diff --git a/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/gaxx/grpc/BigtableTransportChannelProvider.java b/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/gaxx/grpc/BigtableTransportChannelProvider.java
index e0d120d27795..31d3d9f8cc79 100644
--- a/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/gaxx/grpc/BigtableTransportChannelProvider.java
+++ b/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/gaxx/grpc/BigtableTransportChannelProvider.java
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ public boolean needsExecutor() {
     return delegate.needsExecutor();
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  @Override
+  public Executor getExecutor() {
+    return delegate.getExecutor();
+  }
+
   @Override
   @Deprecated
   public BigtableTransportChannelProvider withExecutor(ScheduledExecutorService executor) {
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/InstantiatingGrpcChannelProvider.java b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/InstantiatingGrpcChannelProvider.java
index c4543d986741..56f44fa7ae0a 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/InstantiatingGrpcChannelProvider.java
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/InstantiatingGrpcChannelProvider.java
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ public boolean needsExecutor() {
     return executor == null;
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  @Override
+  public Executor getExecutor() {
+    return executor;
+  }
+
   @Deprecated
   @Override
   public TransportChannelProvider withExecutor(ScheduledExecutorService executor) {
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax-httpjson/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/httpjson/InstantiatingHttpJsonChannelProvider.java b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax-httpjson/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/httpjson/InstantiatingHttpJsonChannelProvider.java
index daf94a498cc4..495fec1ed450 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax-httpjson/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/httpjson/InstantiatingHttpJsonChannelProvider.java
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax-httpjson/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/httpjson/InstantiatingHttpJsonChannelProvider.java
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ public boolean needsExecutor() {
     return executor == null;
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  @Override
+  public Executor getExecutor() {
+    return executor;
+  }
+
   @Deprecated
   @Override
   public TransportChannelProvider withExecutor(ScheduledExecutorService executor) {
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/rpc/TransportChannelProvider.java b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/rpc/TransportChannelProvider.java
index cc2ebdb064b6..ebdcbc9f415c 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/rpc/TransportChannelProvider.java
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/rpc/TransportChannelProvider.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * Provides an interface to either build a TransportChannel or provide a fixed TransportChannel that
@@ -70,6 +71,15 @@ public interface TransportChannelProvider {
   @Deprecated
   boolean needsExecutor();
 
+  /**
+   * @return the user provided executor. This can be null if the user didn't override the executor
+   *     and/or the TransportProvider is using its internal executor.
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  default Executor getExecutor() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /** Sets the executor to use when constructing a new {@link TransportChannel}. */
   TransportChannelProvider withExecutor(Executor executor);