diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5f01e2a4d..80bc710d5 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ export class Bigtable {
         gaxStream = requestFn!();
         gaxStream
           .on('error', stream.destroy.bind(stream))
+          .on('metadata', stream.emit.bind(stream, 'metadata'))
           .on('request', stream.emit.bind(stream, 'request'))
           .pipe(stream);
       });
@@ -879,6 +880,9 @@ export class Bigtable {
           .on('error', (err: Error) => {
             stream.destroy(err);
           })
+          .on('metadata', metadata => {
+            stream.emit('metadata', metadata);
+          })
           .on('response', response => {
             stream.emit('response', response);
           })