diff --git a/go/vt/schemadiff/capability.go b/go/vt/schemadiff/capability.go
index cde99ac18c3..f0261e193f9 100644
--- a/go/vt/schemadiff/capability.go
+++ b/go/vt/schemadiff/capability.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func alterOptionCapableOfInstantDDL(alterOption sqlparser.AlterOption, createTab
 		}
 		return true, col.Type.Options.Storage
 	}
-	colStringStrippedDown := func(col *sqlparser.ColumnDefinition, stripDefault bool, stripEnum bool) string {
+	colStringStrippedDown := func(col *sqlparser.ColumnDefinition, stripDefault bool, stripEnum bool, stripVisibility bool) string {
 		strippedCol := sqlparser.Clone(col)
 		if stripDefault {
 			strippedCol.Type.Options.Default = nil
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ func alterOptionCapableOfInstantDDL(alterOption sqlparser.AlterOption, createTab
 		if stripEnum {
 			strippedCol.Type.EnumValues = nil
 		}
+		if stripVisibility {
+			strippedCol.Type.Options.Invisible = nil
+		}
 		return sqlparser.CanonicalString(strippedCol)
 	}
 	hasPrefix := func(vals []string, prefix []string) bool {
@@ -164,8 +167,8 @@ func alterOptionCapableOfInstantDDL(alterOption sqlparser.AlterOption, createTab
 			// table and ALTER statement, and compare the columns: if they're otherwise equal,
 			// then the only change can be an addition/change/removal of DEFAULT, which
 			// is instant-table.
-			tableColDefinition := colStringStrippedDown(col, true, false)
-			newColDefinition := colStringStrippedDown(opt.NewColDefinition, true, false)
+			tableColDefinition := colStringStrippedDown(col, true, false, true)
+			newColDefinition := colStringStrippedDown(opt.NewColDefinition, true, false, true)
 			if tableColDefinition == newColDefinition {
 				return capableOf(capabilities.InstantChangeColumnDefaultFlavorCapability)
 			}
@@ -194,8 +197,8 @@ func alterOptionCapableOfInstantDDL(alterOption sqlparser.AlterOption, createTab
 					}
 				}
 				// Now don't care about change of default:
-				tableColDefinition := colStringStrippedDown(col, true, true)
-				newColDefinition := colStringStrippedDown(opt.NewColDefinition, true, true)
+				tableColDefinition := colStringStrippedDown(col, true, true, true)
+				newColDefinition := colStringStrippedDown(opt.NewColDefinition, true, true, true)
 				if tableColDefinition == newColDefinition {
 					return capableOf(capabilities.InstantExpandEnumCapability)
 				}
diff --git a/go/vt/schemadiff/capability_test.go b/go/vt/schemadiff/capability_test.go
index ca3387bb1a7..b0241eeb3eb 100644
--- a/go/vt/schemadiff/capability_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/schemadiff/capability_test.go
@@ -272,6 +272,24 @@ func TestAlterTableCapableOfInstantDDL(t *testing.T) {
 			alter:                     "alter table t modify column c1 set('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i')",
 			expectCapableOfInstantDDL: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name:                      "make a column invisible",
+			create:                    "create table t1 (id int, i1 int)",
+			alter:                     "alter table t1 modify column i1 int invisible",
+			expectCapableOfInstantDDL: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                      "make a column visible",
+			create:                    "create table t1 (id int, i1 int)",
+			alter:                     "alter table t1 change column i1 i1 int visible",
+			expectCapableOfInstantDDL: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                      "make a column invisible via SET, unsupported",
+			create:                    "create table t1 (id int, i1 int)",
+			alter:                     "alter table t1 alter column i1 set invisible",
+			expectCapableOfInstantDDL: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tcase := range tcases {
 		t.Run(tcase.name, func(t *testing.T) {