diff --git a/bigquery/external.go b/bigquery/external.go
index c5337a00216..3d3442b7fa3 100644
--- a/bigquery/external.go
+++ b/bigquery/external.go
@@ -230,17 +230,22 @@ type CSVOptions struct {
 	// An optional custom string that will represent a NULL
 	// value in CSV import data.
 	NullMarker string
+
+	// Preserves the embedded ASCII control characters (the first 32 characters in the ASCII-table,
+	// from '\\x00' to '\\x1F') when loading from CSV. Only applicable to CSV, ignored for other formats.
+	PreserveASCIIControlCharacters bool
 }
 
 func (o *CSVOptions) populateExternalDataConfig(c *bq.ExternalDataConfiguration) {
 	c.CsvOptions = &bq.CsvOptions{
-		AllowJaggedRows:     o.AllowJaggedRows,
-		AllowQuotedNewlines: o.AllowQuotedNewlines,
-		Encoding:            string(o.Encoding),
-		FieldDelimiter:      o.FieldDelimiter,
-		Quote:               o.quote(),
-		SkipLeadingRows:     o.SkipLeadingRows,
-		NullMarker:          o.NullMarker,
+		AllowJaggedRows:                o.AllowJaggedRows,
+		AllowQuotedNewlines:            o.AllowQuotedNewlines,
+		Encoding:                       string(o.Encoding),
+		FieldDelimiter:                 o.FieldDelimiter,
+		Quote:                          o.quote(),
+		SkipLeadingRows:                o.SkipLeadingRows,
+		NullMarker:                     o.NullMarker,
+		PreserveAsciiControlCharacters: o.PreserveASCIIControlCharacters,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -267,12 +272,13 @@ func (o *CSVOptions) setQuote(ps *string) {
 
 func bqToCSVOptions(q *bq.CsvOptions) *CSVOptions {
 	o := &CSVOptions{
-		AllowJaggedRows:     q.AllowJaggedRows,
-		AllowQuotedNewlines: q.AllowQuotedNewlines,
-		Encoding:            Encoding(q.Encoding),
-		FieldDelimiter:      q.FieldDelimiter,
-		SkipLeadingRows:     q.SkipLeadingRows,
-		NullMarker:          q.NullMarker,
+		AllowJaggedRows:                q.AllowJaggedRows,
+		AllowQuotedNewlines:            q.AllowQuotedNewlines,
+		Encoding:                       Encoding(q.Encoding),
+		FieldDelimiter:                 q.FieldDelimiter,
+		SkipLeadingRows:                q.SkipLeadingRows,
+		NullMarker:                     q.NullMarker,
+		PreserveASCIIControlCharacters: q.PreserveAsciiControlCharacters,
 	}
 	o.setQuote(q.Quote)
 	return o
diff --git a/bigquery/file.go b/bigquery/file.go
index 44eab5dc070..9afdbb53599 100644
--- a/bigquery/file.go
+++ b/bigquery/file.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ func (fc *FileConfig) populateLoadConfig(conf *bq.JobConfigurationLoad) {
 	conf.IgnoreUnknownValues = fc.IgnoreUnknownValues
 	conf.MaxBadRecords = fc.MaxBadRecords
 	conf.NullMarker = fc.NullMarker
+	conf.PreserveAsciiControlCharacters = fc.PreserveASCIIControlCharacters
 	if fc.Schema != nil {
 		conf.Schema = fc.Schema.toBQ()
 	}
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ func bqPopulateFileConfig(conf *bq.JobConfigurationLoad, fc *FileConfig) {
 	fc.Encoding = Encoding(conf.Encoding)
 	fc.FieldDelimiter = conf.FieldDelimiter
 	fc.CSVOptions.NullMarker = conf.NullMarker
+	fc.CSVOptions.PreserveASCIIControlCharacters = conf.PreserveAsciiControlCharacters
 	fc.CSVOptions.setQuote(conf.Quote)
 }
 
diff --git a/bigquery/file_test.go b/bigquery/file_test.go
index e57633f3635..77ba8b2610b 100644
--- a/bigquery/file_test.go
+++ b/bigquery/file_test.go
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@ var (
 			nestedFieldSchema(),
 		},
 		CSVOptions: CSVOptions{
-			Quote:               hyphen,
-			FieldDelimiter:      "\t",
-			SkipLeadingRows:     8,
-			AllowJaggedRows:     true,
-			AllowQuotedNewlines: true,
-			Encoding:            UTF_8,
-			NullMarker:          "marker",
+			Quote:                          hyphen,
+			FieldDelimiter:                 "\t",
+			SkipLeadingRows:                8,
+			AllowJaggedRows:                true,
+			AllowQuotedNewlines:            true,
+			Encoding:                       UTF_8,
+			NullMarker:                     "marker",
+			PreserveASCIIControlCharacters: true,
 		},
 	}
 )
@@ -63,16 +64,17 @@ func TestFileConfigPopulateLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			description: "csv",
 			fileConfig:  &fc,
 			want: &bq.JobConfigurationLoad{
-				SourceFormat:        "CSV",
-				FieldDelimiter:      "\t",
-				SkipLeadingRows:     8,
-				AllowJaggedRows:     true,
-				AllowQuotedNewlines: true,
-				Autodetect:          true,
-				Encoding:            "UTF-8",
-				MaxBadRecords:       7,
-				IgnoreUnknownValues: true,
-				NullMarker:          "marker",
+				SourceFormat:                   "CSV",
+				FieldDelimiter:                 "\t",
+				SkipLeadingRows:                8,
+				AllowJaggedRows:                true,
+				AllowQuotedNewlines:            true,
+				Autodetect:                     true,
+				Encoding:                       "UTF-8",
+				MaxBadRecords:                  7,
+				IgnoreUnknownValues:            true,
+				NullMarker:                     "marker",
+				PreserveAsciiControlCharacters: true,
 				Schema: &bq.TableSchema{
 					Fields: []*bq.TableFieldSchema{
 						bqStringFieldSchema(),
@@ -150,13 +152,14 @@ func TestFileConfigPopulateExternalDataConfig(t *testing.T) {
 						bqNestedFieldSchema(),
 					}},
 				CsvOptions: &bq.CsvOptions{
-					AllowJaggedRows:     true,
-					AllowQuotedNewlines: true,
-					Encoding:            "UTF-8",
-					FieldDelimiter:      "\t",
-					Quote:               &hyphen,
-					SkipLeadingRows:     8,
-					NullMarker:          "marker",
+					AllowJaggedRows:                true,
+					AllowQuotedNewlines:            true,
+					Encoding:                       "UTF-8",
+					FieldDelimiter:                 "\t",
+					Quote:                          &hyphen,
+					SkipLeadingRows:                8,
+					NullMarker:                     "marker",
+					PreserveAsciiControlCharacters: true,
 				},
 			},
 		},