diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7c2ffca86..bd21f9a0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 * 2.7.5 (2019-XX-XX)
 
- * n/a
+ * add "column" filter
 
 * 2.7.4 (2019-03-23)
 
diff --git a/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php b/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
index 09d48a774..09ae1bd81 100644
--- a/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
+++ b/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ final class CoreExtension extends AbstractExtension
             new TwigFilter('sort', 'twig_sort_filter'),
             new TwigFilter('merge', 'twig_array_merge'),
             new TwigFilter('batch', 'twig_array_batch'),
+            new TwigFilter('column', 'twig_array_column'),
 
             // string/array filters
             new TwigFilter('reverse', 'twig_reverse_filter', ['needs_environment' => true]),
@@ -1684,4 +1685,32 @@ function twig_get_attribute(Environment $env, Source $source, $object, $item, ar
 
     return $ret;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Return the values from a single column in the input array.
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ *  {% set items = [{ 'fruit' : 'apple'}, {'fruit' : 'orange' }] %}
+ *
+ *  {% set fruits = items|column('fruit') %}
+ *
+ *  {# fruits now contains ['apple', 'orange'] #}
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * @param array|Traversable $arr        An array
+ * @param mixed             $column_key The column key
+ *
+ * @return array The array of values
+ */
+function twig_array_column($arr, $column_key)
+{
+    if ($arr instanceof Traversable) {
+        $arr = \iterator_to_array($arr);
+    } elseif (!\is_array($arr)) {
+        throw new RuntimeError(sprintf('The column filter only works with arrays or "Traversable", got "%s" as first argument.', \gettype($arr)));
+    }
+
+    return \array_column($arr, $column_key);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/test/Twig/Tests/Fixtures/filters/column.test b/test/Twig/Tests/Fixtures/filters/column.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2a7f2eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Twig/Tests/Fixtures/filters/column.test
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--TEST--
+"column" filter
+--TEMPLATE--
+{{ array|column('foo')|join }}
+{{ traversable|column('foo')|join }}
+--DATA--
+$items = array(array('bar' => 'foo', 'foo' => 'bar'), array('foo' => 'foo', 'bar' => 'bar'));
+return array('array' => $items, 'traversable' => new ArrayIterator($items));
+--EXPECT--
+barfoo
+barfoo