diff --git a/bigquery/integration_test.go b/bigquery/integration_test.go
index 81c1b123444c..9ad8b9584b07 100644
--- a/bigquery/integration_test.go
+++ b/bigquery/integration_test.go
@@ -1421,7 +1421,88 @@ func TestIntegration_Load(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	checkReadAndTotalRows(t, "reader load", table.Read(ctx), wantRows)
+}
+
+func TestIntegration_LoadWithSessionSupport(t *testing.T) {
+	if client == nil {
+		t.Skip("Integration tests skipped")
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	sessionDataset := client.Dataset("_SESSION")
+	sessionTable := sessionDataset.Table("test_temp_destination_table")
+
+	schema := Schema{
+		{Name: "username", Type: StringFieldType, Required: false},
+		{Name: "tweet", Type: StringFieldType, Required: false},
+		{Name: "timestamp", Type: StringFieldType, Required: false},
+		{Name: "likes", Type: IntegerFieldType, Required: false},
+	}
+	sourceURIs := []string{
+		"gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/federated-formats-reference-file-schema/a-twitter.parquet",
+	}
+
+	source := NewGCSReference(sourceURIs...)
+	source.SourceFormat = Parquet
+	source.Schema = schema
+	loader := sessionTable.LoaderFrom(source)
+	loader.CreateSession = true
+	loader.CreateDisposition = CreateIfNeeded
+
+	job, err := loader.Run(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loader.Run: %v", err)
+	}
+	err = wait(ctx, job)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("wait: %v", err)
+	}
 
+	sessionInfo := job.lastStatus.Statistics.SessionInfo
+	if sessionInfo == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("empty job.lastStatus.Statistics.SessionInfo: %v", sessionInfo)
+	}
+
+	sessionID := sessionInfo.SessionID
+	loaderWithSession := sessionTable.LoaderFrom(source)
+	loaderWithSession.CreateDisposition = CreateIfNeeded
+	loaderWithSession.ConnectionProperties = []*ConnectionProperty{
+		{
+			Key:   "session_id",
+			Value: sessionID,
+		},
+	}
+	jobWithSession, err := loaderWithSession.Run(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loaderWithSession.Run: %v", err)
+	}
+	err = wait(ctx, jobWithSession)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("wait: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	sessionJobInfo := jobWithSession.lastStatus.Statistics.SessionInfo
+	if sessionJobInfo == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("empty jobWithSession.lastStatus.Statistics.SessionInfo: %v", sessionJobInfo)
+	}
+
+	if sessionID != sessionJobInfo.SessionID {
+		t.Fatalf("expected session ID %q, but found %q", sessionID, sessionJobInfo.SessionID)
+	}
+
+	sql := "SELECT * FROM _SESSION.test_temp_destination_table;"
+	q := client.Query(sql)
+	q.ConnectionProperties = []*ConnectionProperty{
+		{
+			Key:   "session_id",
+			Value: sessionID,
+		},
+	}
+	sessionQueryJob, err := q.Run(ctx)
+	err = wait(ctx, sessionQueryJob)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("wait: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestIntegration_LoadWithReferenceSchemaFile(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/bigquery/load.go b/bigquery/load.go
index cf515beefe1e..8af650d7a869 100644
--- a/bigquery/load.go
+++ b/bigquery/load.go
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ type LoadConfig struct {
 	// When loading a table with external data, the user can provide a reference file with the table schema.
 	// This is enabled for the following formats: AVRO, PARQUET, ORC.
 	ReferenceFileSchemaURI string
+
+	// If true, creates a new session, where session id will
+	// be a server generated random id. If false, runs query with an
+	// existing session_id passed in ConnectionProperty, otherwise runs the
+	// load job in non-session mode.
+	CreateSession bool
+
+	// ConnectionProperties are optional key-values settings.
+	ConnectionProperties []*ConnectionProperty
 }
 
 func (l *LoadConfig) toBQ() (*bq.JobConfiguration, io.Reader) {
@@ -110,12 +119,16 @@ func (l *LoadConfig) toBQ() (*bq.JobConfiguration, io.Reader) {
 			ProjectionFields:                   l.ProjectionFields,
 			HivePartitioningOptions:            l.HivePartitioningOptions.toBQ(),
 			ReferenceFileSchemaUri:             l.ReferenceFileSchemaURI,
+			CreateSession:                      l.CreateSession,
 		},
 		JobTimeoutMs: l.JobTimeout.Milliseconds(),
 	}
 	for _, v := range l.DecimalTargetTypes {
 		config.Load.DecimalTargetTypes = append(config.Load.DecimalTargetTypes, string(v))
 	}
+	for _, v := range l.ConnectionProperties {
+		config.Load.ConnectionProperties = append(config.Load.ConnectionProperties, v.toBQ())
+	}
 	media := l.Src.populateLoadConfig(config.Load)
 	return config, media
 }
@@ -135,6 +148,7 @@ func bqToLoadConfig(q *bq.JobConfiguration, c *Client) *LoadConfig {
 		ProjectionFields:            q.Load.ProjectionFields,
 		HivePartitioningOptions:     bqToHivePartitioningOptions(q.Load.HivePartitioningOptions),
 		ReferenceFileSchemaURI:      q.Load.ReferenceFileSchemaUri,
+		CreateSession:               q.Load.CreateSession,
 	}
 	if q.JobTimeoutMs > 0 {
 		lc.JobTimeout = time.Duration(q.JobTimeoutMs) * time.Millisecond
@@ -142,6 +156,9 @@ func bqToLoadConfig(q *bq.JobConfiguration, c *Client) *LoadConfig {
 	for _, v := range q.Load.DecimalTargetTypes {
 		lc.DecimalTargetTypes = append(lc.DecimalTargetTypes, DecimalTargetType(v))
 	}
+	for _, v := range q.Load.ConnectionProperties {
+		lc.ConnectionProperties = append(lc.ConnectionProperties, bqToConnectionProperty(v))
+	}
 	var fc *FileConfig
 	if len(q.Load.SourceUris) == 0 {
 		s := NewReaderSource(nil)
diff --git a/bigquery/load_test.go b/bigquery/load_test.go
index 7ef95310fadf..650ed066886f 100644
--- a/bigquery/load_test.go
+++ b/bigquery/load_test.go
@@ -405,6 +405,33 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 				return j
 			}(),
 		},
+		{
+			dst: c.Dataset("dataset-id").Table("table-id"),
+			src: func() *GCSReference {
+				g := NewGCSReference("uri")
+				return g
+			}(),
+			config: LoadConfig{
+				CreateSession: true,
+				ConnectionProperties: []*ConnectionProperty{
+					{
+						Key:   "session_id",
+						Value: "session_id_1234567890",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: func() *bq.Job {
+				j := defaultLoadJob()
+				j.Configuration.Load.CreateSession = true
+				j.Configuration.Load.ConnectionProperties = []*bq.ConnectionProperty{
+					{
+						Key:   "session_id",
+						Value: "session_id_1234567890",
+					},
+				}
+				return j
+			}(),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/bigquery/query.go b/bigquery/query.go
index 7ac35f88af3d..7030cfd50c4f 100644
--- a/bigquery/query.go
+++ b/bigquery/query.go
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ func (q *Query) probeFastPath() (*bq.QueryRequest, error) {
 	return qRequest, nil
 }
 
-// ConnectionProperty represents a single key and value pair that can be sent alongside a query request.
+// ConnectionProperty represents a single key and value pair that can be sent alongside a query request or load job.
 type ConnectionProperty struct {
 	// Name of the connection property to set.
 	Key string