diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 16cfa2050c1..9abb838d4c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - Added schema and dbt versions to JSON artifacts ([#2670](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2670), [#2767](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2767))
 - Added ability to snapshot hard-deleted records (opt-in with `invalidate_hard_deletes` config option). ([#249](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/249), [#2749](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2749))
 - Improved error messages for YAML selectors ([#2700](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2700), [#2781](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2781))
+- Added support for BigQuery connections using refresh tokens ([#2344](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2344), [#2805](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2805))
 
 ### Under the hood
 - Added strategy-specific validation to improve the relevancy of compilation errors for the `timestamp` and `check` snapshot strategies. (([#2787](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2787), [#2791](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2791))
diff --git a/test/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py b/test/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
index ba6d091ec68..8a68ec31ce8 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ def setUp(self):
                     'threads': 1,
                     'impersonate_service_account': 'dummyaccount@dbt.iam.gserviceaccount.com'
                 },
+                'oauth-credentials': {
+                    'type': 'bigquery',
+                    'method': 'bearer',
+                    'client_id': 'abc',
+                    'client_secret': 'def',
+                    'refresh_token': 'ghi',
+                    'token_uri': 'jkl'
+                    'project': 'dbt-unit-000000',
+                    'schema': 'dummy_schema',
+                    'threads': 1,
+                    'location': 'Luna Station',
+                    'priority': 'batch',
+                    'maximum_bytes_billed': 0,
+                },
             },
             'target': 'oauth',
         }
@@ -145,6 +159,23 @@ def test_acquire_connection_service_account_validations(self, mock_open_connecti
         connection.handle
         mock_open_connection.assert_called_once()
 
+    @patch('dbt.adapters.bigquery.BigQueryConnectionManager.open', return_value=_bq_conn())
+    def test_acquire_connection_service_account_validations(self, mock_open_connection):
+        adapter = self.get_adapter('oauth-credentials')
+        try:
+            connection = adapter.acquire_connection('dummy')
+            self.assertEqual(connection.type, 'bigquery')
+
+        except dbt.exceptions.ValidationException as e:
+            self.fail('got ValidationException: {}'.format(str(e)))
+
+        except BaseException as e:
+            raise
+
+        mock_open_connection.assert_not_called()
+        connection.handle
+        mock_open_connection.assert_called_once()
+
     @patch('dbt.adapters.bigquery.BigQueryConnectionManager.open', return_value=_bq_conn())
     def test_acquire_connection_impersonated_service_account_validations(self, mock_open_connection):
         adapter = self.get_adapter('impersonate')