diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/Mutation.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/Mutation.java
index 943ecffadc27..33bf973052ef 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/Mutation.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/Mutation.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models;
 
+import com.google.api.core.BetaApi;
 import com.google.api.core.InternalApi;
 import com.google.bigtable.v2.Mutation.DeleteFromColumn;
 import com.google.bigtable.v2.Mutation.DeleteFromFamily;
@@ -43,6 +44,10 @@ public final class Mutation implements MutationApi<Mutation>, Serializable {
   static final int MAX_MUTATIONS = 100_000;
   @InternalApi("Visible for testing")
   static final int MAX_BYTE_SIZE = 200 * 1024 * 1024;
+  @InternalApi("Visible for testing")
+  static final long SERVER_SIDE_TIMESTAMP = -1;
+
+  private final boolean allowServersideTimestamp;
 
   private transient ImmutableList.Builder<com.google.bigtable.v2.Mutation> mutations =
       ImmutableList.builder();
@@ -50,11 +55,27 @@ public final class Mutation implements MutationApi<Mutation>, Serializable {
   private int numMutations;
   private long byteSize;
 
+  /**
+   * Creates new instance of Mutation object.
+   */
   public static Mutation create() {
-    return new Mutation();
+    return new Mutation(false);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates new instance of Mutation object which allows setCell operation to use server
+   * side timestamp. This is dangerous because mutations will no longer be idempotent, which
+   * might cause multiple duplicate values to be stored in Bigtable. This option should only
+   * be used for advanced usecases with extreme care.
+   */
+  @BetaApi
+  public static Mutation createUnsafe() {
+    return new Mutation(true);
   }
 
-  private Mutation() {}
+  private Mutation(boolean allowServersideTimestamp) {
+    this.allowServersideTimestamp = allowServersideTimestamp;
+  }
 
   private void readObject(ObjectInputStream input) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
     input.defaultReadObject();
@@ -102,7 +123,9 @@ public Mutation setCell(
     Validations.validateFamily(familyName);
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(qualifier, "qualifier can't be null.");
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(value, "value can't be null.");
-    Preconditions.checkArgument(timestamp != -1, "Serverside timestamps are not supported");
+    if (!allowServersideTimestamp) {
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(timestamp != SERVER_SIDE_TIMESTAMP, "Serverside timestamps are not supported");
+    }
 
     addMutation(
         com.google.bigtable.v2.Mutation.newBuilder()
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/MutationTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/MutationTest.java
index 8ba5b5cbddc9..658848ac634f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/MutationTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/MutationTest.java
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ public void setCellTest() {
     assertThat(actual.get(3).getSetCell().getTimestampMicros()).isIn(expectedTimestampRange);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void setCellWithServerSideTimestamp() {
+    Mutation mutation = Mutation.createUnsafe();
+    mutation
+        .setCell(
+            "fake-family",
+            ByteString.copyFromUtf8("fake-qualifier"),
+            Mutation.SERVER_SIDE_TIMESTAMP,
+            ByteString.copyFromUtf8("fake-value"));
+    List<com.google.bigtable.v2.Mutation> actual = mutation.getMutations();
+    assertThat(actual.get(0).getSetCell().getTimestampMicros()).isEqualTo(Mutation.SERVER_SIDE_TIMESTAMP);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void deleteColumnTest() {
     mutation