diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b5578fd1b1a..97f7945c2f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - Added intersection syntax for model selector ([#2167](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2167), [#2417](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2417))
 - Extends model selection syntax with at most n-th parent/children `dbt run --models 3+m1+2` ([#2052](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2052), [#2485](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2485))
 - Added support for renaming BigQuery relations ([#2520](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2520), [#2521](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2521))
+- Added support for BigQuery authorized views ([#1718](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1718), [#2517](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2517))
 
 ### Fixes
 - Fixed an error in create_adapter_plugins.py script when -dependency arg not passed ([#2507](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2507), [#2508](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2508))
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ Contributors:
  - [@raalsky](https://github.com/Raalsky) ([#2417](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2417), [#2485](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2485))
  - [@alf-mindshift](https://github.com/alf-mindshift) ([#2431](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2431))
  - [@scarrucciu](https://github.com/scarrucciu) ([#2508](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2508))
- - [@southpolemonkey](https://github.com/southpolemonkey)([#2511](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2511))
- - [@azhard](https://github.com/azhard) ([#2521](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2521)
+ - [@southpolemonkey](https://github.com/southpolemonkey) ([#2511](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2511))
+ - [@azhard](https://github.com/azhard) ([#2517](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2517), ([#2521](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2521)))
 
 ## dbt 0.17.0 (June 08, 2020)
 
diff --git a/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/adapters/common.sql b/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/adapters/common.sql
index 9dcc71003fe..cb48614f607 100644
--- a/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/adapters/common.sql
+++ b/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/adapters/common.sql
@@ -317,3 +317,4 @@
 {% macro set_sql_header(config) -%}
   {{ config.set('sql_header', caller()) }}
 {%- endmacro %}
+
diff --git a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__init__.py b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__init__.py
index daff48a32ee..c85e79b389a 100644
--- a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery.connections import BigQueryCredentials
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery.relation import BigQueryRelation  # noqa
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery.column import BigQueryColumn  # noqa
-from dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl import BigQueryAdapter
+from dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl import BigQueryAdapter, GrantTarget  # noqa
 
 from dbt.adapters.base import AdapterPlugin
 from dbt.include import bigquery
diff --git a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
index ec07565ed0f..74e5d7d3690 100644
--- a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
+++ b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ def dataset(database, schema, conn):
         dataset_ref = conn.handle.dataset(schema, database)
         return google.cloud.bigquery.Dataset(dataset_ref)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def dataset_from_id(dataset_id):
+        return google.cloud.bigquery.Dataset.from_string(dataset_id)
+
     def table_ref(self, database, schema, table_name, conn):
         dataset = self.dataset(database, schema, conn)
         return dataset.table(table_name)
diff --git a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py
index 762e579d634..325190aedfb 100644
--- a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py
+++ b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import google.cloud.exceptions
 import google.cloud.bigquery
 
-from google.cloud.bigquery import SchemaField
+from google.cloud.bigquery import AccessEntry, SchemaField
 
 import time
 import agate
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ def parse(cls, raw_partition_by) -> Optional['PartitionConfig']:
             )
 
 
+@dataclass
+class GrantTarget(JsonSchemaMixin):
+    dataset: str
+    project: str
+
+    def render(self):
+        return f'{self.project}.{self.dataset}'
+
+
 def _stub_relation(*args, **kwargs):
     return BigQueryRelation.create(
         database='',
@@ -94,6 +103,7 @@ class BigqueryConfig(AdapterConfig):
     kms_key_name: Optional[str] = None
     labels: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
     partitions: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    grant_access_to: Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]] = None
 
 
 class BigQueryAdapter(BaseAdapter):
@@ -695,3 +705,35 @@ def get_table_options(
             opts['labels'] = list(labels.items())
 
         return opts
+
+    @available.parse_none
+    def grant_access_to(self, entity, entity_type, role, grant_target_dict):
+        """
+        Given an entity, grants it access to a permissioned dataset.
+        """
+        conn = self.connections.get_thread_connection()
+        client = conn.handle
+
+        grant_target = GrantTarget.from_dict(grant_target_dict)
+        dataset = client.get_dataset(
+            self.connections.dataset_from_id(grant_target.render())
+        )
+
+        if entity_type == 'view':
+            entity = self.connections.table_ref(
+                entity.database,
+                entity.schema,
+                entity.identifier,
+                conn).to_api_repr()
+
+        access_entry = AccessEntry(role, entity_type, entity)
+        access_entries = dataset.access_entries
+
+        if access_entry in access_entries:
+            logger.debug(f"Access entry {access_entry} "
+                         f"already exists in dataset")
+            return
+
+        access_entries.append(AccessEntry(role, entity_type, entity))
+        dataset.access_entries = access_entries
+        client.update_dataset(dataset, ['access_entries'])
diff --git a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/etc.sql b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/etc.sql
index 7bd0cba9086..a10ad1a5bd0 100644
--- a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/etc.sql
+++ b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/etc.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-
 {% macro date_sharded_table(base_name) %}
     {{ return(base_name ~ "[DBT__PARTITION_DATE]") }}
 {% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro grant_access_to(entity, entity_type, role, grant_target_dict) -%}
+  {% do adapter.grant_access_to(entity, entity_type, role, grant_target_dict) %}
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/view.sql b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/view.sql
index 3e43abfcf68..8879051293d 100644
--- a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/view.sql
+++ b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/view.sql
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
     {% set target_relation = this.incorporate(type='view') %}
     {% do persist_docs(target_relation, model) %}
 
+    {% if config.get('grant_access_to') %}
+      {% for grant_target_dict in config.get('grant_access_to') %}
+        {% do adapter.grant_access_to(this, 'view', None, grant_target_dict) %}
+      {% endfor %}
+    {% endif %}
+
     {% do return(to_return) %}
 
 {%- endmaterialization %}
diff --git a/test/integration/054_adapter_methods_test/test_adapter_methods.py b/test/integration/054_adapter_methods_test/test_adapter_methods.py
index c431550433b..1fcaf5b1a49 100644
--- a/test/integration/054_adapter_methods_test/test_adapter_methods.py
+++ b/test/integration/054_adapter_methods_test/test_adapter_methods.py
@@ -70,3 +70,52 @@ def test_bigquery_adapter_methods(self):
         })
         self.run_dbt(['run-operation', 'rename_named_relation', '--args', rename_relation_args])
         self.run_dbt()
+
+
+class TestGrantAccess(DBTIntegrationTest):
+    @property
+    def schema(self):
+        return "grant_access_054"
+
+    @property
+    def models(self):
+        return 'bigquery-models'
+
+    @property
+    def project_config(self):
+        return {
+            'config-version': 2,
+            'source-paths': ['models']
+        }
+
+    @use_profile('bigquery')
+    def test_bigquery_adapter_methods(self):
+        from dbt.adapters.bigquery import GrantTarget
+        from google.cloud.bigquery import AccessEntry
+
+        self.run_dbt(['compile'])  # trigger any compile-time issues
+        self.run_sql_file("seed_bq.sql")
+        self.run_dbt(['seed'])
+
+        ae_role = "READER"
+        ae_entity = "user@email.com"
+        ae_entity_type = "userByEmail"
+        ae_grant_target_dict = {
+            'project': self.default_database,
+            'dataset': self.unique_schema()
+        }
+        self.adapter.grant_access_to(ae_entity, ae_entity_type, ae_role, ae_grant_target_dict)
+
+        conn = self.adapter.connections.get_thread_connection()
+        client = conn.handle
+
+        grant_target = GrantTarget.from_dict(ae_grant_target_dict)
+        dataset = client.get_dataset(
+            self.adapter.connections.dataset_from_id(grant_target.render())
+        )
+
+        expected_access_entry = AccessEntry(ae_role, ae_entity_type, ae_entity)
+        self.assertTrue(expected_access_entry in dataset.access_entries)
+
+        unexpected_access_entry = AccessEntry(ae_role, ae_entity_type, "unexpected@email.com")
+        self.assertFalse(unexpected_access_entry in dataset.access_entries)