diff --git a/google/cloud/grpc_options.cc b/google/cloud/grpc_options.cc
index c5f42ed01c0f9..20422296f75e8 100644
--- a/google/cloud/grpc_options.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/grpc_options.cc
@@ -160,6 +160,30 @@ BackgroundThreadsFactory MakeBackgroundThreadsFactory(Options const& opts) {
   };
 }
 
+namespace experimental {
+
+bool GrpcEnableHardBoundTokensIsSafe(int major, int minor, int patch) {
+  // Never happens. No 0.x version is supported or implements the version
+  // macros, but it makes the rest more readable.
+  if (major < 1) return false;
+  if (major > 1) return true;
+  if (minor <= 62) return false;
+  if (minor == 63) return patch >= 1;
+  if (minor == 64) return patch >= 1;
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool GrpcEnableHardBoundTokensIsSafe() {
+#ifndef GRPC_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR
+  return false;
+#else
+  return GrpcEnableHardBoundTokensIsSafe(
+      GRPC_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR, GRPC_CPP_VERSION_MINOR, GRPC_CPP_VERSION_PATCH);
+#endif  // GRPC_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR
+}
+
+}
+
 }  // namespace internal
 GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_INLINE_NAMESPACE_END
 }  // namespace cloud
diff --git a/google/cloud/grpc_options.h b/google/cloud/grpc_options.h
index 92eee8969f044..f2459a1101491 100644
--- a/google/cloud/grpc_options.h
+++ b/google/cloud/grpc_options.h
@@ -262,6 +262,19 @@ absl::optional<std::string> GetStringChannelArgument(
  */
 BackgroundThreadsFactory MakeBackgroundThreadsFactory(Options const& opts = {});
 
+namespace experimental{
+
+/**
+ * Enable gRPC Bound Tokens Authentication.
+ */
+struct EnableGrpcHardBoundTokensAuthenticationOption {
+  using Type = bool;
+};
+
+bool GrpcEnableHardBoundTokensIsSafe();
+
+}  // namespace experimental
+
 }  // namespace internal
 GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_INLINE_NAMESPACE_END
 }  // namespace cloud
diff --git a/google/cloud/internal/unified_grpc_credentials.cc b/google/cloud/internal/unified_grpc_credentials.cc
index b1c82e99f2586..0433de94d9d41 100644
--- a/google/cloud/internal/unified_grpc_credentials.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/internal/unified_grpc_credentials.cc
@@ -102,8 +102,15 @@ std::shared_ptr<GrpcAuthenticationStrategy> CreateAuthenticationStrategy(
           grpc::InsecureChannelCredentials());
     }
     void visit(GoogleDefaultCredentialsConfig const&) override {
+      bool use_bound_tokens =
+          google::cloud::internal::experimental::
+              GrpcEnableHardBoundTokensIsSafe() &&
+          options.get<google::cloud::internal::experimental::
+                            EnableGrpcHardBoundTokensAuthenticationOption>();
+      grpc::GoogleDefaultCredentialsOptions credentials_options = {};
+      credentials_options.use_alts_call_credentials = use_bound_tokens;
       result = std::make_unique<GrpcChannelCredentialsAuthentication>(
-          grpc::GoogleDefaultCredentials());
+          grpc::GoogleDefaultCredentials(&credentials_options));
     }
     void visit(AccessTokenConfig const& cfg) override {
       result = std::make_unique<GrpcAccessTokenAuthentication>(
diff --git a/google/cloud/internal/unified_grpc_credentials_test.cc b/google/cloud/internal/unified_grpc_credentials_test.cc
index 4aa2f6ca1e53e..27781f096cff4 100644
--- a/google/cloud/internal/unified_grpc_credentials_test.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/internal/unified_grpc_credentials_test.cc
@@ -98,6 +98,23 @@ TEST(UnifiedGrpcCredentialsTest, WithDefaultCredentials) {
   ASSERT_EQ(nullptr, context.credentials());
 }
 
+TEST(UnifiedGrpcCredentialsTest, WithDefaultCredentialsAndHardBoundToken) {
+  // Create a filename for a file that (most likely) does not exist. We just
+  // want to initialize the default credentials, the filename won't be used by
+  // the test.
+  ScopedEnvironment env("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS", "unused.json");
+
+  CompletionQueue cq;
+  auto result = CreateAuthenticationStrategy(
+      *MakeGoogleDefaultCredentials(), cq,
+      Options{}.set<EnableGrpcHardBoundTokensAuthenticationOption>(true));
+  ASSERT_NE(nullptr, result.get());
+  grpc::ClientContext context;
+  auto status = result->ConfigureContext(context);
+  EXPECT_THAT(status, IsOk());
+  ASSERT_EQ(nullptr, context.credentials());
+}
+
 TEST(UnifiedGrpcCredentialsTest, WithAccessTokenCredentials) {
   auto const expiration =
       std::chrono::system_clock::now() + std::chrono::hours(1);