diff --git a/plugins/catalog/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog/api-report.md
index bef24b50d8..e2225f5ba6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog/api-report.md
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ export interface DefaultCatalogPageProps {
   tableOptions?: TableProps<CatalogTableRow>['options'];
 }
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+export const defaultColumnsFunc: CatalogTableColumnsFunc;
+
 // @public
 export class DefaultEntityPresentationApi implements EntityPresentationApi {
   static create(
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
index 006210bb1d..c68e1b06a6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ const refCompare = (a: Entity, b: Entity) => {
   return toRef(a).localeCompare(toRef(b));
 };
 
-const defaultColumnsFunc: CatalogTableColumnsFunc = ({ filters, entities }) => {
+/** @public */
+export const defaultColumnsFunc: CatalogTableColumnsFunc = ({
+  filters,
+  entities,
+}) => {
   const showTypeColumn = filters.type === undefined;
 
   return [
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/index.ts b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/index.ts
index f5d1ca1bb7..e1d96a6f8f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export { CatalogTable } from './CatalogTable';
+export { CatalogTable, defaultColumnsFunc } from './CatalogTable';
 export type { CatalogTableProps } from './CatalogTable';
 export type { CatalogTableRow, CatalogTableColumnsFunc } from './types';