diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java
index 8ac4c622a91c..88821417967f 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ public static HttpTransportOptions getDefaultHttpTransportOptions() {
     return HttpTransportOptions.newBuilder().setReadTimeout(DEFAULT_READ_API_TIME_OUT).build();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected boolean useSelfSignedJwt() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected Set<String> getScopes() {
     return SCOPES;
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/java-core/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/ServiceOptions.java b/sdk-platform-java/java-core/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/ServiceOptions.java
index 92aaa9d6a9e1..4cd8e1ca7535 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/java-core/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/ServiceOptions.java
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/java-core/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/ServiceOptions.java
@@ -650,9 +650,17 @@ public Credentials getScopedCredentials() {
         && ((GoogleCredentials) credentials).createScopedRequired()) {
       credentialsToReturn = ((GoogleCredentials) credentials).createScoped(getScopes());
     }
+    if (useSelfSignedJwt() && credentialsToReturn instanceof ServiceAccountCredentials) {
+      credentialsToReturn =
+          ((ServiceAccountCredentials) credentialsToReturn).createWithUseJwtAccessWithScope(true);
+    }
     return credentialsToReturn;
   }
 
+  protected boolean useSelfSignedJwt() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   /** Returns configuration parameters for request retries. */
   public RetrySettings getRetrySettings() {
     return retrySettings;