diff --git a/src/components/src/common/data-table/index.tsx b/src/components/src/common/data-table/index.tsx
index 13a6ea5080..afdb6d0cd4 100644
--- a/src/components/src/common/data-table/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/src/common/data-table/index.tsx
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ interface GetRowCellProps {
 /*
  * This is an accessor method used to generalize getting a cell from a data row
  */
-const getRowCell = (
+const defaultGetRowCell = (
   {dataContainer, columns, column, colMeta, rowIndex, sortOrder}: GetRowCellProps,
   formatter
 ) => {
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ export interface DataTableProps {
   sortOrder?: number[] | null;
   showStats?: boolean;
   hasCustomScrollBarStyle?: boolean;
+  getRowCell?: (renderDataCellProps: GetRowCellProps, formatter: any) => string | number;
 }
 
 interface DataTableState {
@@ -505,6 +506,7 @@ function DataTableFactory(HeaderCell: ReturnType<typeof HeaderCellFactory>) {
     scaleCellsToWidth = debounce(this.doScaleCellsToWidth, 300);
 
     renderDataCell = (columns, isPinned, props: DataTableProps) => {
+      const getRowCell = this.props.getRowCell ?? defaultGetRowCell;
       return cellInfo => {
         const {columnIndex, key, style, rowIndex} = cellInfo;
         const {dataContainer, colMeta} = props;