diff --git a/BigQuery/src/LoadJobConfiguration.php b/BigQuery/src/LoadJobConfiguration.php
index 620d485336a0..51deeaec3c66 100644
--- a/BigQuery/src/LoadJobConfiguration.php
+++ b/BigQuery/src/LoadJobConfiguration.php
@@ -574,5 +574,7 @@ public function writeDisposition($writeDisposition)
     public function useAvroLogicalTypes($useAvroLogicalTypes)
     {
         $this->config['configuration']['load']['useAvroLogicalTypes'] = $useAvroLogicalTypes;
+        
+        return $this;
     }
 }