diff --git a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py
index 259cbd8e327b8..94ae6a478553b 100644
--- a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py
+++ b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "GOOGLE_SHEETS",
     "DATASTORE_BACKUP",
     "PARQUET",
+    "ORC",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_bigquery.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_bigquery.py
index 299fc9fead54d..c9a033b16d6d2 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_bigquery.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_bigquery.py
@@ -1565,6 +1565,50 @@ def test_get_openlineage_facets_on_complete_full_table_multiple_gcs_uris(self, h
         }
         assert lineage.job_facets == {}
 
+        @mock.patch(GCS_TO_BQ_PATH.format("BigQueryHook"))
+        def test_external_table_should_accept_orc_source_format(self, hook):
+            hook.return_value.insert_job.side_effect = [
+                MagicMock(job_id=REAL_JOB_ID, error_result=False),
+                REAL_JOB_ID,
+            ]
+            hook.return_value.generate_job_id.return_value = REAL_JOB_ID
+            hook.return_value.split_tablename.return_value = (PROJECT_ID, DATASET, TABLE)
+
+            operator = GCSToBigQueryOperator(
+                task_id=TASK_ID,
+                bucket=TEST_BUCKET,
+                source_objects=TEST_SOURCE_OBJECTS,
+                destination_project_dataset_table=TEST_EXPLICIT_DEST,
+                schema_fields=SCHEMA_FIELDS,
+                write_disposition=WRITE_DISPOSITION,
+                external_table=True,
+                project_id=JOB_PROJECT_ID,
+                source_format="ORC",
+            )
+
+            operator.execute(context=MagicMock())
+
+            hook.return_value.create_empty_table.assert_called_once_with(
+                exists_ok=True,
+                location=None,
+                project_id=JOB_PROJECT_ID,
+                table_resource={
+                    "tableReference": {
+                        "projectId": PROJECT_ID,
+                        "datasetId": DATASET,
+                        "tableId": TABLE,
+                    },
+                    "externalDataConfiguration": {
+                        "autodetect": True,
+                        "sourceFormat": "ORC",
+                        "sourceUris": [f"gs://{TEST_BUCKET}/{TEST_SOURCE_OBJECTS}"],
+                        "compression": "NONE",
+                        "ignoreUnknownValues": False,
+                        "schema": {"fields": SCHEMA_FIELDS},
+                    },
+                },
+            )
+
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def create_task_instance(create_task_instance_of_operator, session):