diff --git a/docs/static/resources/openapi.json b/docs/static/resources/openapi.json
index 4eb0cc7c48660..330c629063add 100644
--- a/docs/static/resources/openapi.json
+++ b/docs/static/resources/openapi.json
@@ -4399,6 +4399,9 @@
             "nullable": true,
             "type": "boolean"
           },
+          "kind": {
+            "readOnly": true
+          },
           "main_dttm_col": {
             "maxLength": 250,
             "nullable": true,
diff --git a/superset/datasets/api.py b/superset/datasets/api.py
index 17e99959e9675..db6136865298a 100644
--- a/superset/datasets/api.py
+++ b/superset/datasets/api.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ class DatasetRestApi(BaseSupersetModelRestApi):
         "datasource_type",
         "url",
         "extra",
+        "kind",
     ]
     show_columns = show_select_columns + [
         "columns.type_generic",
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/datasets/api_tests.py b/tests/integration_tests/datasets/api_tests.py
index 28bb617c17c19..e378811eb97b3 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/datasets/api_tests.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/datasets/api_tests.py
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ def test_get_dataset_item(self):
             "fetch_values_predicate": None,
             "filter_select_enabled": False,
             "is_sqllab_view": False,
+            "kind": "physical",
             "main_dttm_col": None,
             "offset": 0,
             "owners": [],