diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/async/client.cc b/google/cloud/storage/async/client.cc
index 509b6294a7a96..392b6b12d835c 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/async/client.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/async/client.cc
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ AsyncClient::ResumeAppendableObjectUpload(BucketName const& bucket_name,
   append_object_spec.set_object(std::move(object_name));
   append_object_spec.set_generation(generation);
 
+  return ResumeAppendableObjectUpload(std::move(request), std::move(opts));
+}
+
+future<StatusOr<std::pair<AsyncWriter, AsyncToken>>>
+AsyncClient::ResumeAppendableObjectUpload(
+    google::storage::v2::BidiWriteObjectRequest request, Options opts) {
   return connection_
       ->ResumeAppendableObjectUpload(
           {std::move(request),
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/async/client.h b/google/cloud/storage/async/client.h
index f1514a810f54d..6f33b51567c96 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/async/client.h
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/async/client.h
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ class AsyncClient {
    * @param bucket_name the name of the bucket that contains the object.
    * @param object_name the name of the object to be uploaded.
    * @param generation the object generation to be uploaded.
-   * @param opts options controlling the behaviour of this RPC, for example the
+   * @param opts options controlling the behavior of this RPC, for example the
    * application may change the retry policy.
    */
   future<StatusOr<std::pair<AsyncWriter, AsyncToken>>>
@@ -440,6 +440,19 @@ class AsyncClient {
                                std::string object_name, std::int64_t generation,
                                Options opts = {});
 
+  /**
+   * Resume a resumable upload session for appendable objects and automatic
+   * recovery from transient failures.
+   *
+   * @param request the request contents, it must include the bucket name,
+   *     object name, and generation. Many other fields are optional.
+   * @param opts options controlling the behavior of this RPC, for example the
+   * application may change the retry policy.
+   */
+  future<StatusOr<std::pair<AsyncWriter, AsyncToken>>>
+  ResumeAppendableObjectUpload(
+      google::storage::v2::BidiWriteObjectRequest request, Options opts = {});
+
   /*
   [start-buffered-upload-common]
   This function always uses [resumable uploads][resumable-link]. The objects
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/async/client_test.cc b/google/cloud/storage/async/client_test.cc
index 7feddd2627a64..ed089792262e1 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/async/client_test.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/async/client_test.cc
@@ -1398,6 +1398,55 @@ TEST(AsyncClient, ResumeRewrite2) {
 }
 
 }  // namespace
+
+TEST(AsyncClient, ResumeAppendableObjectUpload2) {
+  auto constexpr kExpectedRequest = R"pb(
+    append_object_spec {
+      bucket: "projects/_/buckets/test-bucket",
+      object: "test-object",
+      generation: 42
+    }
+    flush: true
+  )pb";
+  auto mock = std::make_shared<MockAsyncConnection>();
+  EXPECT_CALL(*mock, options)
+      .WillRepeatedly(
+          Return(Options{}.set<TestOption<0>>("O0").set<TestOption<1>>("O1")));
+
+  EXPECT_CALL(*mock, ResumeAppendableObjectUpload)
+      .WillOnce([&](AsyncConnection::AppendableUploadParams const& p) {
+        EXPECT_THAT(p.options.get<TestOption<0>>(), "O0");
+        EXPECT_THAT(p.options.get<TestOption<1>>(), "O1-function");
+        EXPECT_THAT(p.options.get<TestOption<2>>(), "O2-function");
+        auto expected = google::storage::v2::BidiWriteObjectRequest{};
+        EXPECT_TRUE(TextFormat::ParseFromString(kExpectedRequest, &expected));
+        EXPECT_THAT(p.request, IsProtoEqual(expected));
+        auto writer = std::make_unique<MockAsyncWriterConnection>();
+        EXPECT_CALL(*writer, PersistedState)
+            .WillRepeatedly(Return(TestProtoObject()));
+
+        return make_ready_future(make_status_or(
+            std::unique_ptr<AsyncWriterConnection>(std::move(writer))));
+      });
+
+  auto client = AsyncClient(mock);
+  auto request = google::storage::v2::BidiWriteObjectRequest{};
+  ASSERT_TRUE(TextFormat::ParseFromString(kExpectedRequest, &request));
+  auto wt = client
+                .ResumeAppendableObjectUpload(
+                    std::move(request), Options{}
+                                            .set<TestOption<1>>("O1-function")
+                                            .set<TestOption<2>>("O2-function"))
+                .get();
+  ASSERT_STATUS_OK(wt);
+  AsyncWriter w;
+  AsyncToken t;
+  std::tie(w, t) = *std::move(wt);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(t.valid());
+  EXPECT_THAT(w.PersistedState(), VariantWith<google::storage::v2::Object>(
+                                      IsProtoEqual(TestProtoObject())));
+}
+
 GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_INLINE_NAMESPACE_END
 }  // namespace storage_experimental
 }  // namespace cloud