diff --git a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/utils/safe_cast.sql b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/utils/safe_cast.sql
index 57eaf7b1eb..be9f0c6207 100644
--- a/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/utils/safe_cast.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/utils/safe_cast.sql
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     (select array_agg(safe_cast(i as {{type.lower()[6:-1]}})) from unnest({{field}}) i)
 {%- elif type.lower() == 'json' and field is mapping -%}
     safe_cast(json {{ dbt.string_literal(tojson(field)) }} as json)
+{%- elif type.lower().startswith('struct') and field is string -%}
+    safe_cast({{field.strip('"').strip("'")}} as {{type}})
 {%- else -%}
     safe_cast({{field}} as {{type}})
 {%- endif -%}
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/unit_testing/test_unit_testing.py b/tests/functional/adapter/unit_testing/test_unit_testing.py
index 9b1497b25c..9181df67ab 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/unit_testing/test_unit_testing.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/unit_testing/test_unit_testing.py
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ def data_types(self):
                 """{"name": "Cooper", "forname": "Alice"}""",
             ],
             ["""json '{"name": "Cooper", "forname": "Alice"}'""", "{}"],
+            # structs
+            ["STRUCT('Isha' as name, 22 as age)", """'STRUCT("Isha" as name, 22 as age)'"""][
+                "STRUCT('Kipketer' AS name, [23.2, 26.1, 27.3, 29.4] AS laps)",
+                """'STRUCT("Kipketer" AS name, [23.2, 26.1, 27.3, 29.4] AS laps)'""",
+            ],
         ]