diff --git a/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtils.java b/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtils.java
index 53f79ae2b6..216f4fd514 100644
--- a/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtils.java
+++ b/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtils.java
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ public static CloudBigtableScanConfiguration buildExportConfig(ExportOptions opt
           BigtableOptionsFactory.BIGTABLE_READ_RPC_ATTEMPT_TIMEOUT_MS_KEY,
           options.getBigtableReadRpcAttemptTimeoutMs());
     }
+    if (options.getBigtableMaxAttempts() != null) {
+      configBuilder.withConfiguration(
+          BigtableOptionsFactory.MAX_SCAN_TIMEOUT_RETRIES, options.getBigtableMaxAttempts());
+    }
     return configBuilder.build();
   }
 }
diff --git a/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/sequencefiles/ExportJob.java b/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/sequencefiles/ExportJob.java
index b70eef5c7d..ce17b5208a 100644
--- a/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/sequencefiles/ExportJob.java
+++ b/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/sequencefiles/ExportJob.java
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ public interface ExportOptions extends GcpOptions, GcsOptions {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     void setBigtableReadRpcAttemptTimeoutMs(ValueProvider<String> readRpcAttemptTimeoutMs);
+
+    @Description("The maximum number of retry attempts for the Bigtable client.")
+    ValueProvider<String> getBigtableMaxAttempts();
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    void setBigtableMaxAttempts(ValueProvider<String> maxAttempts);
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {