diff --git a/dbt-bigquery/src/dbt/adapters/bigquery/credentials.py b/dbt-bigquery/src/dbt/adapters/bigquery/credentials.py
index 28aee2104..01f5cb70b 100644
--- a/dbt-bigquery/src/dbt/adapters/bigquery/credentials.py
+++ b/dbt-bigquery/src/dbt/adapters/bigquery/credentials.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials as GoogleCredentials
 from google.oauth2.service_account import Credentials as ServiceAccountCredentials
 from google.auth.identity_pool import Credentials as IdentityPoolCredentials
+from google.auth.credentials import AnonymousCredentials
 from mashumaro import pass_through
 
 from dbt_common.clients.system import run_cmd
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class BigQueryConnectionMethod(StrEnum):
     SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON = "service-account-json"
     # WIF in this context refers to Workload Identity Federation https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/workload-identity-federation
     EXTERNAL_OAUTH_WIF = "external-oauth-wif"
+    ANONYMOUS = "anonymous"
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -248,6 +250,9 @@ def _create_google_credentials(credentials: BigQueryCredentials) -> GoogleCreden
     elif credentials.method == BigQueryConnectionMethod.EXTERNAL_OAUTH_WIF:
         creds = _create_identity_pool_credentials(credentials=credentials)
 
+    elif credentials.method == BigQueryConnectionMethod.ANONYMOUS:
+        creds = AnonymousCredentials()
+
     else:
         raise FailedToConnectError(f"Invalid `method` in profile: '{credentials.method}'")
 
diff --git a/dbt-bigquery/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py b/dbt-bigquery/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
index 5edcb9416..b09f8fa1b 100644
--- a/dbt-bigquery/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
+++ b/dbt-bigquery/tests/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
@@ -166,6 +166,21 @@ def setUp(self):
                     "compute_region": "europe-west1",
                     "submission_method": "serverless",
                 },
+                "anonymous_ok": {
+                    "type": "bigquery",
+                    "method": "anonymous",
+                    "project": "dbt-unit-000000",
+                    "schema": "dummy_schema",
+                    "threads": 1,
+                    "api_endpoint": "http://localhost:9050",
+                },
+                "anonymous_missing_api_endpoint": {
+                    "type": "bigquery",
+                    "method": "anonymous",
+                    "project": "dbt-unit-000000",
+                    "schema": "dummy_schema",
+                    "threads": 1,
+                },
             },
             "target": "oauth",
         }
@@ -407,6 +422,20 @@ def test_acquire_connection_maximum_bytes_billed(self, mock_open_connection):
         connection.handle
         mock_open_connection.assert_called_once()
 
+    @patch("dbt.adapters.bigquery.BigQueryConnectionManager.open", return_value=_bq_conn())
+    def test_acquire_connection_anonymous_validations(self, mock_open_connection):
+        adapter = self.get_adapter("anonymous_ok")
+        try:
+            connection = adapter.acquire_connection("dummy")
+            self.assertEqual(connection.type, "bigquery")
+
+        except dbt_common.exceptions.base.DbtValidationError as e:
+            self.fail("got DbtValidationError: {}".format(str(e)))
+
+        mock_open_connection.assert_not_called()
+        connection.handle
+        mock_open_connection.assert_called_once()
+
     def test_cancel_open_connections_empty(self):
         adapter = self.get_adapter("oauth")
         self.assertEqual(len(list(adapter.cancel_open_connections())), 0)