diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8838d09c..83c2d3e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     "extend": "^3.0.2",
     "google-auth-library": "^10.0.0",
     "google-gax": "^5.0.0"
-
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "protobufjs": "^7.2.4 - 7.5.0"
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^22.13.14",
     "@types/sinon": "^17.0.4",
     "@types/uuid": "^10.0.0",
+    "avsc": "^5.7.9",
     "c8": "^10.1.3",
     "gapic-tools": "^1.0.1",
     "gts": "^6.0.2",
diff --git a/src/reader/read_client.ts b/src/reader/read_client.ts
index fc2851b8..fc94d188 100644
--- a/src/reader/read_client.ts
+++ b/src/reader/read_client.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {DataFormat} from './data_format';
 type CreateReadSessionRequest =
   protos.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ICreateReadSessionRequest;
 type ReadSession = protos.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.IReadSession;
-type ArrowSerializationOptions = {
+type AvroArrowSerializationOptions = {
   picosTimestampPrecision: protos.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ArrowSerializationOptions.PicosTimestampPrecision;
 };
 
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ export class ReadClient {
     table: string;
     dataFormat: DataFormat;
     selectedFields?: string[];
-    arrowSerializationOptions?: ArrowSerializationOptions;
+    arrowSerializationOptions?: AvroArrowSerializationOptions;
+    avroSerializationOptions?: AvroArrowSerializationOptions;
   }): Promise<ReadSession> {
     await this.initialize();
     const {table, parent, dataFormat, selectedFields} = request;
@@ -154,6 +155,11 @@ export class ReadClient {
         arrowSerializationOptions: request.arrowSerializationOptions,
       });
     }
+    if (request.avroSerializationOptions) {
+      Object.assign(createReq.readSession.readOptions, {
+        avroSerializationOptions: request.avroSerializationOptions,
+      });
+    }
     const [response] = await this._client.createReadSession(createReq);
     if (typeof [response] === undefined) {
       throw new gax.GoogleError(`${response}`);
diff --git a/src/reader/read_session.ts b/src/reader/read_session.ts
index 76c59263..5a4deded 100644
--- a/src/reader/read_session.ts
+++ b/src/reader/read_session.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type ReadRowsResponse =
   protos.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.IReadRowsResponse;
 type ReadSessionInfo = protos.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.IReadSession;
 const ReadSessionInfo = protos.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ReadSession;
-type ArrowSerializationOptions = {
+type AvroArrowSerializationOptions = {
   picosTimestampPrecision: protos.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ArrowSerializationOptions.PicosTimestampPrecision;
 };
 
@@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ export type GetStreamOptions = {
    */
   selectedFields?: string;
   /**
-   * Option to opt into higher precision timestamps.
+   * Option to opt into higher precision timestamps for arrow readers.
    */
-  arrowSerializationOptions?: ArrowSerializationOptions;
+  arrowSerializationOptions?: AvroArrowSerializationOptions;
+  /**
+   * Option to opt into higher precision timestamps for avro readers.
+   */
+  avroSerializationOptions?: AvroArrowSerializationOptions;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -93,6 +97,7 @@ export class ReadSession {
       dataFormat: this._format,
       selectedFields: options?.selectedFields?.split(','),
       arrowSerializationOptions: options?.arrowSerializationOptions,
+      avroSerializationOptions: options?.avroSerializationOptions,
     });
     this.trace(
       'session created',
diff --git a/system-test/reader_client_test.ts b/system-test/reader_client_test.ts
index cd55db15..a1a19a5a 100644
--- a/system-test/reader_client_test.ts
+++ b/system-test/reader_client_test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import {RecordBatch, Table, tableFromIPC} from 'apache-arrow';
 import {ArrowRecordBatchTableRowTransform} from '../src/reader/arrow_transform';
 import {ResourceStream} from '@google-cloud/paginator';
 import {ArrowTableReader} from '../src/reader';
+import {Transform, TransformCallback} from 'stream';
+type ReadSession = protos.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.IReadSession;
 
 type ReadRowsResponse =
   protos.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.IReadRowsResponse;
@@ -230,6 +232,132 @@ describe('reader.ReaderClient', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('AvroReader', () => {
+    it('should read high precision timestamps from an avro stream', async () => {
+      const avro = require('avsc');
+      class AvroRawTransform extends Transform {
+        private session: ReadSession;
+
+        constructor(session: ReadSession) {
+          super({
+            objectMode: true,
+          });
+          this.session = session;
+        }
+
+        _transform(
+          serializedRecordBatch: any,
+          _: BufferEncoding,
+          callback: TransformCallback,
+        ): void {
+          const session = this.session;
+          const schema = JSON.parse(session?.avroSchema?.schema as string);
+          const avroType = avro.Type.forSchema(schema);
+          if (
+            !(
+              serializedRecordBatch.avroRows &&
+              serializedRecordBatch.avroRows.serializedBinaryRows
+            )
+          ) {
+            callback(null);
+            return;
+          }
+          const decodedData = avroType.decode(
+            serializedRecordBatch.avroRows.serializedBinaryRows,
+            0,
+          );
+          callback(null, decodedData.value);
+        }
+      }
+
+      const picosTableId = generateUuid();
+      const picosSchema: any = {
+        fields: [
+          {
+            name: 'customer_name',
+            type: 'STRING',
+            mode: 'REQUIRED',
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'row_num',
+            type: 'INTEGER',
+            mode: 'REQUIRED',
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'created_at',
+            type: 'TIMESTAMP',
+            mode: 'NULLABLE',
+            timestampPrecision: 12,
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+      const expectedTsValue = '2024-04-05T15:45:58.981123456789Z';
+      await bigquery
+        .dataset(datasetId)
+        .createTable(picosTableId, {schema: picosSchema});
+      await bigquery
+        .dataset(datasetId)
+        .table(picosTableId)
+        .insert([
+          {
+            customer_name: 'my-name',
+            row_num: 1,
+            created_at: expectedTsValue,
+          },
+        ]);
+
+      bqReadClient.initialize().catch(err => {
+        throw err;
+      });
+      const client = new ReadClient();
+      client.setClient(bqReadClient);
+
+      try {
+        const session = await client.createReadSession({
+          parent: `projects/${projectId}`,
+          table: `projects/${projectId}/datasets/${datasetId}/tables/${picosTableId}`,
+          dataFormat: AvroFormat,
+          avroSerializationOptions: {
+            picosTimestampPrecision:
+              protos.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ArrowSerializationOptions
+                .PicosTimestampPrecision.TIMESTAMP_PRECISION_PICOS,
+          },
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(session.dataFormat, AvroFormat);
+        assert.notEqual(session.streams, null);
+        assert.notEqual(session.streams?.length, 0);
+
+        const readStream = session.streams![0];
+        const connection = await client.createReadStream({
+          session,
+          streamName: readStream.name!,
+        });
+
+        const myStream = connection
+          .getRowsStream()
+          .pipe(new AvroRawTransform(session!));
+        const responses: ReadRowsResponse[] = [];
+        await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+          myStream.on('data', (data: ReadRowsResponse) => {
+            responses.push(data);
+          });
+          myStream.on('error', reject);
+          myStream.on('end', () => {
+            resolve(null);
+          });
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(responses.length, 1);
+        assert.equal((responses[0] as any)['created_at'], expectedTsValue);
+
+        connection.close();
+        client.close();
+      } finally {
+        client.close();
+      }
+    });
+  });
   describe('ArrowTableReader', () => {
     it('should allow to read a table as an Arrow byte stream', async () => {
       bqReadClient.initialize().catch(err => {