diff --git a/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/common/yql_yt_settings.cpp b/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/common/yql_yt_settings.cpp
index 508aae116b33..b9538e8417f4 100644
--- a/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/common/yql_yt_settings.cpp
+++ b/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/common/yql_yt_settings.cpp
@@ -363,6 +363,20 @@ TYtConfiguration::TYtConfiguration()
                 throw yexception() << "Expected yson map, but got " << value.GetType();
             }
         });
+    REGISTER_SETTING(*this, Description)
+        .Parser([](const TString& v) { return NYT::NodeFromYsonString(v); })
+        .Validator([] (const TString&, const NYT::TNode& value) {
+            if (!value.IsMap()) {
+                throw yexception() << "Expected yson map, but got " << value.GetType();
+            }
+        });
+    REGISTER_SETTING(*this, StartedBy)
+        .Parser([](const TString& v) { return NYT::NodeFromYsonString(v); })
+        .Validator([] (const TString&, const NYT::TNode& value) {
+            if (!value.IsMap()) {
+                throw yexception() << "Expected yson map, but got " << value.GetType();
+            }
+        });
     REGISTER_SETTING(*this, MaxSpeculativeJobCountPerTask);
     REGISTER_SETTING(*this, LLVMMemSize);
     REGISTER_SETTING(*this, LLVMPerNodeMemSize);
diff --git a/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/common/yql_yt_settings.h b/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/common/yql_yt_settings.h
index 9b5de8aa7c0e..469a6c116685 100644
--- a/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/common/yql_yt_settings.h
+++ b/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/common/yql_yt_settings.h
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ struct TYtSettings {
     NCommon::TConfSetting<NYT::TNode, true> JobEnv;
     NCommon::TConfSetting<NYT::TNode, true> OperationSpec;
     NCommon::TConfSetting<NYT::TNode, true> Annotations;
+    NCommon::TConfSetting<NYT::TNode, true> StartedBy;
+    NCommon::TConfSetting<NYT::TNode, true> Description;
     NCommon::TConfSetting<bool, true> UseSkiff;
     NCommon::TConfSetting<ui32, true> TableContentCompressLevel;
     NCommon::TConfSetting<bool, true> DisableJobSplitting;
diff --git a/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/gateway/native/yql_yt_spec.cpp b/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/gateway/native/yql_yt_spec.cpp
index 9fd4b04c5b49..2aad48fb8643 100644
--- a/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/gateway/native/yql_yt_spec.cpp
+++ b/ydb/library/yql/providers/yt/gateway/native/yql_yt_spec.cpp
@@ -191,6 +191,14 @@ void FillSpec(NYT::TNode& spec,
         spec["annotations"] = *val;
     }
 
+    if (auto val = settings->StartedBy.Get(cluster)) {
+        spec["started_by"] = *val;
+    }
+
+    if (auto val = settings->Description.Get(cluster)) {
+        spec["description"] = *val;
+    }
+
     if (!opProps.HasFlags(EYtOpProp::IntermediateData)) {
         if (auto val = settings->MaxJobCount.Get(cluster)) {
             spec["max_job_count"] = static_cast<i64>(*val);