diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
index cdd9d17dc..e163c4daf 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import google.auth.exceptions
 import google.cloud.bigquery
 import google.cloud.exceptions
-from google.api_core import retry, client_info
+from google.api_core import retry, client_info, client_options
 from google.auth import impersonated_credentials
 from google.oauth2 import (
     credentials as GoogleCredentials,
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ class BigQueryCredentials(Credentials):
     schema: Optional[str] = None
     execution_project: Optional[str] = None
     location: Optional[str] = None
+    api_endpoint: Optional[str] = None
     priority: Optional[Priority] = None
     maximum_bytes_billed: Optional[int] = None
     impersonate_service_account: Optional[str] = None
@@ -405,6 +406,11 @@ def get_bigquery_client(cls, profile_credentials):
         creds = cls.get_credentials(profile_credentials)
         execution_project = profile_credentials.execution_project
         location = getattr(profile_credentials, "location", None)
+        options: Optional[client_options.ClientOptions] = None
+        if profile_credentials.api_endpoint:
+            options = client_options.ClientOptions(
+                api_endpoint=profile_credentials.api_endpoint,
+            )
 
         info = client_info.ClientInfo(user_agent=f"dbt-bigquery-{dbt_version.version}")
         return google.cloud.bigquery.Client(
@@ -412,6 +418,7 @@ def get_bigquery_client(cls, profile_credentials):
             creds,
             location=location,
             client_info=info,
+            client_options=options,
         )
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py b/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
index a922525fd..8d67a1a97 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery.relation_configs import PartitionConfig
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery import BigQueryAdapter, BigQueryRelation
 from google.cloud.bigquery.table import Table
-from dbt.adapters.bigquery.connections import _sanitize_label, _VALIDATE_LABEL_LENGTH_LIMIT
+from dbt.adapters.bigquery.connections import _sanitize_label, _VALIDATE_LABEL_LENGTH_LIMIT, get_bigquery_defaults
 from dbt_common.clients import agate_helper
 import dbt_common.exceptions
 from dbt.context.query_header import generate_query_header_context
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ def setUp(self):
                     "priority": "batch",
                     "maximum_bytes_billed": 0,
                 },
+                "api_endpoint": {
+                    "type": "bigquery",
+                    "method": "oauth",
+                    "project": "dbt-unit-000000",
+                    "schema": "dummy_schema",
+                    "threads": 1,
+                    "location": "Luna Station",
+                    "priority": "batch",
+                    "maximum_bytes_billed": 0,
+                    "api_endpoint": "https://localhost:3001",
+                },
                 "impersonate": {
                     "type": "bigquery",
                     "method": "oauth",
@@ -389,6 +400,7 @@ def test_cancel_open_connections_single(self):
     @patch("dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl.google.auth.default")
     @patch("dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl.google.cloud.bigquery")
     def test_location_user_agent(self, mock_bq, mock_auth_default):
+        get_bigquery_defaults.cache_clear()
         creds = MagicMock()
         mock_auth_default.return_value = (creds, MagicMock())
         adapter = self.get_adapter("loc")
@@ -403,8 +415,42 @@ def test_location_user_agent(self, mock_bq, mock_auth_default):
             creds,
             location="Luna Station",
             client_info=HasUserAgent(),
+            client_options=None,
         )
 
+    @patch("dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl.google.auth.default")
+    @patch("dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl.google.cloud.bigquery")
+    def test_api_endpoint_settable(self, mock_bq, mock_auth_default):
+        """Ensure that a user can pass api_endpoint to the connector eg. for emulator."""
+
+        get_bigquery_defaults.cache_clear()
+        creds = MagicMock()
+        mock_auth_default.return_value = (creds, MagicMock())
+        adapter = self.get_adapter("api_endpoint")
+
+        connection = adapter.acquire_connection("dummy")
+        mock_client = mock_bq.Client
+
+        mock_client.assert_not_called()
+        connection.handle
+        mock_client.assert_called_once_with(
+            "dbt-unit-000000",
+            creds,
+            location="Luna Station",
+            client_info=HasUserAgent(),
+            client_options=_CheckApiEndpointSet("https://localhost:3001"),
+        )
+
+
+class _CheckApiEndpointSet:
+    value: str
+
+    def __init__(self, value: str) -> None:
+        self.value = value
+
+    def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
+        return getattr(other, "api_endpoint") == self.value
+
 
 class HasUserAgent:
     PAT = re.compile(r"dbt-bigquery-\d+\.\d+\.\d+((a|b|rc)\d+)?")