diff --git a/datafusion/sql/src/query.rs b/datafusion/sql/src/query.rs
index e320d2ee6e9c1..a68ef84871e4d 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/src/query.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/src/query.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use crate::planner::{ContextProvider, PlannerContext, SqlToRel};
 
 use crate::stack::StackGuard;
-use datafusion_common::{Constraints, DFSchema, Result, not_impl_err};
+use datafusion_common::{Constraints, DFSchema, Result, not_impl_err, plan_err};
 use datafusion_expr::expr::{Sort, WildcardOptions};
 
 use datafusion_expr::select_expr::SelectExpr;
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ use datafusion_expr::{
     CreateMemoryTable, DdlStatement, Distinct, Expr, LogicalPlan, LogicalPlanBuilder,
 };
 use sqlparser::ast::{
-    Expr as SQLExpr, ExprWithAliasAndOrderBy, Ident, LimitClause, Offset, OffsetRows,
-    OrderBy, OrderByExpr, OrderByKind, PipeOperator, Query, SelectInto, SetExpr,
-    SetOperator, SetQuantifier, TableAlias,
+    ExceptSelectItem, Expr as SQLExpr, ExprWithAliasAndOrderBy, Ident, LimitClause,
+    Offset, OffsetRows, OrderBy, OrderByExpr, OrderByKind, PipeOperator, Query,
+    SelectInto, SetExpr, SetOperator, SetQuantifier, TableAlias,
 };
 use sqlparser::tokenizer::Span;
 
@@ -215,6 +215,19 @@ impl<S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'_, S> {
             PipeOperator::Join(join) => {
                 self.parse_relation_join(plan, join, planner_context)
             }
+            PipeOperator::Drop { columns } => {
+                let Some((first, rest)) = columns.split_first() else {
+                    return plan_err!("DROP requires at least one column");
+                };
+                let options = WildcardOptions {
+                    except: Some(ExceptSelectItem {
+                        first_element: first.clone(),
+                        additional_elements: rest.to_vec(),
+                    }),
+                    ..WildcardOptions::default()
+                };
+                self.project(plan, vec![SelectExpr::Wildcard(options)])
+            }
 
             x => not_impl_err!("`{x}` pipe operator is not supported yet"),
         }
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/pipe_operator.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/pipe_operator.slt
index 406ddafc7bdea..5302a1d4adec1 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/pipe_operator.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/pipe_operator.slt
@@ -196,6 +196,32 @@ query TII
 apples 2 123
 bananas 5 NULL
 
+# DROP pipe - drop two columns
+query RT
+SELECT * FROM test |> DROP a, n
+----
+1.1 a
+2.2 b
+3.3 c
+
+# DROP pipe - drop single column
+query IRT
+SELECT * FROM test |> DROP n
+----
+1 1.1 a
+2 2.2 b
+3 3.3 c
+
+# DROP pipe - chained with other operators
+query R
+SELECT * FROM test |> WHERE a > 1 |> DROP a, c, n
+----
+2.2
+3.3
+
+# Error: DROP non-existent column
+statement error
+SELECT * FROM test |> DROP nonexistent
 # Config reset
 statement ok
 RESET datafusion.sql_parser.dialect;
diff --git a/docs/source/user-guide/sql/select.md b/docs/source/user-guide/sql/select.md
index 3564884b041ad..c8c4f1d58b9e7 100644
--- a/docs/source/user-guide/sql/select.md
+++ b/docs/source/user-guide/sql/select.md
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ DataFusion currently supports the following pipe operators:
 - [EXCEPT](#pipe_except)
 - [AGGREGATE](#pipe_aggregate)
 - [JOIN](#pipe_join)
+- [DROP](#pipe_drop)
 
 (pipe_where)=
 
@@ -670,3 +671,19 @@ select * from range(0,3)
 | bananas| 5     | NULL |
 +--------+-------+------+
 ```
+
+(pipe_drop)=
+
+### DROP
+
+Removes columns from the output, equivalent to `SELECT * EXCEPT(columns)`.
+
+```sql
+select 1 as a, 2 as b, 3 as c
+|> drop b;
++---+---+
+| a | c |
++---+---+
+| 1 | 3 |
++---+---+
+```