diff --git a/packages/kbn-esql-validation-autocomplete/src/autocomplete/commands/drop/index.ts b/packages/kbn-esql-validation-autocomplete/src/autocomplete/commands/drop/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ed5f0ee3d3f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-esql-validation-autocomplete/src/autocomplete/commands/drop/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+import type { ESQLCommand } from '@kbn/esql-ast';
+import {
+  findPreviousWord,
+  getLastCharFromTrimmed,
+  isColumnItem,
+  noCaseCompare,
+} from '../../../shared/helpers';
+import type { GetColumnsByTypeFn, SuggestionRawDefinition } from '../../types';
+import { commaCompleteItem, pipeCompleteItem } from '../../complete_items';
+import { handleFragment } from '../../helper';
+import { TRIGGER_SUGGESTION_COMMAND } from '../../factories';
+
+export async function suggest(
+  innerText: string,
+  command: ESQLCommand<'drop'>,
+  getColumnsByType: GetColumnsByTypeFn,
+  columnExists: (column: string) => boolean
+): Promise<SuggestionRawDefinition[]> {
+  if (
+    /\s/.test(innerText[innerText.length - 1]) &&
+    getLastCharFromTrimmed(innerText) !== ',' &&
+    !noCaseCompare(findPreviousWord(innerText), 'drop')
+  ) {
+    return [pipeCompleteItem, commaCompleteItem];
+  }
+
+  const alreadyDeclaredFields = command.args.filter(isColumnItem).map((arg) => arg.name);
+  const fieldSuggestions = await getColumnsByType('any', alreadyDeclaredFields);
+
+  return handleFragment(
+    innerText,
+    (fragment) => columnExists(fragment),
+    (_fragment: string, rangeToReplace?: { start: number; end: number }) => {
+      // KEEP fie<suggest>
+      return fieldSuggestions.map((suggestion) => ({
+        ...suggestion,
+        text: suggestion.text,
+        command: TRIGGER_SUGGESTION_COMMAND,
+        rangeToReplace,
+      }));
+    },
+    (fragment: string, rangeToReplace: { start: number; end: number }) => {
+      // KEEP field<suggest>
+      const finalSuggestions = [{ ...pipeCompleteItem, text: ' | ' }];
+      if (fieldSuggestions.length > 1)
+        // when we fix the editor marker, this should probably be checked against 0 instead of 1
+        // this is because the last field in the AST is currently getting removed (because it contains
+        // the editor marker) so it is not included in the ignored list which is used to filter out
+        // existing fields above.
+        finalSuggestions.push({ ...commaCompleteItem, text: ', ' });
+
+      return finalSuggestions.map<SuggestionRawDefinition>((s) => ({
+        ...s,
+        filterText: fragment,
+        text: fragment + s.text,
+        command: TRIGGER_SUGGESTION_COMMAND,
+        rangeToReplace,
+      }));
+    }
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/kbn-esql-validation-autocomplete/src/definitions/commands.ts b/packages/kbn-esql-validation-autocomplete/src/definitions/commands.ts
index 9fd31d33fd9df..f4482a5b33c17 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-esql-validation-autocomplete/src/definitions/commands.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-esql-validation-autocomplete/src/definitions/commands.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
 import type { CommandDefinition } from './types';
 import { suggest as suggestForSort } from '../autocomplete/commands/sort';
 import { suggest as suggestForKeep } from '../autocomplete/commands/keep';
+import { suggest as suggestForDrop } from '../autocomplete/commands/drop';
 
 const statsValidator = (command: ESQLCommand) => {
   const messages: ESQLMessage[] = [];
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ export const commandDefinitions: Array<CommandDefinition<any>> = [
       multipleParams: true,
       params: [{ name: 'column', type: 'column', wildcards: true }],
     },
+    suggest: suggestForDrop,
     validate: (command: ESQLCommand) => {
       const messages: ESQLMessage[] = [];
       const wildcardItems = command.args.filter((arg) => isColumnItem(arg) && arg.name === '*');