diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index d7d9aafb..cc4d2bb2 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ type SpannerConn interface {
 	// was executed on the connection, or an error if the connection has not executed a read/write transaction
 	// that committed successfully.
 	CommitResponse() (commitResponse *spanner.CommitResponse, err error)
+	// ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp returns the read timestamp chosen by Cloud Spanner
+	// for the current read-only transaction, or an error if there is no active
+	// read-only transaction.
+	ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp() (readTimestamp time.Time, err error)
 
 	// UnderlyingClient returns the underlying Spanner client for the database.
 	// The client cannot be used to access the current transaction or batch on
@@ -314,6 +318,13 @@ func (c *conn) CommitResponse() (commitResponse *spanner.CommitResponse, err err
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
+func (c *conn) ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp() (time.Time, error) {
+	if !c.inTransaction() {
+		return time.Time{}, spanner.ToSpannerError(status.Error(codes.FailedPrecondition, "no active transaction"))
+	}
+	return c.tx.ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp()
+}
+
 func (c *conn) clearCommitResponse() {
 	_ = propertyCommitResponse.SetValue(c.state, nil, connectionstate.ContextUser)
 	_ = propertyCommitTimestamp.SetValue(c.state, nil, connectionstate.ContextUser)
diff --git a/testutil/inmem_spanner_server.go b/testutil/inmem_spanner_server.go
index 02477b24..a70c6f32 100644
--- a/testutil/inmem_spanner_server.go
+++ b/testutil/inmem_spanner_server.go
@@ -670,8 +670,10 @@ func (s *inMemSpannerServer) generateTransactionName(session string) string {
 func (s *inMemSpannerServer) beginTransaction(session *spannerpb.Session, options *spannerpb.TransactionOptions) *spannerpb.Transaction {
 	id := s.generateTransactionName(session.Name)
 	res := &spannerpb.Transaction{
-		Id:            []byte(id),
-		ReadTimestamp: getCurrentTimestamp(),
+		Id: []byte(id),
+	}
+	if options != nil && options.GetReadOnly() != nil {
+		res.ReadTimestamp = getCurrentTimestamp()
 	}
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	s.transactions[id] = res
@@ -988,6 +990,11 @@ func (s *inMemSpannerServer) executeStreamingSQL(req *spannerpb.ExecuteSqlReques
 	}
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	resWithTx := statementResult.getResultSetWithTransactionSet(req.GetTransaction(), id)
+	if resWithTx.ResultSet != nil && resWithTx.ResultSet.Metadata != nil && resWithTx.ResultSet.Metadata.Transaction != nil {
+		if tx, ok := s.transactions[string(id)]; ok {
+			resWithTx.ResultSet.Metadata.Transaction.ReadTimestamp = tx.ReadTimestamp
+		}
+	}
 	isPartitionedDml := s.partitionedDmlTransactions[string(id)]
 	s.mu.Unlock()
 	switch statementResult.Type {
diff --git a/transaction.go b/transaction.go
index c01698f3..001d90b0 100644
--- a/transaction.go
+++ b/transaction.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type contextTransaction interface {
 	IsInBatch() bool
 
 	BufferWrite(ms []*spanner.Mutation) error
+	ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp() (time.Time, error)
 }
 
 type rowIterator interface {
@@ -168,6 +169,13 @@ func (d *delegatingTransaction) Rollback() error {
 	return d.contextTransaction.Rollback()
 }
 
+func (d *delegatingTransaction) ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp() (time.Time, error) {
+	if err := d.ensureActivated(); err != nil {
+		return time.Time{}, err
+	}
+	return d.contextTransaction.ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp()
+}
+
 func (d *delegatingTransaction) resetForRetry(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if d.contextTransaction == nil {
 		return status.Error(codes.FailedPrecondition, "a transaction can only be reset after it has been activated")
@@ -371,6 +379,16 @@ func (tx *readOnlyTransaction) BufferWrite([]*spanner.Mutation) error {
 	return spanner.ToSpannerError(status.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "read-only transactions cannot write"))
 }
 
+func (tx *readOnlyTransaction) ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp() (time.Time, error) {
+	if tx.roTx != nil {
+		return tx.roTx.Timestamp()
+	}
+	if tx.boTx != nil {
+		return tx.boTx.Timestamp()
+	}
+	return time.Time{}, spanner.ToSpannerError(status.Error(codes.FailedPrecondition, "underlying read-only transaction is not initialized"))
+}
+
 // ErrAbortedDueToConcurrentModification is returned by a read/write transaction
 // that was aborted by Cloud Spanner, and where the internal retry attempt
 // failed because it detected that the results during the retry were different
@@ -810,6 +828,10 @@ func (tx *readWriteTransaction) BufferWrite(ms []*spanner.Mutation) error {
 	return tx.rwTx.BufferWrite(ms)
 }
 
+func (tx *readWriteTransaction) ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp() (time.Time, error) {
+	return time.Time{}, spanner.ToSpannerError(status.Error(codes.FailedPrecondition, "cannot retrieve read timestamp on a read-write transaction"))
+}
+
 // errorsEqualForRetry returns true if the two errors should be considered equal
 // when retrying a transaction. This comparison will return true if:
 // - The errors are the same instances
diff --git a/transaction_test.go b/transaction_test.go
index 1592f6ba..1295d070 100644
--- a/transaction_test.go
+++ b/transaction_test.go
@@ -461,3 +461,71 @@ func BenchmarkReadWriteTransaction(b *testing.B) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db, _, teardown := setupTestDBConnection(t)
+	defer teardown()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	conn, err := db.Conn(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer silentClose(conn)
+
+	err = conn.Raw(func(driverConn any) error {
+		spannerConn := driverConn.(SpannerConn)
+		_, err := spannerConn.ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp()
+		return err
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error retrieving read timestamp when no transaction is active")
+	} else if g, w := status.Code(err), codes.FailedPrecondition; g != w {
+		t.Errorf("error code mismatch\n Got: %v\nWant: %v", g, w)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := conn.ExecContext(ctx, "begin transaction read only"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	rows, err := conn.QueryContext(ctx, testutil.SelectFooFromBar)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if rows.Next() {
+		var foo int64
+		_ = rows.Scan(&foo)
+	}
+	_ = rows.Close()
+
+	var readTimestamp time.Time
+	err = conn.Raw(func(driverConn any) error {
+		spannerConn := driverConn.(SpannerConn)
+		var err error
+		readTimestamp, err = spannerConn.ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp()
+		return err
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error retrieving read timestamp: %v", err)
+	}
+	if readTimestamp.IsZero() {
+		t.Error("expected non-zero read timestamp")
+	}
+
+	if _, err := conn.ExecContext(ctx, "rollback"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	err = conn.Raw(func(driverConn any) error {
+		spannerConn := driverConn.(SpannerConn)
+		_, err := spannerConn.ReadOnlyTransactionTimestamp()
+		return err
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error retrieving read timestamp after transaction is closed")
+	} else if g, w := status.Code(err), codes.FailedPrecondition; g != w {
+		t.Errorf("error code mismatch\n Got: %v\nWant: %v", g, w)
+	}
+}