diff --git a/solr/client/ruby/solr-ruby/lib/solr/request/standard.rb b/solr/client/ruby/solr-ruby/lib/solr/request/standard.rb
index e65110bda87..a5dd61e8352 100755
--- a/solr/client/ruby/solr-ruby/lib/solr/request/standard.rb
+++ b/solr/client/ruby/solr-ruby/lib/solr/request/standard.rb
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ class Solr::Request::Standard < Solr::Request::Select
 
       hash["hl.usePhraseHighlighter"] = @params[:highlighting][:use_phrase_highlighter]
 
+      hash["hl.useFastVectorHighlighter"] = @params[:highlighting][:use_fast_vector_highlighter]
+
       regex = @params[:highlighting][:regex]
       if regex
         if regex[:slop]