diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java
index bf09bf4d9e37..39e3203f2033 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java
@@ -163,4 +163,12 @@ public interface BigQueryOptions
   Long getStorageWriteApiMaxRequestSize();
 
   void setStorageWriteApiMaxRequestSize(Long value);
+
+  @Description(
+      "If set, BigQueryIO.Read will rely on the Read API backends to surface the appropriate"
+          + " number of streams for read")
+  @Default.Boolean(false)
+  Boolean getEnableStorageReadApiV2();
+
+  void setEnableStorageReadApiV2(Boolean value);
 }
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryStorageSourceBase.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryStorageSourceBase.java
index 9fc164014b67..1739d7e93952 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryStorageSourceBase.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryStorageSourceBase.java
@@ -133,13 +133,18 @@ public List<BigQueryStorageStreamSource<T>> split(
       readSessionBuilder.setDataFormat(format);
     }
 
+    // Setting the  requested max stream count to 0, implies that the Read API backend will select
+    // an appropriate number of streams for the Session to produce reasonable throughput.
+    // This is required when using the Read API Source V2.
     int streamCount = 0;
-    if (desiredBundleSizeBytes > 0) {
-      long tableSizeBytes = (targetTable != null) ? targetTable.getNumBytes() : 0;
-      streamCount = (int) Math.min(tableSizeBytes / desiredBundleSizeBytes, MAX_SPLIT_COUNT);
-    }
+    if (!bqOptions.getEnableStorageReadApiV2()) {
+      if (desiredBundleSizeBytes > 0) {
+        long tableSizeBytes = (targetTable != null) ? targetTable.getNumBytes() : 0;
+        streamCount = (int) Math.min(tableSizeBytes / desiredBundleSizeBytes, MAX_SPLIT_COUNT);
+      }
 
-    streamCount = Math.max(streamCount, MIN_SPLIT_COUNT);
+      streamCount = Math.max(streamCount, MIN_SPLIT_COUNT);
+    }
 
     CreateReadSessionRequest createReadSessionRequest =
         CreateReadSessionRequest.newBuilder()