diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/convert/ak_from_iter.py b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/convert/ak_from_iter.py
index 31dd8bd658..6581bf2189 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/convert/ak_from_iter.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/convert/ak_from_iter.py
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ def _impl(iterable, highlevel, behavior, allow_record, initial, resize):
     form = ak._v2.forms.from_json(formstr)
 
     return ak._v2.operations.convert.from_buffers(
-        form, length, buffers, highlevel=highlevel
+        form, length, buffers, highlevel=highlevel, behavior=behavior
     )
diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/convert/ak_from_json_schema.py b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/convert/ak_from_json_schema.py
index 84724a7120..811d8fc9ed 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/convert/ak_from_json_schema.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/convert/ak_from_json_schema.py
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ def _impl(
     else:
         length = 1
 
-    out = ak._v2.operations.convert.from_buffers(form, length, container)
+    out = ak._v2.operations.convert.from_buffers(
+        form, length, container, highlevel=highlevel, behavior=behavior
+    )
 
     if schema.get("type") == "array":
         return out
diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_argcartesian.py b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_argcartesian.py
index a96d089d19..208c2d1e79 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_argcartesian.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_argcartesian.py
@@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ def _impl(arrays, axis, nested, parameters, with_name, highlevel, behavior):
         parameters["__record__"] = with_name
 
     result = ak._v2.operations.structure.cartesian(
-        layouts, axis=axis, nested=nested, parameters=parameters, highlevel=False
+        layouts,
+        axis=axis,
+        nested=nested,
+        parameters=parameters,
+        highlevel=False,
+        behavior=behavior,
     )
 
     return ak._v2._util.wrap(result, behavior, highlevel)
diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_broadcast_arrays.py b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_broadcast_arrays.py
index 6291564604..3469610139 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_broadcast_arrays.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_broadcast_arrays.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ def broadcast_arrays(*arrays, **kwargs):
             right-broadcasting, as described below.
         highlevel (bool, default is True): If True, return an #ak.Array;
             otherwise, return a low-level #ak.layout.Content subclass.
+        behavior (None or dict): Custom #ak.behavior for the output array, if
+            high-level.
         depth_limit (None or int, default is None): If None, attempt to fully
             broadcast the `arrays` to all levels. If an int, limit the number
             of dimensions that get broadcasted. The minimum value is `1`,
@@ -138,11 +140,18 @@ def broadcast_arrays(*arrays, **kwargs):
 
 
 def _impl(arrays, kwargs):
-    (highlevel, depth_limit, left_broadcast, right_broadcast) = ak._v2._util.extra(
+    (
+        highlevel,
+        behavior,
+        depth_limit,
+        left_broadcast,
+        right_broadcast,
+    ) = ak._v2._util.extra(
         (),
         kwargs,
         [
             ("highlevel", True),
+            ("behavior", None),
             ("depth_limit", None),
             ("left_broadcast", True),
             ("right_broadcast", True),
@@ -165,7 +174,7 @@ def action(inputs, depth, **kwargs):
         else:
             return None
 
-    behavior = ak._v2._util.behavior_of(*arrays)
+    behavior = ak._v2._util.behavior_of(*arrays, behavior=behavior)
     out = ak._v2._broadcasting.broadcast_and_apply(
         inputs,
         action,
diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_cartesian.py b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_cartesian.py
index 1ec14f0587..37346d4607 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_cartesian.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_cartesian.py
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def getfunction3(inputs, depth, **kwargs):
         while len(toflatten) != 0:
             flatten_axis = toflatten.pop()
             result = ak._v2.operations.structure.flatten(
-                result, axis=flatten_axis, highlevel=False
+                result, axis=flatten_axis, highlevel=False, behavior=behavior
             )
 
     return ak._v2._util.wrap(result, behavior, highlevel)
diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_strings_astype.py b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_strings_astype.py
index fe38e6f5f2..3cf4f39551 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_strings_astype.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_strings_astype.py
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ def action(layout, **kwargs):
             or layout.parameter("__array__") == "bytestring"
         ):
             layout = ak._v2.operations.structure.without_parameters(
-                layout, highlevel=False
+                layout, highlevel=False, behavior=behavior
             )
             max_length = ak._v2.operations.reducers.max(
-                ak._v2.operations.structure.num(layout)
+                ak._v2.operations.structure.num(layout, behavior=behavior)
             )
             regulararray = layout.rpad(max_length, 1)
             maskedarray = ak._v2.operations.convert.to_numpy(
diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_unzip.py b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_unzip.py
index 29dc64808b..996dd5be62 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_unzip.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_unzip.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def check_for_union(layout, **kwargs):
 
         elif isinstance(layout, ak._v2.contents.UnionArray):
             for content in layout.contents:
-                if set(ak.operations.describe.fields(content)) != set(fields):
+                if set(ak._v2.operations.describe.fields(content)) != set(fields):
                     raise ak._v2._util.error(
                         ValueError("union of different sets of fields, cannot ak.unzip")
                     )
diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_where.py b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_where.py
index 40be5a8b10..15a80c6311 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_where.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_where.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ def where(condition, *args, **kwargs):
             buffers with distinct types (using an #ak.layout.UnionArray8_64).
         highlevel (bool, default is True): If True, return an #ak.Array;
             otherwise, return a low-level #ak.layout.Content subclass.
+        behavior (None or dict): Custom #ak.behavior for the output array, if
+            high-level.
 
     This function has a one-argument form, `condition` without `x` or `y`, and
     a three-argument form, `condition`, `x`, and `y`. In the one-argument form,
@@ -36,8 +38,8 @@ def where(condition, *args, **kwargs):
     for all `i`. The structure of `x` and `y` do not need to be the same; if
     they are incompatible types, the output will have #ak.type.UnionType.
     """
-    mergebool, highlevel = ak._v2._util.extra(
-        (), kwargs, [("mergebool", True), ("highlevel", True)]
+    mergebool, highlevel, behavior = ak._v2._util.extra(
+        (), kwargs, [("mergebool", True), ("highlevel", True), ("behavior", None)]
     )
 
     if len(args) == 0:
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ def where(condition, *args, **kwargs):
             "ak._v2.where",
             dict(condition=condition, mergebool=mergebool, highlevel=highlevel),
         ):
-            return _impl1(condition, mergebool, highlevel)
+            return _impl1(condition, mergebool, highlevel, behavior)
 
     elif len(args) == 1:
         raise ak._v2._util.error(
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ def where(condition, *args, **kwargs):
                 condition=condition, x=x, y=y, mergebool=mergebool, highlevel=highlevel
             ),
         ):
-            return _impl3(condition, x, y, mergebool, highlevel)
+            return _impl3(condition, x, y, mergebool, highlevel, behavior)
 
     else:
         raise ak._v2._util.error(
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ def where(condition, *args, **kwargs):
         )
 
 
-def _impl1(condition, mergebool, highlevel):
+def _impl1(condition, mergebool, highlevel, behavior):
     akcondition = ak._v2.operations.convert.to_layout(
         condition, allow_record=False, allow_other=False
     )
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ def _impl1(condition, mergebool, highlevel):
     if highlevel:
         return tuple(
             ak._v2._util.wrap(
-                ak._v2.contents.NumpyArray(x), ak._v2._util.behavior_of(condition)
+                ak._v2.contents.NumpyArray(x),
+                ak._v2._util.behavior_of(condition, behavior=behavior),
             )
             for x in out
         )
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ def _impl1(condition, mergebool, highlevel):
         return tuple(ak._v2.contents.NumpyArray(x) for x in out)
 
 
-def _impl3(condition, x, y, mergebool, highlevel):
+def _impl3(condition, x, y, mergebool, highlevel, behavior):
     akcondition = ak._v2.operations.convert.to_layout(
         condition, allow_record=False, allow_other=False
     )
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ def action(inputs, **kwargs):
         else:
             return None
 
-    behavior = ak._v2._util.behavior_of(condition, x, y)
+    behavior = ak._v2._util.behavior_of(condition, x, y, behavior=behavior)
     out = ak._v2._broadcasting.broadcast_and_apply(
         [akcondition, left, right],
         action,
diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_with_parameter.py b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_with_parameter.py
index 12fd6e6de8..b5a34f469b 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_with_parameter.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_with_parameter.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def with_parameter(array, parameter, value, highlevel=True, behavior=None):
 
 
 def _impl(array, parameter, value, highlevel, behavior):
+    behavior = ak._v2._util.behavior_of(array, behavior=behavior)
     layout = ak._v2.operations.convert.to_layout(
         array, allow_record=True, allow_other=False
     )
diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_without_parameters.py b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_without_parameters.py
index e9d6e2e5b2..c47736a7fe 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_without_parameters.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/operations/structure/ak_without_parameters.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def without_parameters(array, highlevel=True, behavior=None):
 
 
 def _impl(array, highlevel, behavior):
+    behavior = ak._v2._util.behavior_of(array, behavior=behavior)
     layout = ak._v2.operations.convert.to_layout(
         array, allow_record=True, allow_other=False
     )
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_1415-behaviour-forwarding.py b/tests/v2/test_1415-behaviour-forwarding.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11c7083aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/v2/test_1415-behaviour-forwarding.py
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+# BSD 3-Clause License; see https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward-1.0/blob/main/LICENSE
+
+import pytest  # noqa: F401
+import awkward as ak  # noqa: F401
+import numpy as np
+
+one = ak._v2.Array([[0.0, 1.1, 2.2, None], [], [3.3, 4.4]])
+two = ak._v2.Array([[100, 200, 300, 400], [300], [400, 500]])
+
+
+def test_behavior_forwarding_structure():
+    three = ak._v2.operations.convert.from_iter(
+        [[0.99999], [6], [2.99999]], highlevel=True
+    )
+    four = ak._v2.operations.convert.from_iter(
+        [[1.00001], [6], [3.00001]], highlevel=True
+    )
+    mask1 = ak._v2.highlevel.Array([[True, True, False, False], [True], [True, False]])
+    five = ak._v2.Array(["1.1", "2.2", "    3.3    ", "00004.4", "-5.5"])
+
+    six = ak._v2.Array(
+        [{"x": 1}, {"x": 2}, {"x": 3}, {"x": 3}, {"x": 3}], check_valid=True
+    )
+    seven = ak._v2.Array([1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4, 5.5], check_valid=True)
+
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.argcartesian([one, two], behavior={})[0].behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.argcombinations(one, 2, behavior={})[0].behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.argsort(one, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.broadcast_arrays(
+            5, ak._v2.Array([[0.0, 1.1, 2.2], [], [3.3, 4.4]], behavior={})
+        )[0].behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.cartesian([one], behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.combinations(one, 2, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+    )
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.concatenate([one, two], behavior={})[0].behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.fill_none(one, 42, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.flatten(one, behavior={}).behavior == {}
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.from_regular(one, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.full_like(one, 6, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.is_none(one, behavior={}).behavior == {}
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.isclose(three, four, behavior={}).behavior == {}
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.local_index(one, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.mask(two, mask1, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.nan_to_num(one, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.num(one, behavior={}).behavior == {}
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.ones_like(one, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.packed(one, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.pad_none(one, 6, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.ravel(one, behavior={}).behavior == {}
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.run_lengths(one, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.sort(one, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.strings_astype(
+            five, np.float64, behavior={}
+        ).behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.to_regular(three, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.unflatten(five, 2, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.unzip(ak._v2.Array([{"x": 1}], behavior={}))[
+            0
+        ].behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.values_astype(one, "float32", behavior={})[
+            0
+        ].behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.where(
+            ak._v2.highlevel.Array(
+                [[True, True], [True, False], [True, False]], behavior={}
+            )
+        )[0].behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.with_field(six, seven, where="y", behavior={})[
+            0
+        ].behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.with_name(six, "cloud", behavior={})[0].behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.structure.without_parameters(
+            ak._v2.operations.structure.with_parameter(
+                one, "__array__", "cloud", behavior={}
+            )
+        )[0].behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.zeros_like(one, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.zip([five, seven], behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+
+
+def test_behavior_forwarding_convert():
+    assert (
+        ak._v2.operations.convert.from_json_schema(
+            " [ 1 ,2 ,3.0, 4, 5]  \n  ",
+            {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "integer"}},
+            behavior={},
+        ).behavior
+        == {}
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="FIXME: v2 highlevel implemented yet")
+def test_behaviour_notimplemented():
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.firsts([one, two], behavior={})[0].behavior == {}
+    assert ak._v2.operations.structure.singletons(one, behavior={})[0].behavior == {}