diff --git a/bigquery/storage_integration_test.go b/bigquery/storage_integration_test.go
index 492561c8a488..e8c15879cdab 100644
--- a/bigquery/storage_integration_test.go
+++ b/bigquery/storage_integration_test.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func TestIntegration_StorageReadClientProject(t *testing.T) {
 	table.ProjectID = "bigquery-public-data"
 
 	it := table.Read(ctx)
-	_, err := countIteratorRows(it)
+	total, err := countIteratorRows(it)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -112,6 +112,19 @@ func TestIntegration_StorageReadClientProject(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(session.bqSession.Name, expectedPrefix) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected read session to have prefix %q: but found %s:", expectedPrefix, session.bqSession.Name)
 	}
+
+	// create session with different project
+	it = table.Read(ctx, WithReadSessionProjectID("bigquery-public-data"))
+	if it.IsAccelerated() {
+		t.Fatal("storage api should not be used due to lack of permissions")
+	}
+	newTotal, err := countIteratorRows(it)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if total != newTotal {
+		t.Fatalf("expected total to be %d, but got %d", total, newTotal)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestIntegration_StorageReadFromSources(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/bigquery/table.go b/bigquery/table.go
index 944a836d8dd6..bd1492247b80 100644
--- a/bigquery/table.go
+++ b/bigquery/table.go
@@ -967,14 +967,38 @@ func (t *Table) Delete(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	})
 }
 
+type tableReadOption struct {
+	readSessionProjectID string
+}
+
+// TableReadOption allows requests to alter the behavior of reading from a table.
+type TableReadOption func(*tableReadOption)
+
+// WithReadSessionProjectID allows to create the read session with the specified project that has the necessary permissions to do so.
+func WithReadSessionProjectID(project string) TableReadOption {
+	return func(tro *tableReadOption) {
+		tro.readSessionProjectID = project
+	}
+}
+
 // Read fetches the contents of the table.
-func (t *Table) Read(ctx context.Context) *RowIterator {
-	return t.read(ctx, fetchPage)
+func (t *Table) Read(ctx context.Context, opts ...TableReadOption) *RowIterator {
+	return t.read(ctx, fetchPage, opts...)
 }
 
-func (t *Table) read(ctx context.Context, pf pageFetcher) *RowIterator {
+func (t *Table) read(ctx context.Context, pf pageFetcher, opts ...TableReadOption) *RowIterator {
+	tro := &tableReadOption{}
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(tro)
+	}
+
+	//  fallback to the client's project ID.
+	if tro.readSessionProjectID == "" {
+		tro.readSessionProjectID = t.c.projectID
+	}
+
 	if t.c.isStorageReadAvailable() {
-		it, err := newStorageRowIteratorFromTable(ctx, t, t.c.projectID, false)
+		it, err := newStorageRowIteratorFromTable(ctx, t, tro.readSessionProjectID, false)
 		if err == nil {
 			return it
 		}