diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/examples/recipes/bigquery_to_datahub.yml b/metadata-ingestion/examples/recipes/bigquery_to_datahub.yml
index 10941e74b6..a65f2a34d3 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/examples/recipes/bigquery_to_datahub.yml
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/examples/recipes/bigquery_to_datahub.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ source:
     #  - "schema.table.column"
     #  deny:
     #  - "*.*.*"
+    #lineage_client_project_id: project-id-1234567
 
 ## see https://datahubproject.io/docs/metadata-ingestion/sink_docs/datahub for complete documentation
 sink:
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/bigquery.md b/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/bigquery.md
index f709cba602..fab1a527e6 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/bigquery.md
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/bigquery.md
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ As a SQL-based service, the Athena integration is also supported by our SQL prof
 | `domain.domain_key.allow`              |                                                                           |                                                                         | List of regex patterns for tables/schemas to set domain_key domain key (domain_key can be any string like `sales`. There can be multiple domain key specified.                                                                                                                          |
 | `domain.domain_key.deny`               |                                                                           |                                                                         | List of regex patterns for tables/schemas to not assign domain_key. There can be multiple domain key specified.                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | `domain.domain_key.ignoreCase`         |                                                                           | `True`                                                                  | Whether to ignore case sensitivity during pattern matching.There can be multiple domain key specified.                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| `lineage_client_project_id`            |                                                                           | None                                                                    | The project to use when creating the BigQuery Client. If left empty, the required `project_id` will be used.                                                                                                                                                                |
 
 
 The following parameters are only relevant if include_table_lineage is set to true:
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/bigquery.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/bigquery.py
index 5698d4d2e5..ed624d3109 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/bigquery.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/bigquery.py
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ def create_credential_temp_file(credential: BigQueryCredential) -> str:
 class BigQueryConfig(BaseTimeWindowConfig, SQLAlchemyConfig):
     scheme: str = "bigquery"
     project_id: Optional[str] = None
+    lineage_client_project_id: Optional[str] = None
 
     log_page_size: Optional[pydantic.PositiveInt] = 1000
     credential: Optional[BigQueryCredential]
@@ -304,20 +305,29 @@ class BigQuerySource(SQLAlchemySource):
 
     def _compute_big_query_lineage(self) -> None:
         if self.config.include_table_lineage:
+            lineage_client_project_id = self._get_lineage_client_project_id()
             if self.config.use_exported_bigquery_audit_metadata:
-                self._compute_bigquery_lineage_via_exported_bigquery_audit_metadata()
+                self._compute_bigquery_lineage_via_exported_bigquery_audit_metadata(
+                    lineage_client_project_id
+                )
             else:
-                self._compute_bigquery_lineage_via_gcp_logging()
+                self._compute_bigquery_lineage_via_gcp_logging(
+                    lineage_client_project_id
+                )
 
             if self.lineage_metadata is not None:
                 logger.info(
                     f"Built lineage map containing {len(self.lineage_metadata)} entries."
                 )
 
-    def _compute_bigquery_lineage_via_gcp_logging(self) -> None:
+    def _compute_bigquery_lineage_via_gcp_logging(
+        self, lineage_client_project_id: Optional[str]
+    ) -> None:
         logger.info("Populating lineage info via GCP audit logs")
         try:
-            _clients: List[GCPLoggingClient] = self._make_bigquery_client()
+            _clients: List[GCPLoggingClient] = self._make_bigquery_client(
+                lineage_client_project_id
+            )
             log_entries: Iterable[AuditLogEntry] = self._get_bigquery_log_entries(
                 _clients
             )
@@ -331,10 +341,12 @@ class BigQuerySource(SQLAlchemySource):
                 e,
             )
 
-    def _compute_bigquery_lineage_via_exported_bigquery_audit_metadata(self) -> None:
+    def _compute_bigquery_lineage_via_exported_bigquery_audit_metadata(
+        self, lineage_client_project_id: Optional[str]
+    ) -> None:
         logger.info("Populating lineage info via exported GCP audit logs")
         try:
-            _client: BigQueryClient = BigQueryClient(project=self.config.project_id)
+            _client: BigQueryClient = BigQueryClient(project=lineage_client_project_id)
             exported_bigquery_audit_metadata: Iterable[
                 BigQueryAuditMetadata
             ] = self._get_exported_bigquery_audit_metadata(_client)
@@ -350,17 +362,28 @@ class BigQuerySource(SQLAlchemySource):
                 e,
             )
 
-    def _make_bigquery_client(self) -> List[GCPLoggingClient]:
+    def _make_bigquery_client(
+        self, lineage_client_project_id: Optional[str]
+    ) -> List[GCPLoggingClient]:
         # See https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/2674 for
         # why we disable gRPC here.
         client_options = self.config.extra_client_options.copy()
         client_options["_use_grpc"] = False
-        project_id = self.config.project_id
-        if project_id is not None:
-            return [GCPLoggingClient(**client_options, project=project_id)]
+        if lineage_client_project_id is not None:
+            return [
+                GCPLoggingClient(**client_options, project=lineage_client_project_id)
+            ]
         else:
             return [GCPLoggingClient(**client_options)]
 
+    def _get_lineage_client_project_id(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        project_id: Optional[str] = (
+            self.config.lineage_client_project_id
+            if self.config.lineage_client_project_id
+            else self.config.project_id
+        )
+        return project_id
+
     def _get_bigquery_log_entries(
         self, clients: List[GCPLoggingClient]
     ) -> Iterable[AuditLogEntry]: