diff --git a/python/dataproc_templates/bigquery/README.md b/python/dataproc_templates/bigquery/README.md
index 5ac6d4f9a..4b2a63d5d 100644
--- a/python/dataproc_templates/bigquery/README.md
+++ b/python/dataproc_templates/bigquery/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ It uses the [Spark BigQuery connector](https://cloud.google.com/dataproc-serverl
 * `bigquery.gcs.output.location`: Cloud Storage location for output files (format: `gs://BUCKET/...`)
 * `bigquery.gcs.output.mode`: Output write mode (one of: append,overwrite,ignore,errorifexists) (Defaults to append)
 #### Optional Arguments
+* `bigquery.gcs.output.partition.column`: Partition column name to partition the final output in destination bucket
 * `bigquery.gcs.output.chartoescapequoteescaping`: Sets a single character used for escaping the escape for the quote character. The default value is escape character when escape and quote characters are different, \0 otherwise
 * `bigquery.gcs.output.compression`: None
 * `bigquery.gcs.output.dateformat`: Sets the string that indicates a date format. This applies to date type
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ usage: main.py [-h]
                --bigquery.gcs.output.format {avro,parquet,csv,json}
                --bigquery.gcs.output.location BIGQUERY.GCS.OUTPUT.LOCATION
                [--bigquery.gcs.output.mode {overwrite,append,ignore,errorifexists}]
+               [--bigquery.gcs.output.partition.column BIGQUERY.GCS.OUTPUT.PARTITION.COLUMN]
                [--bigquery.gcs.output.chartoescapequoteescaping BIGQUERY.GCS.OUTPUT.CHARTOESCAPEQUOTEESCAPING]
                [--bigquery.gcs.output.compression BIGQUERY.GCS.OUTPUT.COMPRESSION]
                [--bigquery.gcs.output.dateformat BIGQUERY.GCS.OUTPUT.DATEFORMAT]
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ options:
                         Cloud Storage location for output files
   --bigquery.gcs.output.mode {overwrite,append,ignore,errorifexists}
                         Output write mode (one of: append,overwrite,ignore,errorifexists) (Defaults to append)
+  --bigquery.gcs.output.partition.column BIGQUERY.GCS.OUTPUT.PARTITION.COLUMN
+                        Partition column name to partition the final output in destination bucket
   --bigquery.gcs.output.chartoescapequoteescaping BIGQUERY.GCS.OUTPUT.CHARTOESCAPEQUOTEESCAPING
                         Sets a single character used for escaping the escape for the quote character. The default value is escape character when escape and quote characters are
                         different, \0 otherwise
diff --git a/python/dataproc_templates/bigquery/bigquery_to_gcs.py b/python/dataproc_templates/bigquery/bigquery_to_gcs.py
index ff96fe41b..5036a3dba 100644
--- a/python/dataproc_templates/bigquery/bigquery_to_gcs.py
+++ b/python/dataproc_templates/bigquery/bigquery_to_gcs.py
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ def parse_args(args: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             required=True,
             help='Cloud Storage location for output files'
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            f'--{constants.BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_PARTITION_COLUMN}',
+            dest=constants.BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_PARTITION_COLUMN,
+            required=False,
+            default="",
+            help='Partition column name to partition the final output in destination bucket'
+        )
         parser.add_argument(
             f'--{constants.BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_MODE}',
             dest=constants.BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_MODE,
@@ -92,6 +99,7 @@ def run(self, spark: SparkSession, args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         # Arguments
         input_table: str = args[constants.BQ_GCS_INPUT_TABLE]
         output_mode: str = args[constants.BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_MODE]
+        output_partition_column: str = args[constants.BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_PARTITION_COLUMN]
 
         output_location: str = args[constants.BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_LOCATION]
         output_format: str = args[constants.BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_FORMAT]
@@ -108,5 +116,8 @@ def run(self, spark: SparkSession, args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
             .load()
 
         # Write
-        writer: DataFrameWriter = input_data.write.mode(output_mode)
+        if output_partition_column:
+            writer: DataFrameWriter = input_data.write.mode(output_mode).partitionBy(output_partition_column)
+        else:
+            writer: DataFrameWriter = input_data.write.mode(output_mode)
         persist_dataframe_to_cloud_storage(writer, args, output_location, output_format, "bigquery.gcs.output.")
diff --git a/python/dataproc_templates/util/template_constants.py b/python/dataproc_templates/util/template_constants.py
index 9798eb5eb..d7ab397c7 100644
--- a/python/dataproc_templates/util/template_constants.py
+++ b/python/dataproc_templates/util/template_constants.py
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ def get_csv_output_spark_options(prefix):
 BQ_GCS_INPUT_TABLE = "bigquery.gcs.input.table"
 BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_FORMAT = "bigquery.gcs.output.format"
 BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_MODE = "bigquery.gcs.output.mode"
+BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_PARTITION_COLUMN = "bigquery.gcs.output.partition.column"
 BQ_GCS_OUTPUT_LOCATION = "bigquery.gcs.output.location"
 
 # GCS To GCS with transformations