diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStub.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStub.java
index d0022a1a46..9694384e2f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStub.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStub.java
@@ -1335,9 +1335,8 @@ public Map<String, String> extract(ExecuteQueryRequest executeQueryRequest) {
     ServerStreamingCallable<ExecuteQueryRequest, ExecuteQueryResponse> withStatsHeaders =
         new StatsHeadersServerStreamingCallable<>(base);
 
-    ServerStreamingCallSettings<ExecuteQueryRequest, ExecuteQueryResponse> innerSettings =
+    ServerStreamingCallSettings<ExecuteQueryRequest, ExecuteQueryResponse> watchdogSettings =
         ServerStreamingCallSettings.<ExecuteQueryRequest, ExecuteQueryResponse>newBuilder()
-            // TODO resumption strategy and retry settings
             .setIdleTimeout(settings.executeQuerySettings().getIdleTimeout())
             .setWaitTimeout(settings.executeQuerySettings().getWaitTimeout())
             .build();
@@ -1345,7 +1344,7 @@ public Map<String, String> extract(ExecuteQueryRequest executeQueryRequest) {
     // Watchdog needs to stay above the metadata observer so that watchdog errors
     // are passed through to the metadata future.
     ServerStreamingCallable<ExecuteQueryRequest, ExecuteQueryResponse> watched =
-        Callables.watched(withStatsHeaders, innerSettings, clientContext);
+        Callables.watched(withStatsHeaders, watchdogSettings, clientContext);
 
     ServerStreamingCallable<ExecuteQueryCallContext, ExecuteQueryResponse> withMetadataObserver =
         new MetadataResolvingCallable(watched);
@@ -1356,10 +1355,19 @@ public Map<String, String> extract(ExecuteQueryRequest executeQueryRequest) {
     ServerStreamingCallable<ExecuteQueryCallContext, SqlRow> withBigtableTracer =
         new BigtableTracerStreamingCallable<>(merging);
 
+    ServerStreamingCallSettings<ExecuteQueryCallContext, SqlRow> retrySettings =
+        ServerStreamingCallSettings.<ExecuteQueryCallContext, SqlRow>newBuilder()
+            // TODO resumption strategy and retry settings
+            .build();
+
+    // Adding RetryingCallable to the callable chain so that client side metrics can be
+    // measured correctly. Retries are currently disabled.
+    ServerStreamingCallable<ExecuteQueryCallContext, SqlRow> retries =
+        withRetries(withBigtableTracer, retrySettings);
+
     SpanName span = getSpanName("ExecuteQuery");
     ServerStreamingCallable<ExecuteQueryCallContext, SqlRow> traced =
-        new TracedServerStreamingCallable<>(
-            withBigtableTracer, clientContext.getTracerFactory(), span);
+        new TracedServerStreamingCallable<>(retries, clientContext.getTracerFactory(), span);
 
     return new ExecuteQueryCallable(
         traced.withDefaultCallContext(clientContext.getDefaultCallContext()), requestContext);
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/sql/ExecuteQueryCallableTest.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/sql/ExecuteQueryCallableTest.java
index 9788e5d55d..38eb70cf13 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/sql/ExecuteQueryCallableTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/sql/ExecuteQueryCallableTest.java
@@ -20,15 +20,30 @@
 import static com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.sql.SqlProtoFactory.stringType;
 import static com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.sql.SqlProtoFactory.stringValue;
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 
+import com.google.api.gax.rpc.UnavailableException;
+import com.google.bigtable.v2.BigtableGrpc;
+import com.google.bigtable.v2.ExecuteQueryRequest;
+import com.google.bigtable.v2.ExecuteQueryResponse;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.BigtableDataSettings;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.FakeServiceBuilder;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.internal.ProtoResultSetMetadata;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.internal.ProtoSqlRow;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.internal.RequestContext;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.internal.SqlRow;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.sql.Statement;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.EnhancedBigtableStub;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.gaxx.testing.FakeStreamingApi.ServerStreamingStashCallable;
+import io.grpc.Server;
+import io.grpc.Status;
+import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException;
+import io.grpc.stub.StreamObserver;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
@@ -39,6 +54,29 @@ public class ExecuteQueryCallableTest {
   private static final RequestContext REQUEST_CONTEXT =
       RequestContext.create("fake-project", "fake-instance", "fake-profile");
 
+  private Server server;
+  private FakeService fakeService = new FakeService();
+  private EnhancedBigtableStub stub;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setup() throws IOException {
+    server = FakeServiceBuilder.create(fakeService).start();
+
+    BigtableDataSettings settings =
+        BigtableDataSettings.newBuilderForEmulator(server.getPort())
+            .setProjectId("fake-project")
+            .setInstanceId("fake-instance")
+            .build();
+
+    stub = EnhancedBigtableStub.create(settings.getStubSettings());
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void tearDown() {
+    stub.close();
+    server.shutdown();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testCallContextAndServerStreamSetup() {
     SqlRow row =
@@ -57,4 +95,29 @@ public void testCallContextAndServerStreamSetup() {
     assertThat(responseIterator.next()).isEqualTo(row);
     assertThat(responseIterator.hasNext()).isFalse();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testExecuteQueryRequestsAreNotRetried() {
+    // TODO: retries for execute query is currently disabled. This test should be
+    // updated once resumption token is in place.
+    SqlServerStream stream = stub.executeQueryCallable().call(Statement.of("SELECT * FROM table"));
+
+    Iterator<SqlRow> iterator = stream.rows().iterator();
+
+    assertThrows(UnavailableException.class, iterator::next).getCause();
+    assertThat(fakeService.attempts).isEqualTo(1);
+  }
+
+  private static class FakeService extends BigtableGrpc.BigtableImplBase {
+
+    private int attempts = 0;
+
+    @Override
+    public void executeQuery(
+        ExecuteQueryRequest request, StreamObserver<ExecuteQueryResponse> responseObserver) {
+      attempts++;
+      responseObserver.onNext(metadata(columnMetadata("test", stringType())));
+      responseObserver.onError(new StatusRuntimeException(Status.UNAVAILABLE));
+    }
+  }
 }