diff --git a/BigQuery/src/LoadJobConfiguration.php b/BigQuery/src/LoadJobConfiguration.php
index 5ee7f1fcda1..e83de20f3f8 100644
--- a/BigQuery/src/LoadJobConfiguration.php
+++ b/BigQuery/src/LoadJobConfiguration.php
@@ -679,4 +679,23 @@ public function connectionProperties(array $connectionProperties)
 
         return $this;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the reference for external table schema.
+     * It is enabled for AVRO, PARQUET and ORC format.
+     *
+     * Example:
+     * ```
+     * $loadJobConfig->referenceFileSchemaUri('gs://bucket/source.parquet');
+     * ```
+     *
+     * @param string $referenceFileSchemaUri
+     * @return LoadJobConfiguration
+     */
+    public function referenceFileSchemaUri(string $referenceFileSchemaUri)
+    {
+        $this->config['configuration']['load']['referenceFileSchemaUri'] = $referenceFileSchemaUri;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/BigQuery/tests/Snippet/LoadJobConfigurationTest.php b/BigQuery/tests/Snippet/LoadJobConfigurationTest.php
index 75b3969b5b8..97deb7a33c4 100644
--- a/BigQuery/tests/Snippet/LoadJobConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/BigQuery/tests/Snippet/LoadJobConfigurationTest.php
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ public function setterDataProvider()
                     'value' => 'sessionId'
                 ]
             ],
+            [
+                'referenceFileSchemaUri',
+                'gs://bucket/source.parquet'
+            ]
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/BigQuery/tests/System/ManageTablesTest.php b/BigQuery/tests/System/ManageTablesTest.php
index 0028905263a..4acf5fe36b5 100644
--- a/BigQuery/tests/System/ManageTablesTest.php
+++ b/BigQuery/tests/System/ManageTablesTest.php
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@
  */
 class ManageTablesTest extends BigQueryTestCase
 {
+    const SOURCE_URIS_AVRO = [
+        "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/federated-formats-reference-file-schema/a-twitter.avro",
+        "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/federated-formats-reference-file-schema/b-twitter.avro",
+        "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/federated-formats-reference-file-schema/c-twitter.avro",
+    ];
+    const SOURCE_URIS_PARQUET = [
+        "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/federated-formats-reference-file-schema/a-twitter.parquet",
+        "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/federated-formats-reference-file-schema/b-twitter.parquet",
+        "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/federated-formats-reference-file-schema/c-twitter.parquet",
+    ];
+    const REFERENCE_FILE_SCHEMA_URI_AVRO =
+        "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/federated-formats-reference-file-schema/a-twitter.avro";
+    const REFERENCE_FILE_SCHEMA_URI_PARQUET =
+        "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/federated-formats-reference-file-schema/a-twitter.parquet";
+    const REFERENCE_SCHEMA = ['username', 'tweet', 'timestamp', 'likes'];
+
     public function testListTables()
     {
         $foundTables = [];
@@ -347,4 +363,92 @@ private function runJob($jobConfig, $client = null)
 
         $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('errorResult', $job->info()['status']);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider referenceFileSchemaTestUris
+     */
+    public function testCreateTableWithReferenceFileSchemaUri($sourceUris, $refUri, $format)
+    {
+        $id = uniqid(self::TESTING_PREFIX);
+        $options = [
+            'externalDataConfiguration' => [
+                'sourceUris' => $sourceUris,
+                'referenceFileSchemaUri' => $refUri,
+                'sourceFormat' => $format
+            ]
+        ];
+
+        $table = self::$dataset->createTable($id, $options);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(self::$dataset->table($id)->exists());
+        $this->assertEquals($id, $table->id());
+
+        $columns = $table->info()['schema']['fields'];
+        $i = 0;
+        foreach ($columns as $column) {
+            $this->assertEquals(self::REFERENCE_SCHEMA[$i++], $column['name']);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider referenceFileSchemaTestUris
+     */
+    public function testLoadTableWithReferenceFileSchemaUri($sourceUris, $refUri, $format)
+    {
+        $id = uniqid(self::TESTING_PREFIX);
+        $table = self::$dataset->table($id);
+        $loadConfig = $table->load('');
+        $loadConfig->sourceUris($sourceUris);
+        $loadConfig->referenceFileSchemaUri($refUri);
+        $loadConfig->sourceFormat($format);
+        $loadConfig->destinationTable($table);
+
+        $job = self::$client->runJob($loadConfig);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(self::$dataset->table($id)->exists());
+        $this->assertEquals($id, $table->id());
+
+        $columns = $table->info()['schema']['fields'];
+        $i = 0;
+        foreach ($columns as $column) {
+            $this->assertEquals(self::REFERENCE_SCHEMA[$i++], $column['name']);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider referenceFileSchemaTestUris
+     */
+    public function testQueryTableWithReferenceFileSchemaUri($sourceUris, $refUri, $format)
+    {
+        $id = uniqid(self::TESTING_PREFIX);
+        $queryConfig = self::$client->query(sprintf('SELECT * FROM %s', $id));
+        $queryConfig->tableDefinitions([$id =>[
+            'sourceUris' => $sourceUris,
+            'referenceFileSchemaUri' => $refUri,
+            'sourceFormat' => $format
+        ]]);
+        $result = self::$client->runQuery($queryConfig);
+        $rows = $result->rows();
+
+        foreach ($rows as $row) {
+            $this->assertEquals(self::REFERENCE_SCHEMA, array_keys($row));
+        }
+        $this->assertGreaterThan(0, count(iterator_to_array($rows)));
+    }
+
+    public function referenceFileSchemaTestUris()
+    {
+        return [
+            [
+                self::SOURCE_URIS_PARQUET,
+                self::REFERENCE_FILE_SCHEMA_URI_PARQUET,
+                'PARQUET'
+            ],
+            [
+                self::SOURCE_URIS_AVRO,
+                self::REFERENCE_FILE_SCHEMA_URI_AVRO,
+                'AVRO'
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/BigQuery/tests/Unit/LoadJobConfigurationTest.php b/BigQuery/tests/Unit/LoadJobConfigurationTest.php
index 3b9aaaa09a9..e32ea9f17d9 100644
--- a/BigQuery/tests/Unit/LoadJobConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/BigQuery/tests/Unit/LoadJobConfigurationTest.php
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ public function testFluentSetters()
             'connectionProperties' => [
                 'key' => 'session_id',
                 'value' => 'sessionId'
-            ]
+            ],
+            'referenceFileSchemaUri' => 'gs://bucket/source.parquet'
         ];
         $this->expectedConfig['configuration']['load'] = $load
             + $this->expectedConfig['configuration']['load'];
@@ -142,7 +143,8 @@ public function testFluentSetters()
             ->connectionProperties([
                 'key' => 'session_id',
                 'value' =>'sessionId'
-            ]);
+            ])
+            ->referenceFileSchemaUri('gs://bucket/source.parquet');
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(LoadJobConfiguration::class, $config);
         $this->assertEquals(