diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnection.java b/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnection.java
index 188b3f9a8..b89c568d1 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnection.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnection.java
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ public class BigQueryConnection extends BigQueryNoOpsConnection {
   String sslTrustStorePassword;
   long maxBytesBilled;
   Map<String, String> labels;
+  String requestReason;
 
   BigQueryConnection(String url) throws IOException {
     this.connectionUrl = url;
@@ -347,6 +348,12 @@ public class BigQueryConnection extends BigQueryNoOpsConnection {
             BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.METADATA_FETCH_THREAD_COUNT_PROPERTY_NAME,
             BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.DEFAULT_METADATA_FETCH_THREAD_COUNT_VALUE,
             this.connectionClassName);
+    this.requestReason =
+        BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.parseStringProperty(
+            url,
+            BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.REQUEST_REASON_PROPERTY_NAME,
+            null,
+            this.connectionClassName);
 
     HEADER_PROVIDER = createHeaderProvider();
     this.bigQuery = getBigQueryConnection();
@@ -383,7 +390,12 @@ HeaderProvider createHeaderProvider() {
     String partnerToken = buildPartnerToken(this.connectionUrl);
     String headerToken =
         DEFAULT_JDBC_TOKEN_VALUE + "/" + getLibraryVersion(this.getClass()) + partnerToken;
-    return FixedHeaderProvider.create("user-agent", headerToken);
+    Map<String, String> headers = new java.util.HashMap<>();
+    headers.put("user-agent", headerToken);
+    if (this.requestReason != null) {
+      headers.put("x-goog-request-reason", this.requestReason);
+    }
+    return FixedHeaderProvider.create(headers);
   }
 
   protected void addOpenStatements(Statement statement) {
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.java b/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.java
index 3b26f7be5..4d11810a2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.java
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ final class BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility {
           OAUTH2_TOKEN_URI_PROPERTY_NAME,
           HTAPI_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE_PROPERTY_NAME,
           STS_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE_PROPERTY_NAME);
+  static final String REQUEST_REASON_PROPERTY_NAME = "RequestReason";
   static final List<String> BYOID_PROPERTIES =
       Arrays.asList(
           BYOID_AUDIENCE_URI_PROPERTY_NAME,
@@ -249,7 +250,8 @@ final class BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility {
                   BigQueryConnectionProperty.newBuilder()
                       .setName(OAUTH_SA_IMPERSONATION_CHAIN_PROPERTY_NAME)
                       .setDescription(
-                          "Comma separated list of service account emails in the impersonation chain.")
+                          "Comma separated list of service account emails in the impersonation"
+                              + " chain.")
                       .build(),
                   BigQueryConnectionProperty.newBuilder()
                       .setName(OAUTH_SA_IMPERSONATION_SCOPES_PROPERTY_NAME)
@@ -569,6 +571,12 @@ final class BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility {
                       .setDescription(
                           "The password for accessing the Java TrustStore that is specified using"
                               + " the property SSLTrustStore.")
+                      .build(),
+                  BigQueryConnectionProperty.newBuilder()
+                      .setName(REQUEST_REASON_PROPERTY_NAME)
+                      .setDescription(
+                          "Reason for the request, which is passed as the x-goog-request-reason"
+                              + " header.")
                       .build())));
 
   private BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility() {}
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnectionTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnectionTest.java
index 6df4724b2..1cc0ad7bb 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnectionTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnectionTest.java
@@ -165,6 +165,23 @@ public void testHeaderProviderWithInvalidPartner() throws IOException, SQLExcept
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testHeaderProviderWithRequestReason() throws IOException, SQLException {
+    String requestReason = "Ticket123";
+    String url =
+        "jdbc:bigquery://https://www.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2:443;"
+            + "OAuthType=2;ProjectId=MyBigQueryProject;"
+            + "OAuthAccessToken=redactedToken;OAuthClientId=redactedToken;"
+            + "OAuthClientSecret=redactedToken;RequestReason="
+            + requestReason;
+    try (BigQueryConnection connection = new BigQueryConnection(url)) {
+      HeaderProvider headerProvider = connection.createHeaderProvider();
+      java.util.Map<String, String> headers = headerProvider.getHeaders();
+      assertTrue(headers.containsKey("x-goog-request-reason"));
+      assertEquals(requestReason, headers.get("x-goog-request-reason"));
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testWriteAPIConnectionProperties() throws SQLException {
     // Test without connection properties. Defaults to default values.
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcUrlUtilityTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcUrlUtilityTest.java
index 86f087bf3..3cd0733a7 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcUrlUtilityTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcUrlUtilityTest.java
@@ -800,4 +800,18 @@ public void testParseLabelsEmpty() {
     Map<String, String> labels = BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.parseLabels(connection_uri, null);
     assertNull(labels);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testParseRequestReason() {
+    String url =
+        "jdbc:bigquery://https://www.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2:443;"
+            + "OAuthType=3;ProjectId=testProject;RequestReason=testingRequestReason;";
+    String requestReason =
+        BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.parseStringProperty(
+            url,
+            BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.REQUEST_REASON_PROPERTY_NAME,
+            null,
+            "testParseRequestReason");
+    assertEquals("testingRequestReason", requestReason);
+  }
 }