diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/bigtable_stub_factory.cc b/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/bigtable_stub_factory.cc
index 920996d8564af..808e28a3f8de6 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/bigtable_stub_factory.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/bigtable_stub_factory.cc
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ std::string FeaturesMetadata() {
     proto.set_last_scanned_row_responses(true);
     proto.set_mutate_rows_rate_limit(true);
     proto.set_mutate_rows_rate_limit2(true);
+    proto.set_routing_cookie(true);
     return internal::UrlsafeBase64Encode(proto.SerializeAsString());
   }());
   return *kFeatures;