diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/ometa/ometa_api.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/ometa/ometa_api.py
index 8436437542c..e2d6a6c9a6a 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/ometa/ometa_api.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/ometa/ometa_api.py
@@ -297,28 +297,36 @@ class OpenMetadata(OMetaLineageMixin, OMetaTableMixin, Generic[T, C]):
         resp = method(self.get_suffix(entity), data=data.json())
         return entity_class(**resp)
 
-    def get_by_name(self, entity: Type[T], fqdn: str) -> Optional[T]:
+    def get_by_name(
+        self, entity: Type[T], fqdn: str, fields: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    ) -> Optional[T]:
         """
         Return entity by name or None
         """
 
-        return self._get(entity=entity, path=f"name/{fqdn}")
+        return self._get(entity=entity, path=f"name/{fqdn}", fields=fields)
 
-    def get_by_id(self, entity: Type[T], entity_id: str) -> Optional[T]:
+    def get_by_id(
+        self, entity: Type[T], entity_id: str, fields: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    ) -> Optional[T]:
         """
         Return entity by ID or None
         """
 
-        return self._get(entity=entity, path=entity_id)
+        return self._get(entity=entity, path=entity_id, fields=fields)
 
-    def _get(self, entity: Type[T], path: str) -> Optional[T]:
+    def _get(
+        self, entity: Type[T], path: str, fields: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    ) -> Optional[T]:
         """
         Generic GET operation for an entity
         :param entity: Entity Class
         :param path: URL suffix by FQDN or ID
+        :param fields: List of fields to return
         """
+        fields_str = "?fields=" + ",".join(fields) if fields else ""
         try:
-            resp = self.client.get(f"{self.get_suffix(entity)}/{path}")
+            resp = self.client.get(f"{self.get_suffix(entity)}/{path}{fields_str}")
             return entity(**resp)
         except APIError as err:
             logger.error(
diff --git a/ingestion/tests/integration/ometa/test_ometa_model_api.py b/ingestion/tests/integration/ometa/test_ometa_model_api.py
index 6b670ac83ba..acfa30d3a31 100644
--- a/ingestion/tests/integration/ometa/test_ometa_model_api.py
+++ b/ingestion/tests/integration/ometa/test_ometa_model_api.py
@@ -65,6 +65,20 @@ class OMetaModelTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res_create.id, res.id)
         self.assertEqual(res.owner.id, self.user.id)
 
+        # Getting without owner field does not return it by default
+        res_none = self.metadata.get_by_name(
+            entity=Model, fqdn=self.entity.fullyQualifiedName
+        )
+        self.assertIsNone(res_none.owner)
+
+        # We can request specific fields to be added
+        res_owner = self.metadata.get_by_name(
+            entity=Model,
+            fqdn=self.entity.fullyQualifiedName,
+            fields=["owner", "followers"],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(res_owner.owner.id, self.user.id)
+
     def test_get_name(self):
         """
         We can fetch a model by name and get it back as Entity
@@ -129,7 +143,7 @@ class OMetaModelTest(TestCase):
 
         # Then we should not find it
         res = self.metadata.list_entities(entity=Model)
-        print(res)
+
         assert not next(
             iter(
                 ent