diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
index c03f3c423..6100abfca 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ impl ConnectionInternal for Database {
 
     async fn do_open_table(&self, mut options: OpenTableBuilder) -> Result<Table> {
         let table_uri = self.table_uri(&options.name)?;
+        let embedding_registry = self.embedding_registry.clone();
 
         // Inherit storage options from the connection
         let storage_options = options
@@ -1117,7 +1118,10 @@ impl ConnectionInternal for Database {
             )
             .await?,
         );
-        Ok(Table::new(native_table))
+        Ok(Table::new_with_embedding_registry(
+            native_table,
+            embedding_registry,
+        ))
     }
 
     async fn rename_table(&self, _old_name: &str, _new_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/tests/embedding_registry_test.rs b/rust/lancedb/tests/embedding_registry_test.rs
index c6386aa82..b51917770 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/tests/embedding_registry_test.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/tests/embedding_registry_test.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,48 @@ async fn test_multiple_embeddings() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_open_table_embeddings() -> Result<()> {
+    let tempdir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let tempdir = tempdir.path().to_str().unwrap();
+
+    let db = connect(tempdir).execute().await?;
+    let embed_fun = MockEmbed::new("embed_fun".to_string(), 1);
+    db.embedding_registry()
+        .register("embed_fun", Arc::new(embed_fun.clone()))?;
+
+    db.create_table("test", create_some_records()?)
+        .add_embedding(EmbeddingDefinition::new(
+            "text",
+            &embed_fun.name,
+            Some("embeddings"),
+        ))?
+        .execute()
+        .await?;
+
+    // now open the table and check the embeddings
+    let tbl = db.open_table("test").execute().await?;
+
+    let mut res = tbl.query().execute().await?;
+    while let Some(Ok(batch)) = res.next().await {
+        let embeddings = batch.column_by_name("embeddings");
+        assert!(embeddings.is_some());
+        let embeddings = embeddings.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(embeddings.data_type(), embed_fun.dest_type()?.as_ref());
+    }
+    // now make sure the embeddings are applied when
+    // we add new records too
+    tbl.add(create_some_records()?).execute().await?;
+    let mut res = tbl.query().execute().await?;
+    while let Some(Ok(batch)) = res.next().await {
+        let embeddings = batch.column_by_name("embeddings");
+        assert!(embeddings.is_some());
+        let embeddings = embeddings.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(embeddings.data_type(), embed_fun.dest_type()?.as_ref());
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_no_func_in_registry() -> Result<()> {
     let tempdir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();