diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bda865002..a33aa60fde 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Added `auto_device_count` method to `Accelerators` ([#10222](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/10222))
 - Added support for `devices="auto"` ([#10264](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/10264))
 - Added a `filename` argument in `ModelCheckpoint.format_checkpoint_name` ([#9818](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/9818))
+- Added `configure_columns` method to `RichProgressBar` ([#10288](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/10288))
 
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress/rich_progress.py b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress/rich_progress.py
index 1fb5307368..b042adf897 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress/rich_progress.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress/rich_progress.py
@@ -265,16 +265,7 @@ class RichProgressBar(ProgressBarBase):
             self._reset_progress_bar_ids()
             self._console.clear_live()
             self.progress = CustomProgress(
-                TextColumn("[progress.description]{task.description}"),
-                CustomBarColumn(
-                    complete_style=self.theme.progress_bar_complete,
-                    finished_style=self.theme.progress_bar_finished,
-                    pulse_style=self.theme.progress_bar_pulse,
-                ),
-                BatchesProcessedColumn(style=self.theme.batch_process),
-                CustomTimeColumn(style=self.theme.time),
-                ProcessingSpeedColumn(style=self.theme.processing_speed),
-                MetricsTextColumn(trainer, pl_module),
+                *self.configure_columns(trainer, pl_module),
                 refresh_per_second=self.refresh_rate_per_second,
                 disable=self.is_disabled,
                 console=self._console,
@@ -435,3 +426,17 @@ class RichProgressBar(ProgressBarBase):
     @property
     def test_progress_bar(self) -> Task:
         return self.progress.tasks[self.test_progress_bar_id]
+
+    def configure_columns(self, trainer, pl_module) -> list:
+        return [
+            TextColumn("[progress.description]{task.description}"),
+            CustomBarColumn(
+                complete_style=self.theme.progress_bar_complete,
+                finished_style=self.theme.progress_bar_finished,
+                pulse_style=self.theme.progress_bar_pulse,
+            ),
+            BatchesProcessedColumn(style=self.theme.batch_process),
+            CustomTimeColumn(style=self.theme.time),
+            ProcessingSpeedColumn(style=self.theme.processing_speed),
+            MetricsTextColumn(trainer, pl_module),
+        ]
diff --git a/tests/callbacks/test_rich_progress_bar.py b/tests/callbacks/test_rich_progress_bar.py
index 708cbafa4d..ab0852c472 100644
--- a/tests/callbacks/test_rich_progress_bar.py
+++ b/tests/callbacks/test_rich_progress_bar.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 from unittest import mock
-from unittest.mock import DEFAULT
+from unittest.mock import DEFAULT, Mock
 
 import pytest
 from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
@@ -141,3 +141,21 @@ def test_rich_progress_bar_keyboard_interrupt(tmpdir):
 
         trainer.fit(model)
     mock_progress_stop.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@RunIf(rich=True)
+def test_rich_progress_bar_configure_columns(tmpdir):
+    from rich.progress import TextColumn
+
+    custom_column = TextColumn("[progress.description]Testing Rich!")
+
+    class CustomRichProgressBar(RichProgressBar):
+        def configure_columns(self, trainer, pl_module):
+            return [custom_column]
+
+    progress_bar = CustomRichProgressBar()
+
+    progress_bar._init_progress(Mock(), Mock())
+
+    assert progress_bar.progress.columns[0] == custom_column
+    assert len(progress_bar.progress.columns) == 1