diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
index 0b826be038329..e8711c3129a18 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
@@ -964,6 +964,9 @@ class BigQueryCreateExternalTableOperator(BaseOperator):
     :param schema_object: If set, a GCS object path pointing to a .json file that
         contains the schema for the table. (templated)
     :param source_format: File format of the data.
+    :param autodetect: Try to detect schema and format options automatically.
+        The schema_fields and schema_object options will be honored when specified explicitly.
+        https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/schema-detect#schema_auto-detection_for_external_data_sources
     :param compression: [Optional] The compression type of the data source.
         Possible values include GZIP and NONE.
         The default value is NONE.
@@ -1028,6 +1031,7 @@ def __init__(
         schema_fields: Optional[List] = None,
         schema_object: Optional[str] = None,
         source_format: Optional[str] = None,
+        autodetect: bool = False,
         compression: Optional[str] = None,
         skip_leading_rows: Optional[int] = None,
         field_delimiter: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -1057,6 +1061,7 @@ def __init__(
                 skip_leading_rows,
                 field_delimiter,
                 max_bad_records,
+                autodetect,
                 quote_character,
                 allow_quoted_newlines,
                 allow_jagged_rows,
@@ -1116,6 +1121,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.bigquery_conn_id = bigquery_conn_id
         self.google_cloud_storage_conn_id = google_cloud_storage_conn_id
         self.delegate_to = delegate_to
+        self.autodetect = autodetect
 
         self.src_fmt_configs = src_fmt_configs or {}
         self.labels = labels
@@ -1153,6 +1159,7 @@ def execute(self, context: 'Context') -> None:
             schema_fields=schema_fields,
             source_uris=source_uris,
             source_format=self.source_format,
+            autodetect=self.autodetect,
             compression=self.compression,
             skip_leading_rows=self.skip_leading_rows,
             field_delimiter=self.field_delimiter,
diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-google/operators/cloud/bigquery.rst b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-google/operators/cloud/bigquery.rst
index 5cab46e37b6d6..96038ce8c191a 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-google/operators/cloud/bigquery.rst
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-google/operators/cloud/bigquery.rst
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ Or you may point the operator to a Google Cloud Storage object name where the sc
     :start-after: [START howto_operator_bigquery_create_table_schema_json]
     :end-before: [END howto_operator_bigquery_create_table_schema_json]
 
+To use BigQuery `schema auto-detection <https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/schema-detect#schema_auto-detection_for_external_data_sources>`__,
+set the ``autodetect`` flag instead of providing explicit schema information.
+
 .. _howto/operator:BigQueryGetDataOperator:
 
 Fetch data from table
diff --git a/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py b/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
index 8584e12b1665e..880be0978f171 100644
--- a/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
+++ b/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ def test_execute(self, mock_hook):
             bucket=TEST_GCS_BUCKET,
             source_objects=TEST_GCS_DATA,
             source_format=TEST_SOURCE_FORMAT,
+            autodetect=True,
         )
 
         operator.execute(None)
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ def test_execute(self, mock_hook):
             schema_fields=[],
             source_uris=[f'gs://{TEST_GCS_BUCKET}/{source_object}' for source_object in TEST_GCS_DATA],
             source_format=TEST_SOURCE_FORMAT,
+            autodetect=True,
             compression='NONE',
             skip_leading_rows=0,
             field_delimiter=',',
