasses,
+  defaultColumns,
 };