diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsBuilder.java
index a5202c607a1..32b5d7390d2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsBuilder.java
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ public class TopHitsBuilder extends AbstractAggregationBuilder {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds a field to loaded and returned.
+     */
+    public TopHitsBuilder addField(String field) {
+        sourceBuilder().field(field);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets no fields to be loaded, resulting in only id and type to be returned per field.
      */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsParser.java
index 206587ac6a4..50b3482f568 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsParser.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchParseException;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.Aggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.FetchPhase;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.FieldsParseElement;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.fielddata.FieldDataFieldsParseElement;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.script.ScriptFieldsParseElement;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.source.FetchSourceParseElement;
@@ -46,15 +47,19 @@ public class TopHitsParser implements Aggregator.Parser {
     private final HighlighterParseElement highlighterParseElement;
     private final FieldDataFieldsParseElement fieldDataFieldsParseElement;
     private final ScriptFieldsParseElement scriptFieldsParseElement;
+    private final FieldsParseElement fieldsParseElement;
 
     @Inject
-    public TopHitsParser(FetchPhase fetchPhase, SortParseElement sortParseElement, FetchSourceParseElement sourceParseElement, HighlighterParseElement highlighterParseElement, FieldDataFieldsParseElement fieldDataFieldsParseElement, ScriptFieldsParseElement scriptFieldsParseElement) {
+    public TopHitsParser(FetchPhase fetchPhase, SortParseElement sortParseElement, FetchSourceParseElement sourceParseElement,
+            HighlighterParseElement highlighterParseElement, FieldDataFieldsParseElement fieldDataFieldsParseElement,
+            ScriptFieldsParseElement scriptFieldsParseElement, FieldsParseElement fieldsParseElement) {
         this.fetchPhase = fetchPhase;
         this.sortParseElement = sortParseElement;
         this.sourceParseElement = sourceParseElement;
         this.highlighterParseElement = highlighterParseElement;
         this.fieldDataFieldsParseElement = fieldDataFieldsParseElement;
         this.scriptFieldsParseElement = scriptFieldsParseElement;
+        this.fieldsParseElement = fieldsParseElement;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -75,6 +80,8 @@ public class TopHitsParser implements Aggregator.Parser {
                     sortParseElement.parse(parser, subSearchContext);
                 } else if ("_source".equals(currentFieldName)) {
                     sourceParseElement.parse(parser, subSearchContext);
+                } else if ("fields".equals(currentFieldName)) {
+                    fieldsParseElement.parse(parser, subSearchContext);
                 } else if (token.isValue()) {
                     switch (currentFieldName) {
                         case "from":
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java
index 985e040a8a0..f9c8c53bed3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ public class TopHitsIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
                                             .highlighter(new HighlightBuilder().field("text"))
                                             .setExplain(true)
                                             .addFieldDataField("field1")
+                                            .addField("text")
                                             .addScriptField("script", new Script("5", ScriptService.ScriptType.INLINE, MockScriptEngine.NAME, Collections.emptyMap()))
                                             .setFetchSource("text", null)
                                             .setVersion(true)
@@ -568,6 +569,9 @@ public class TopHitsIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
             SearchHitField field = hit.field("field1");
             assertThat(field.getValue().toString(), equalTo("5"));
 
+            field = hit.field("text");
+            assertThat(field.getValue().toString(), equalTo("some text to entertain"));
+
             field = hit.field("script");
             assertThat(field.getValue().toString(), equalTo("5"));