diff --git a/out/out.Search.php b/out/out.Search.php
index 1f14ac23f..09c079f50 100644
--- a/out/out.Search.php
+++ b/out/out.Search.php
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ $includecontent = false;
 if (isset($_GET["includecontent"]) && $_GET["includecontent"])
 	$includecontent = true;
 
+$skipdefaultcols = false;
+if (isset($_GET["skipdefaultcols"]) && $_GET["skipdefaultcols"])
+	$skipdefaultcols = true;
+
 $newowner = null;
 if (isset($_GET["newowner"]) && is_numeric($_GET["newowner"]) && $_GET['newowner'] > 0) {
 	$newowner = $dms->getUser((int) $_GET['newowner']);
@@ -735,6 +739,7 @@ if($settings->_showSingleSearchHit && count($entries) == 1) {
 		$view->setParam('accessobject', $accessop);
 		$view->setParam('query', $query);
 		$view->setParam('includecontent', $includecontent);
+		$view->setParam('skipdefaultcols', $skipdefaultcols);
 		$view->setParam('marks', isset($_GET['marks']) ? $_GET['marks'] : array());
 		$view->setParam('newowner', $newowner);
 		$view->setParam('newreviewer', $newreviewer);
diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.Search.php b/views/bootstrap/class.Search.php
index 428bc3923..bb7e754b3 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.Search.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.Search.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ $(document).ready( function() {
 	$('#export').on('click', function(ev) {
 		ev.preventDefault();
 		ev.stopPropagation();
-		var url = $(this).attr('href')+'&includecontent='+($('#includecontent').prop('checked') ? '1' : '0');
+		var url = $(this).attr('href')+'&includecontent='+($('#includecontent').prop('checked') ? '1' : '0')+'&skipdefaultcols='+($('#skipdefaultcols').prop('checked') ? '1' : '0');
 		var values = {};
 		$('input[name^=\"marks\"]').each(function() {
 			if(this.checked)
@@ -225,10 +225,12 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 		$user = $this->params['user'];
 		$entries = $this->params['searchhits'];
 		$includecontent = $this->params['includecontent'];
+		$skipdefaultcols = $this->params['skipdefaultcols'];
 		$marks = $this->params['marks'];
 
 		include("../inc/inc.ClassDownloadMgr.php");
 		$downmgr = new SeedDMS_Download_Mgr();
+		$downmgr->skipDefaultCols($skipdefaultcols);
 		if($extraheader = $this->callHook('extraDownloadHeader'))
 			$downmgr->addHeader($extraheader);
 		foreach($entries as $entry) {
@@ -1487,6 +1489,16 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 					'value'=>1,
 				)
 			);
+			$this->formField(
+				getMLText("skip_default_export_cols"),
+				array(
+					'element'=>'input',
+					'type'=>'checkbox',
+					'name'=>'skipdefaultcols',
+					'id'=>'skipdefaultcols',
+					'value'=>1,
+				)
+			);
 			//$this->formSubmit("<i class=\"fa fa-download\"></i> ".getMLText('export'));
 			print $this->html_link('Search', array_merge($_GET, array('action'=>'export')), array('class'=>'btn btn-primary', 'id'=>'export'), "<i class=\"fa fa-download\"></i> ".getMLText("batch_export"), false, true)."\n";
 			$content = ob_get_clean();