diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/flatten.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/flatten.rs
index 31d65c77c2..ff76a7c654 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/flatten.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/flatten.rs
@@ -166,10 +166,18 @@ fn flat_value(columns: &[CellPath], item: &Value, _name_tag: Span) -> Vec<Value>
                 }
                 pairs
             };
+
             for (column, value) in records_iterator {
                 let column_requested = columns.iter().find(|c| c.into_string() == *column);
 
                 match value {
+                    Value::Record {
+                        cols,
+                        vals,
+                        span: _,
+                    } => cols.iter().enumerate().for_each(|(idx, column)| {
+                        out.insert(column.to_string(), vals[idx].clone());
+                    }),
                     Value::List { vals, span: _ } if vals.iter().all(|f| f.as_record().is_ok()) => {
                         let mut cs = vec![];
                         let mut vs = vec![];