diff --git a/go/base/context.go b/go/base/context.go
index 5ab6d2a..f5a7bca 100644
--- a/go/base/context.go
+++ b/go/base/context.go
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ type MigrationContext struct {
 	UniqueKey                        *sql.UniqueKey
 	SharedColumns                    *sql.ColumnList
 	ColumnRenameMap                  map[string]string
+	DroppedColumnsMap                map[string]bool
 	MappedSharedColumns              *sql.ColumnList
 	MigrationRangeMinValues          *sql.ColumnValues
 	MigrationRangeMaxValues          *sql.ColumnValues
diff --git a/go/logic/inspect.go b/go/logic/inspect.go
index 1d30cb5..181ed0b 100644
--- a/go/logic/inspect.go
+++ b/go/logic/inspect.go
@@ -662,7 +662,14 @@ func (this *Inspector) getSharedColumns(originalColumns, ghostColumns *sql.Colum
 	}
 	sharedColumnNames := []string{}
 	for _, originalColumn := range originalColumns.Names() {
+		isSharedColumn := false
 		if columnsInGhost[originalColumn] || columnsInGhost[columnRenameMap[originalColumn]] {
+			isSharedColumn = true
+		}
+		if this.migrationContext.DroppedColumnsMap[originalColumn] {
+			isSharedColumn = false
+		}
+		if isSharedColumn {
 			sharedColumnNames = append(sharedColumnNames, originalColumn)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/go/logic/migrator.go b/go/logic/migrator.go
index 59432a3..092039e 100644
--- a/go/logic/migrator.go
+++ b/go/logic/migrator.go
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ func (this *Migrator) validateStatement() (err error) {
 		}
 		log.Infof("Alter statement has column(s) renamed. gh-ost finds the following renames: %v; --approve-renamed-columns is given and so migration proceeds.", this.parser.GetNonTrivialRenames())
 	}
+	this.migrationContext.DroppedColumnsMap = this.parser.DroppedColumnsMap()
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/go/sql/parser.go b/go/sql/parser.go
index 7875fcc..7114e10 100644
--- a/go/sql/parser.go
+++ b/go/sql/parser.go
@@ -111,3 +111,7 @@ func (this *Parser) GetNonTrivialRenames() map[string]string {
 func (this *Parser) HasNonTrivialRenames() bool {
 	return len(this.GetNonTrivialRenames()) > 0
 }
+
+func (this *Parser) DroppedColumnsMap() map[string]bool {
+	return this.droppedColumns
+}