diff --git a/bigframes/bigquery/_operations/ai.py b/bigframes/bigquery/_operations/ai.py
index 5fe9f306d5..477ca91366 100644
--- a/bigframes/bigquery/_operations/ai.py
+++ b/bigframes/bigquery/_operations/ai.py
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ def generate_table(
     model: Union[bigframes.ml.base.BaseEstimator, str, pd.Series],
     data: Union[dataframe.DataFrame, series.Series, pd.DataFrame, pd.Series],
     *,
-    output_schema: str,
+    output_schema: Union[str, Mapping[str, str]],
     temperature: Optional[float] = None,
     top_p: Optional[float] = None,
     max_output_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -642,8 +642,10 @@ def generate_table(
             treated as the 'prompt' column.  If a DataFrame is provided, it
             must contain a 'prompt' column, or you must rename the column you
             wish to generate table to 'prompt'.
-        output_schema (str):
-            A string defining the output schema (e.g., "col1 STRING, col2 INT64").
+        output_schema (str | Mapping[str, str]):
+            A string defining the output schema (e.g., "col1 STRING, col2 INT64"),
+            or a mapping value that specifies the schema of the output, in the form {field_name: data_type}.
+            Supported data types include `STRING`, `INT64`, `FLOAT64`, `BOOL`, `ARRAY`, and `STRUCT`.
         temperature (float, optional):
             A FLOAT64 value that is used for sampling promiscuity. The value
             must be in the range ``[0.0, 1.0]``.
@@ -666,8 +668,17 @@ def generate_table(
     model_name, session = bq_utils.get_model_name_and_session(model, data)
     table_sql = bq_utils.to_sql(data)
 
+    if isinstance(output_schema, Mapping):
+        output_schema_str = ", ".join(
+            [f"{name} {sql_type}" for name, sql_type in output_schema.items()]
+        )
+        # Validate user input
+        output_schemas.parse_sql_fields(output_schema_str)
+    else:
+        output_schema_str = output_schema
+
     struct_fields_bq: Dict[str, bigframes.core.sql.literals.STRUCT_VALUES] = {
-        "output_schema": output_schema
+        "output_schema": output_schema_str
     }
     if temperature is not None:
         struct_fields_bq["temperature"] = temperature
diff --git a/tests/system/large/bigquery/test_ai.py b/tests/system/large/bigquery/test_ai.py
index 86cf4d7f00..668581c627 100644
--- a/tests/system/large/bigquery/test_ai.py
+++ b/tests/system/large/bigquery/test_ai.py
@@ -111,3 +111,20 @@ def test_generate_table(text_model):
     assert "creator" in result.columns
     # The model may not always return the exact number of rows requested.
     assert len(result) > 0
+
+
+def test_generate_table_with_mapping_schema(text_model):
+    df = bpd.DataFrame(
+        {"prompt": ["Generate a table of 2 programming languages and their creators."]}
+    )
+
+    result = ai.generate_table(
+        text_model,
+        df,
+        output_schema={"language": "STRING", "creator": "STRING"},
+    )
+
+    assert "language" in result.columns
+    assert "creator" in result.columns
+    # The model may not always return the exact number of rows requested.
+    assert len(result) > 0
diff --git a/tests/unit/bigquery/test_ai.py b/tests/unit/bigquery/test_ai.py
index 796e86f924..c73e63b9db 100644
--- a/tests/unit/bigquery/test_ai.py
+++ b/tests/unit/bigquery/test_ai.py
@@ -269,6 +269,32 @@ def test_generate_table_with_options(mock_dataframe, mock_session):
     )
 
 
+def test_generate_table_with_mapping_schema(mock_dataframe, mock_session):
+    model_name = "project.dataset.model"
+
+    bbq.ai.generate_table(
+        model_name,
+        mock_dataframe,
+        output_schema={"col1": "STRING", "col2": "INT64"},
+    )
+
+    mock_session.read_gbq_query.assert_called_once()
+    query = mock_session.read_gbq_query.call_args[0][0]
+
+    # Normalize whitespace for comparison
+    query = " ".join(query.split())
+
+    expected_part_1 = "SELECT * FROM AI.GENERATE_TABLE("
+    expected_part_2 = f"MODEL `{model_name}`,"
+    expected_part_3 = "(SELECT * FROM my_table),"
+    expected_part_4 = "STRUCT('col1 STRING, col2 INT64' AS output_schema)"
+
+    assert expected_part_1 in query
+    assert expected_part_2 in query
+    assert expected_part_3 in query
+    assert expected_part_4 in query
+
+
 @mock.patch("bigframes.pandas.read_pandas")
 def test_generate_text_with_pandas_dataframe(
     read_pandas_mock, mock_dataframe, mock_session