diff --git a/store/postgres/src/lib.rs b/store/postgres/src/lib.rs
index 32b6c495b2e..10cdf2ff627 100644
--- a/store/postgres/src/lib.rs
+++ b/store/postgres/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ pub mod layout_for_tests {
         Connection, EVENT_TAP, EVENT_TAP_ENABLED, Mirror, Namespace, make_dummy_site,
     };
     pub use crate::relational::*;
+    pub use crate::relational_queries::CopyEntityBatchQuery;
     pub mod writable {
         pub use crate::writable::test_support::allow_steps;
     }
diff --git a/store/postgres/src/relational.rs b/store/postgres/src/relational.rs
index dcec0578a67..4059e736635 100644
--- a/store/postgres/src/relational.rs
+++ b/store/postgres/src/relational.rs
@@ -1752,7 +1752,12 @@ impl Table {
     }
 
     /// Find the column `name` in this table. The name must be in snake case,
-    /// i.e., use SQL conventions
+    /// i.e., use SQL conventions.
+    ///
+    /// Fulltext search columns (`ColumnType::TSVector`) are deliberately
+    /// skipped since they are not queryable entity attributes. Use
+    /// [`Table::column_including_fulltext`] when the fulltext columns are
+    /// needed, e.g. when copying a table.
     pub fn column(&self, name: &SqlName) -> Option<&Column> {
         self.columns
             .iter()
@@ -1760,6 +1765,13 @@ impl Table {
             .find(|column| &column.name == name)
     }
 
+    /// Find the column `name` in this table, including fulltext search
+    /// columns which [`Table::column`] hides. The name must be in snake
+    /// case, i.e., use SQL conventions.
+    pub fn column_including_fulltext(&self, name: &SqlName) -> Option<&Column> {
+        self.columns.iter().find(|column| &column.name == name)
+    }
+
     /// Find the column for `field` in this table. The name must be the
     /// GraphQL name of an entity field
     pub fn column_for_field(&self, field: &str) -> Result<&Column, StoreError> {
diff --git a/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs b/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs
index a538bdaddf8..d87b950adc1 100644
--- a/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs
+++ b/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs
@@ -5104,7 +5104,13 @@ impl<'a> CopyEntityBatchQuery<'a> {
     ) -> Result<Self, StoreError> {
         let mut columns = Vec::new();
         for dcol in &dst.columns {
-            if let Some(scol) = src.column(&dcol.name) {
+            // Match against all source columns, INCLUDING fulltext (tsvector)
+            // columns, which `Table::column` deliberately hides. The stored
+            // tsvector is copied verbatim; without this, fulltext columns
+            // would be silently dropped from the copy (they are nullable, so
+            // the error branch below is not taken) and the destination's
+            // search index would be left empty.
+            if let Some(scol) = src.column_including_fulltext(&dcol.name) {
                 if let Some(msg) = dcol.is_assignable_from(scol, &src.object) {
                     return Err(anyhow!("{}", msg).into());
                 } else {
diff --git a/store/test-store/tests/postgres/relational.rs b/store/test-store/tests/postgres/relational.rs
index c7399568e28..c4946b408c5 100644
--- a/store/test-store/tests/postgres/relational.rs
+++ b/store/test-store/tests/postgres/relational.rs
@@ -632,6 +632,83 @@ async fn insert_null_fulltext_fields() {
     .await;
 }
 
+/// Copying a table must also populate its fulltext (tsvector) search
+/// columns. These columns are not returned by `Table::column`, so a naive
+/// copy would silently drop them and leave the destination's search index
+/// empty. This copies the `User` table into a fresh schema and checks that a
+/// fulltext query against the copy still returns the expected entity.
+#[graph::test]
+async fn copy_populates_fulltext() {
+    use diesel_async::RunQueryDsl;
+    use graph_store_postgres::layout_for_tests::CopyEntityBatchQuery;
+
+    run_test(async |conn, layout| {
+        // Populate the source `User` table with searchable text
+        insert_users(conn, layout).await;
+
+        // Create a destination schema with the same layout in a separate
+        // namespace to copy into. Drop it first in case a previous run left
+        // it behind, since `remove_schema` only cleans up the source
+        // namespace.
+        let dst_namespace = Namespace::new("sgd0816".to_string()).unwrap();
+        conn.batch_execute(&format!(
+            "drop schema if exists {ns} cascade; create schema {ns}",
+            ns = dst_namespace.as_str()
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        let dst_site = make_dummy_site(
+            THINGS_SUBGRAPH_ID.clone(),
+            dst_namespace,
+            NETWORK_NAME.to_string(),
+        );
+        let dst_layout = Layout::create_relational_schema(
+            conn,
+            Arc::new(dst_site),
+            &THINGS_SCHEMA,
+            BTreeSet::new(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to create destination relational schema");
+
+        // Copy the `User` table from the source into the destination
+        let src_table = layout.table_for_entity(&USER_TYPE).unwrap();
+        let dst_table = dst_layout.table_for_entity(&USER_TYPE).unwrap();
+        CopyEntityBatchQuery::new(
+            dst_table.as_ref(),
+            src_table.as_ref(),
+            0,
+            i64::MAX,
+            BLOCK_NUMBER_MAX,
+        )
+        .unwrap()
+        .count_current()
+        .get_result::<i64>(conn)
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to copy User table");
+
+        // A fulltext query against the copy must find the matching user,
+        // which is only possible if the tsvector column was copied.
+        let mut query =
+            user_query().filter(EntityFilter::Fulltext("userSearch".into(), "Shaq:*".into()));
+        query.block = BLOCK_NUMBER_MAX;
+        let entities = dst_layout
+            .query::<Entity>(&LOGGER, conn, query)
+            .await
+            .expect("fulltext query on copy failed")
+            .0;
+        let ids: Vec<_> = entities
+            .iter()
+            .map(|entity| match entity.get("id") {
+                Some(Value::String(id)) => id.clone(),
+                _ => panic!("entity without string id"),
+            })
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(ids, vec!["3".to_string()]);
+    })
+    .await;
+}
+
 #[graph::test]
 async fn update() {
     run_test(async |conn, layout| {