diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/core/TermVectorsRequest.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/core/TermVectorsRequest.java
index 001896641cf4c..0352f39f1fc8a 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/core/TermVectorsRequest.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/core/TermVectorsRequest.java
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
             builder.field("_type", type);
         }
         if (id != null) builder.field("_id", id);
+        if (fields != null) builder.field("fields", fields);
         // set values only when different from defaults
         if (requestPositions == false) builder.field("positions", false);
         if (requestPayloads == false) builder.field("payloads", false);