diff --git a/bigquery/integration_test.go b/bigquery/integration_test.go
index c9756b194cd..9cca940d876 100644
--- a/bigquery/integration_test.go
+++ b/bigquery/integration_test.go
@@ -1291,6 +1291,44 @@ func TestIntegration_RoutineStoredProcedure(t *testing.T) {
 		it, [][]Value{{int64(10)}})
 }
 
+func TestIntegration_RoutineUserTVF(t *testing.T) {
+	if client == nil {
+		t.Skip("Integration tests skipped")
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	routineID := routineIDs.New()
+	routine := dataset.Routine(routineID)
+	inMeta := &RoutineMetadata{
+		Type:     "TABLE_VALUED_FUNCTION",
+		Language: "SQL",
+		Arguments: []*RoutineArgument{
+			{Name: "filter",
+				DataType: &StandardSQLDataType{TypeKind: "INT64"},
+			}},
+		ReturnTableType: &StandardSQLTableType{
+			Columns: []*StandardSQLField{
+				{Name: "x", Type: &StandardSQLDataType{TypeKind: "INT64"}},
+			},
+		},
+		Body: "SELECT x FROM UNNEST([1,2,3]) x WHERE x = filter",
+	}
+	if err := routine.Create(ctx, inMeta); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("routine create: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer routine.Delete(ctx)
+
+	meta, err := routine.Metadata(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Now, compare the input meta to the output meta
+	if diff := testutil.Diff(inMeta, meta, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(RoutineMetadata{}, "CreationTime", "LastModifiedTime", "ETag")); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("routine metadata differs, got=-, want=+\n%s", diff)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIntegration_InsertErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	// This test serves to verify streaming behavior in the face of oversized data.
 	// BigQuery will reject insertAll payloads that exceed a defined limit (10MB).
diff --git a/bigquery/routine.go b/bigquery/routine.go
index 6f6c3a177f4..46c8ca398f9 100644
--- a/bigquery/routine.go
+++ b/bigquery/routine.go
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ const (
 // RoutineMetadata represents details of a given BigQuery Routine.
 type RoutineMetadata struct {
 	ETag string
-	// Type indicates the type of routine, such as SCALAR_FUNCTION or PROCEDURE.
+	// Type indicates the type of routine, such as SCALAR_FUNCTION, PROCEDURE,
+	// or TABLE_VALUED_FUNCTION.
 	Type         string
 	CreationTime time.Time
 	Description  string
@@ -156,6 +157,9 @@ type RoutineMetadata struct {
 	// The list of arguments for the the routine.
 	Arguments  []*RoutineArgument
 	ReturnType *StandardSQLDataType
+
+	// Set only if the routine type is TABLE_VALUED_FUNCTION.
+	ReturnTableType *StandardSQLTableType
 	// For javascript routines, this indicates the paths for imported libraries.
 	ImportedLibraries []string
 	// Body contains the routine's body.
@@ -184,7 +188,13 @@ func (rm *RoutineMetadata) toBQ() (*bq.Routine, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	r.ReturnType = rt
-
+	if rm.ReturnTableType != nil {
+		tt, err := rm.ReturnTableType.toBQ()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't convert return table type: %v", err)
+		}
+		r.ReturnTableType = tt
+	}
 	var args []*bq.Argument
 	for _, v := range rm.Arguments {
 		bqa, err := v.toBQ()
@@ -301,6 +311,7 @@ type RoutineMetadataToUpdate struct {
 	Body              optional.String
 	ImportedLibraries []string
 	ReturnType        *StandardSQLDataType
+	ReturnTableType   *StandardSQLTableType
 }
 
 func (rm *RoutineMetadataToUpdate) toBQ() (*bq.Routine, error) {
@@ -370,6 +381,14 @@ func (rm *RoutineMetadataToUpdate) toBQ() (*bq.Routine, error) {
 		r.ReturnType = dt
 		forceSend("ReturnType")
 	}
+	if rm.ReturnTableType != nil {
+		tt, err := rm.ReturnTableType.toBQ()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		r.ReturnTableType = tt
+		forceSend("ReturnTableType")
+	}
 	return r, nil
 }
 
@@ -395,5 +414,10 @@ func bqToRoutineMetadata(r *bq.Routine) (*RoutineMetadata, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	meta.ReturnType = ret
+	tt, err := bqToStandardSQLTableType(r.ReturnTableType)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	meta.ReturnTableType = tt
 	return meta, nil
 }
diff --git a/bigquery/routine_test.go b/bigquery/routine_test.go
index f0c122ea113..697713c86da 100644
--- a/bigquery/routine_test.go
+++ b/bigquery/routine_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ func TestRoutineTypeConversions(t *testing.T) {
 				RoutineType:      "type",
 				Language:         "lang",
 				ReturnType:       &bq.StandardSqlDataType{TypeKind: "INT64"},
+				ReturnTableType: &bq.StandardSqlTableType{
+					Columns: []*bq.StandardSqlField{
+						{Name: "field", Type: &bq.StandardSqlDataType{TypeKind: "FLOAT64"}},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			&RoutineMetadata{
 				CreationTime:     aTime,
@@ -95,6 +100,11 @@ func TestRoutineTypeConversions(t *testing.T) {
 				Type:             "type",
 				Language:         "lang",
 				ReturnType:       &StandardSQLDataType{TypeKind: "INT64"},
+				ReturnTableType: &StandardSQLTableType{
+					Columns: []*StandardSQLField{
+						{Name: "field", Type: &StandardSQLDataType{TypeKind: "FLOAT64"}},
+					},
+				},
 			}},
 		{"body_and_libs", "FromRoutineMetadataToUpdate",
 			&RoutineMetadataToUpdate{
diff --git a/bigquery/standardsql.go b/bigquery/standardsql.go
index 0219057dfd6..a208d06e796 100644
--- a/bigquery/standardsql.go
+++ b/bigquery/standardsql.go
@@ -175,3 +175,40 @@ func standardSQLStructFieldsToBQ(fields []*StandardSQLField) ([]*bq.StandardSqlF
 	}
 	return bqFields, nil
 }
+
+// StandardSQLTableType models a table-like resource, which has a set of columns.
+type StandardSQLTableType struct {
+
+	// The columns of the table.
+	Columns []*StandardSQLField
+}
+
+func (sstt *StandardSQLTableType) toBQ() (*bq.StandardSqlTableType, error) {
+	if sstt == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	out := &bq.StandardSqlTableType{}
+	for k, v := range sstt.Columns {
+		bq, err := v.toBQ()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error converting column %d: %v", k, err)
+		}
+		out.Columns = append(out.Columns, bq)
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func bqToStandardSQLTableType(in *bq.StandardSqlTableType) (*StandardSQLTableType, error) {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	out := &StandardSQLTableType{}
+	for k, v := range in.Columns {
+		f, err := bqToStandardSQLField(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error converting column %d: %v", k, err)
+		}
+		out.Columns = append(out.Columns, f)
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}