diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/table.py b/google/cloud/bigquery/table.py
index 5a4de6a015..621ef2fa89 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/table.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/table.py
@@ -1019,6 +1019,9 @@ def _build_resource(self, filter_fields):
     def __repr__(self):
         return "Table({})".format(repr(self.reference))
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"{self.project}.{self.dataset_id}.{self.table_id}"
+
 
 class TableListItem(_TableBase):
     """A read-only table resource from a list operation.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_table.py b/tests/unit/test_table.py
index 66bc1d3db7..ba35b22974 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_table.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_table.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 import google.api_core.exceptions
 
+from google.cloud.bigquery.table import TableReference
+
 from google.cloud import bigquery_storage
 from google.cloud.bigquery_storage_v1.services.big_query_read.transports import (
     grpc as big_query_read_grpc_transport,
@@ -1410,6 +1412,11 @@ def test___repr__(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(repr(table1), expected)
 
+    def test___str__(self):
+        dataset = DatasetReference("project1", "dataset1")
+        table1 = self._make_one(TableReference(dataset, "table1"))
+        self.assertEqual(str(table1), "project1.dataset1.table1")
+
 
 class Test_row_from_mapping(unittest.TestCase, _SchemaBase):