diff --git a/bigquery/src/http/job/query.rs b/bigquery/src/http/job/query.rs
index e48cc36d..8ea75e86 100644
--- a/bigquery/src/http/job/query.rs
+++ b/bigquery/src/http/job/query.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ pub struct QueryRequest {
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct QueryResponse {
     /// The resource type.
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub kind: String,
     /// The schema of the results. Present only when the query completes successfully.
     pub schema: Option<TableSchema>,