diff --git a/dbms/programs/client/Client.cpp b/dbms/programs/client/Client.cpp
index e6064ec8860..407612257a7 100644
--- a/dbms/programs/client/Client.cpp
+++ b/dbms/programs/client/Client.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 #include <Common/InterruptListener.h>
 #include <Functions/registerFunctions.h>
 #include <AggregateFunctions/registerAggregateFunctions.h>
-#include <Storages/ColumnDefault.h>
+#include <Storages/ColumnsDescription.h>
 
 #if USE_READLINE
 #include "Suggest.h" // Y_IGNORE
@@ -893,11 +893,12 @@ private:
 
         /// Receive description of table structure.
         Block sample;
-        if (receiveSampleBlock(sample))
+        ColumnsDescription columns_description;
+        if (receiveSampleBlock(sample, columns_description))
         {
             /// If structure was received (thus, server has not thrown an exception),
             /// send our data with that structure.
-            sendData(sample);
+            sendData(sample, columns_description);
             receiveEndOfQuery();
         }
     }
@@ -935,7 +936,7 @@ private:
     }
 
 
-    void sendData(Block & sample)
+    void sendData(Block & sample, const ColumnsDescription & columns_description)
     {
         /// If INSERT data must be sent.
         const ASTInsertQuery * parsed_insert_query = typeid_cast<const ASTInsertQuery *>(&*parsed_query);
@@ -946,19 +947,19 @@ private:
         {
             /// Send data contained in the query.
             ReadBufferFromMemory data_in(parsed_insert_query->data, parsed_insert_query->end - parsed_insert_query->data);
-            sendDataFrom(data_in, sample);
+            sendDataFrom(data_in, sample, columns_description);
         }
         else if (!is_interactive)
         {
             /// Send data read from stdin.
-            sendDataFrom(std_in, sample);
+            sendDataFrom(std_in, sample, columns_description);
         }
         else
             throw Exception("No data to insert", ErrorCodes::NO_DATA_TO_INSERT);
     }
 
 
-    void sendDataFrom(ReadBuffer & buf, Block & sample)
+    void sendDataFrom(ReadBuffer & buf, Block & sample, const ColumnsDescription & columns_description)
     {
         String current_format = insert_format;
 
@@ -970,9 +971,10 @@ private:
         BlockInputStreamPtr block_input = context.getInputFormat(
             current_format, buf, sample, insert_format_max_block_size);
 
-        auto column_defaults = ColumnDefaultsHelper::extract(sample);
+        const auto & column_defaults = columns_description.defaults;
         if (!column_defaults.empty())
             block_input = std::make_shared<AddingDefaultsBlockInputStream>(block_input, column_defaults, context);
+
         BlockInputStreamPtr async_block_input = std::make_shared<AsynchronousBlockInputStream>(block_input);
 
         async_block_input->readPrefix();
@@ -1110,7 +1112,7 @@ private:
 
 
     /// Receive the block that serves as an example of the structure of table where data will be inserted.
-    bool receiveSampleBlock(Block & out)
+    bool receiveSampleBlock(Block & out, ColumnsDescription & columns_description)
     {
         while (true)
         {
@@ -1131,6 +1133,10 @@ private:
                     onLogData(packet.block);
                     break;
 
+                case Protocol::Server::TableColumns:
+                    columns_description = ColumnsDescription::parse(packet.multistring_message[1]);
+                    return receiveSampleBlock(out, columns_description);
+
                 default:
                     throw NetException("Unexpected packet from server (expected Data, Exception or Log, got "
                         + String(Protocol::Server::toString(packet.type)) + ")", ErrorCodes::UNEXPECTED_PACKET_FROM_SERVER);
diff --git a/dbms/programs/server/TCPHandler.cpp b/dbms/programs/server/TCPHandler.cpp
index d1ccc3e788f..efd4ffc55d6 100644
--- a/dbms/programs/server/TCPHandler.cpp
+++ b/dbms/programs/server/TCPHandler.cpp
@@ -360,17 +360,16 @@ void TCPHandler::processInsertQuery(const Settings & global_settings)
       */
     state.io.out->writePrefix();
 
-    /// Send block to the client - table structure.
-    Block block = state.io.out->getHeader();
-
-    /// attach column defaults to sample block (allow client to attach defaults for ommited source values)
+    /// Send ColumnsDescription for insertion table
     if (client_revision >= DBMS_MIN_REVISION_WITH_COLUMN_DEFAULTS_METADATA)
     {
-        auto db_and_table = query_context.getInsertionTable();
-        ColumnDefaults column_defaults = ColumnDefaultsHelper::loadFromContext(query_context, db_and_table.first, db_and_table.second);
-        ColumnDefaultsHelper::attach(column_defaults, block);
+        const auto & db_and_table = query_context.getInsertionTable();
+        if (auto * columns = ColumnsDescription::loadFromContext(query_context, db_and_table.first, db_and_table.second))
+            sendTableColumns(*columns);
     }
 
+    /// Send block to the client - table structure.
+    Block block = state.io.out->getHeader();
     sendData(block);
 
     readData(global_settings);
@@ -853,6 +852,16 @@ void TCPHandler::sendLogData(const Block & block)
     out->next();
 }
 
+void TCPHandler::sendTableColumns(const ColumnsDescription & columns)
+{
+    writeVarUInt(Protocol::Server::TableColumns, *out);
+
+    /// Send external table name (empty name is the main table)
+    writeStringBinary("", *out);
+    writeStringBinary(columns.toString(), *out);
+
+    out->next();
+}
 
 void TCPHandler::sendException(const Exception & e, bool with_stack_trace)
 {
diff --git a/dbms/programs/server/TCPHandler.h b/dbms/programs/server/TCPHandler.h
index af422921f07..14189da6176 100644
--- a/dbms/programs/server/TCPHandler.h
+++ b/dbms/programs/server/TCPHandler.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ private:
     void sendHello();
     void sendData(const Block & block);    /// Write a block to the network.
     void sendLogData(const Block & block);
+    void sendTableColumns(const ColumnsDescription & columns);
     void sendException(const Exception & e, bool with_stack_trace);
     void sendProgress();
     void sendLogs();
diff --git a/dbms/src/Client/Connection.cpp b/dbms/src/Client/Connection.cpp
index ce6246fba3a..50c5ca2cebc 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Client/Connection.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Client/Connection.cpp
@@ -604,6 +604,10 @@ Connection::Packet Connection::receivePacket()
                 res.block = receiveLogData();
                 return res;
 
+            case Protocol::Server::TableColumns:
+                res.multistring_message = receiveMultistringMessage(res.type);
+                return res;
+
             case Protocol::Server::EndOfStream:
                 return res;
 
@@ -713,6 +717,16 @@ std::unique_ptr<Exception> Connection::receiveException()
 }
 
 
+std::vector<String> Connection::receiveMultistringMessage(UInt64 msg_type)
+{
+    size_t num = Protocol::Server::wordsInMessage(msg_type);
+    std::vector<String> out(num);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < num; ++i)
+        readStringBinary(out[i], *in);
+    return out;
+}
+
+
 Progress Connection::receiveProgress()
 {
     //LOG_TRACE(log_wrapper.get(), "Receiving progress");
diff --git a/dbms/src/Client/Connection.h b/dbms/src/Client/Connection.h
index d8229fc3463..27b7d6bd4d8 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Client/Connection.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Client/Connection.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <optional>
+
 #include <common/logger_useful.h>
 
 #include <Poco/Net/StreamSocket.h>
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ public:
 
         Block block;
         std::unique_ptr<Exception> exception;
+        std::vector<String> multistring_message;
         Progress progress;
         BlockStreamProfileInfo profile_info;
 
@@ -259,6 +262,7 @@ private:
     Block receiveLogData();
     Block receiveDataImpl(BlockInputStreamPtr & stream);
 
+    std::vector<String> receiveMultistringMessage(UInt64 msg_type);
     std::unique_ptr<Exception> receiveException();
     Progress receiveProgress();
     BlockStreamProfileInfo receiveProfileInfo();
diff --git a/dbms/src/Core/Protocol.h b/dbms/src/Core/Protocol.h
index 27df4341de9..28f60cce901 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Core/Protocol.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Core/Protocol.h
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ namespace Protocol
             Totals = 7,               /// A block with totals (compressed or not).
             Extremes = 8,             /// A block with minimums and maximums (compressed or not).
             TablesStatusResponse = 9, /// A response to TablesStatus request.
-            Log = 10                  /// System logs of the query execution
+            Log = 10,                 /// System logs of the query execution
+            TableColumns = 11,        /// Columns' description for default values calculation
         };
 
         /// NOTE: If the type of packet argument would be Enum, the comparison packet >= 0 && packet < 10
@@ -78,11 +79,24 @@ namespace Protocol
         /// See https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/cplusplus/INT36-CPP.+Do+not+use+out-of-range+enumeration+values
         inline const char * toString(UInt64 packet)
         {
-            static const char * data[] = { "Hello", "Data", "Exception", "Progress", "Pong", "EndOfStream", "ProfileInfo", "Totals", "Extremes", "TablesStatusResponse", "Log" };
-            return packet < 11
+            static const char * data[] = { "Hello", "Data", "Exception", "Progress", "Pong", "EndOfStream", "ProfileInfo", "Totals",
+                "Extremes", "TablesStatusResponse", "Log", "TableColumns" };
+            return packet < 12
                 ? data[packet]
                 : "Unknown packet";
         }
+
+        inline size_t wordsInMessage(UInt64 msg_type)
+        {
+            switch (msg_type)
+            {
+                case TableColumns:
+                    return 2;
+                default:
+                    break;
+            }
+            return 0;
+        }
     }
 
     /// Packet types that client transmits.
diff --git a/dbms/src/DataStreams/InputStreamFromASTInsertQuery.cpp b/dbms/src/DataStreams/InputStreamFromASTInsertQuery.cpp
index d232fee96ce..b78b7a59db6 100644
--- a/dbms/src/DataStreams/InputStreamFromASTInsertQuery.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/DataStreams/InputStreamFromASTInsertQuery.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <DataStreams/BlockIO.h>
 #include <DataStreams/InputStreamFromASTInsertQuery.h>
 #include <DataStreams/AddingDefaultsBlockInputStream.h>
-#include <Storages/ColumnDefault.h>
+#include <Storages/ColumnsDescription.h>
 
 namespace DB
 {
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ InputStreamFromASTInsertQuery::InputStreamFromASTInsertQuery(
 
     res_stream = context.getInputFormat(format, *input_buffer_contacenated, streams.out->getHeader(), context.getSettings().max_insert_block_size);
 
-    auto column_defaults = ColumnDefaultsHelper::loadFromContext(context, ast_insert_query->database, ast_insert_query->table);
-    if (!column_defaults.empty())
-        res_stream = std::make_shared<AddingDefaultsBlockInputStream>(res_stream, column_defaults, context);
+    auto columns_description = ColumnsDescription::loadFromContext(context, ast_insert_query->database, ast_insert_query->table);
+    if (columns_description && !columns_description->defaults.empty())
+        res_stream = std::make_shared<AddingDefaultsBlockInputStream>(res_stream, columns_description->defaults, context);
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateMissingDefaults.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateMissingDefaults.cpp
index 050078b7af4..0b330fb00cc 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateMissingDefaults.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateMissingDefaults.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static ASTPtr requiredExpressions(Block & block, const NamesAndTypesList & requi
 void evaluateMissingDefaults(Block & block,
     const NamesAndTypesList & required_columns,
     const ColumnDefaults & column_defaults,
-    const Context & context, bool save_unneded_columns)
+    const Context & context, bool save_unneeded_columns)
 {
     if (column_defaults.empty())
         return;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void evaluateMissingDefaults(Block & block,
     if (!default_expr_list)
         return;
 
-    if (!save_unneded_columns)
+    if (!save_unneeded_columns)
     {
         auto syntax_result = SyntaxAnalyzer(context, {}).analyze(default_expr_list, block.getNamesAndTypesList());
         ExpressionAnalyzer{default_expr_list, syntax_result, context}.getActions(true)->execute(block);
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateMissingDefaults.h b/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateMissingDefaults.h
index c65cb1680a2..320fb35c9cb 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateMissingDefaults.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateMissingDefaults.h
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ class Context;
 class NamesAndTypesList;
 struct ColumnDefault;
 
-///
 void evaluateMissingDefaults(Block & block,
     const NamesAndTypesList & required_columns,
     const std::unordered_map<std::string, ColumnDefault> & column_defaults,
-    const Context & context, bool save_unneded_columns = true);
+    const Context & context, bool save_unneeded_columns = true);
 
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnDefault.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnDefault.cpp
index 2a89cda5caf..46995e307f3 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnDefault.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnDefault.cpp
@@ -54,73 +54,4 @@ bool operator==(const ColumnDefault & lhs, const ColumnDefault & rhs)
     return lhs.kind == rhs.kind && queryToString(lhs.expression) == queryToString(rhs.expression);
 }
 
-ColumnDefaults ColumnDefaultsHelper::loadFromContext(const Context & context, const String & database, const String & table)
-{
-    if (context.getSettingsRef().insert_sample_with_metadata)
-    {
-        if (!context.isTableExist(database, table))
-            return {};
-
-        StoragePtr storage = context.getTable(database, table);
-        const ColumnsDescription & table_columns = storage->getColumns();
-        return table_columns.defaults;
-    }
-    return {};
-}
-
-void ColumnDefaultsHelper::attach(const ColumnDefaults & column_defaults, Block & sample)
-{
-    if (column_defaults.empty())
-        return;
-
-    for (auto pr : column_defaults)
-    {
-        std::stringstream ss;
-        ss << *pr.second.expression;
-
-        /// Serialize defaults to special columns names.
-        /// It looks better to send expression as a column data but sample block has 0 rows.
-        ColumnWithTypeAndName col;
-        col.type = std::make_shared<DataTypeString>();
-        col.name = Block::mkSpecialColumnName(toString(pr.second.kind) + ' ' + pr.first + ' ' + ss.str());
-        col.column = col.type->createColumnConst(sample.rows(), "");
-
-        sample.insert(std::move(col));
-    }
-}
-
-ColumnDefaults ColumnDefaultsHelper::extract(Block & sample)
-{
-    ParserTernaryOperatorExpression parser;
-    ColumnDefaults column_defaults;
-    std::set<size_t> pos_to_erase;
-
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < sample.columns(); ++i)
-    {
-        const ColumnWithTypeAndName & column_wtn = sample.safeGetByPosition(i);
-
-        if (Block::isSpecialColumnName(column_wtn.name, AliasNames::DEFAULT) ||
-            Block::isSpecialColumnName(column_wtn.name, AliasNames::MATERIALIZED) ||
-            Block::isSpecialColumnName(column_wtn.name, AliasNames::ALIAS))
-        {
-            String str_kind, column_name;
-            std::stringstream ss;
-            ss << column_wtn.name;
-            ss >> str_kind >> column_name;
-            size_t expression_pos = str_kind.size() + column_name.size() + 3;
-            StringRef expression(&column_wtn.name[expression_pos], column_wtn.name.size() - expression_pos);
-
-            ColumnDefault def;
-            def.kind = columnDefaultKindFromString(str_kind);
-            def.expression = parseQuery(parser, expression.data, expression.size);
-
-            column_defaults.emplace(column_name, def);
-            pos_to_erase.insert(i);
-        }
-    }
-
-    sample.erase(pos_to_erase);
-    return column_defaults;
-}
-
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnDefault.h b/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnDefault.h
index 00693b54ad5..292c0cf7495 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnDefault.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnDefault.h
@@ -36,13 +36,4 @@ bool operator==(const ColumnDefault & lhs, const ColumnDefault & rhs);
 
 using ColumnDefaults = std::unordered_map<std::string, ColumnDefault>;
 
-/// Static methods to manipulate column defaults
-struct ColumnDefaultsHelper
-{
-    static void attach(const ColumnDefaults & column_defaults, Block & sample);
-    static ColumnDefaults extract(Block & sample);
-
-    static ColumnDefaults loadFromContext(const Context & context, const String & database, const String & table);
-};
-
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnsDescription.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnsDescription.cpp
index cb67d01a4ea..c37eaa2fc46 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnsDescription.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnsDescription.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <IO/ReadBufferFromString.h>
 #include <DataTypes/DataTypeFactory.h>
 #include <Common/Exception.h>
+#include <Interpreters/Context.h>
+#include <Storages/IStorage.h>
 
 #include <ext/collection_cast.h>
 #include <ext/map.h>
@@ -162,4 +164,20 @@ ColumnsDescription ColumnsDescription::parse(const String & str)
     return result;
 }
 
+const ColumnsDescription * ColumnsDescription::loadFromContext(const Context & context, const String & db, const String & table)
+{
+    if (context.getSettingsRef().insert_sample_with_metadata)
+    {
+        auto db_and_table = context.getInsertionTable();
+
+        if (context.isTableExist(db, table))
+        {
+            StoragePtr storage = context.getTable(db, table);
+            return &storage->getColumns();
+        }
+    }
+
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnsDescription.h b/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnsDescription.h
index 288d2712b3b..f06a9221dfd 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnsDescription.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/ColumnsDescription.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct ColumnsDescription
     String toString() const;
 
     static ColumnsDescription parse(const String & str);
+    static const ColumnsDescription * loadFromContext(const Context & context, const String & db, const String & table);
 };
 
 }