diff --git a/.changelog/4230.txt b/.changelog/4230.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1403b82490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/4230.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+bigquery: added `ORC` as a valid option to `source_format` field of  `google_bigquery_table` resource
+```
diff --git a/google-beta/resource_bigquery_table.go b/google-beta/resource_bigquery_table.go
index 6a6f75e3ee..68f91df6bb 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_bigquery_table.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_bigquery_table.go
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ func resourceBigQueryTable() *schema.Resource {
 						"source_format": {
 							Type:        schema.TypeString,
 							Required:    true,
-							Description: `The data format. Supported values are: "CSV", "GOOGLE_SHEETS", "NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON", "AVRO", "PARQUET", and "DATASTORE_BACKUP". To use "GOOGLE_SHEETS" the scopes must include "googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly".`,
+							Description: `The data format. Supported values are: "CSV", "GOOGLE_SHEETS", "NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON", "AVRO", "PARQUET", "ORC" and "DATASTORE_BACKUP". To use "GOOGLE_SHEETS" the scopes must include "googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly".`,
 							ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice([]string{
-								"CSV", "GOOGLE_SHEETS", "NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON", "AVRO", "DATASTORE_BACKUP", "PARQUET",
+								"CSV", "GOOGLE_SHEETS", "NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON", "AVRO", "DATASTORE_BACKUP", "PARQUET", "ORC",
 							}, false),
 						},
 						// SourceURIs [Required] The fully-qualified URIs that point to your data in Google Cloud.
diff --git a/website/docs/r/bigquery_table.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/bigquery_table.html.markdown
index 57f57ed87e..8ea824628d 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/bigquery_table.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/bigquery_table.html.markdown
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ The `external_data_configuration` block supports:
     `google_bigquery_table.schema`
 
 * `source_format` (Required) - The data format. Supported values are:
-    "CSV", "GOOGLE_SHEETS", "NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON", "AVRO", "PARQUET",
+    "CSV", "GOOGLE_SHEETS", "NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON", "AVRO", "PARQUET", "ORC"
     and "DATASTORE_BACKUP". To use "GOOGLE_SHEETS"
     the `scopes` must include
     "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly".