diff --git a/dbt-bigquery/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20250202-105422.yaml b/dbt-bigquery/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20250202-105422.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af8c00760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt-bigquery/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20250202-105422.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Fix silently ignoring materialized view authorization
+time: 2025-02-02T10:54:22.12198+01:00
+custom:
+  Author: kubikb
+  Issue: "1471"
diff --git a/dbt-bigquery/src/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/materialized_view.sql b/dbt-bigquery/src/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/materialized_view.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b305cc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt-bigquery/src/dbt/include/bigquery/macros/materializations/materialized_view.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{% materialization materialized_view, adapter='bigquery' -%}
+
+    {% set relations = materialization_materialized_view_default() %}
+
+    {% if config.get('grant_access_to') %}
+      {% for grant_target_dict in config.get('grant_access_to') %}
+        {% do adapter.grant_access_to(this, 'view', None, grant_target_dict) %}
+      {% endfor %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {{ return(relations) }}
+
+{%- endmaterialization %}
diff --git a/dbt-bigquery/tests/functional/adapter/test_grant_access_to.py b/dbt-bigquery/tests/functional/adapter/test_grant_access_to.py
index 633cebe92..57edd13f8 100644
--- a/dbt-bigquery/tests/functional/adapter/test_grant_access_to.py
+++ b/dbt-bigquery/tests/functional/adapter/test_grant_access_to.py
@@ -21,6 +21,24 @@ def select_1(dataset: str, materialized: str):
     )
 
 
+def select_1_materialized_view(dataset: str):
+    config = f"""config(
+                materialized='materialized_view',
+                grant_access_to=[
+                  {{'project': 'dbt-test-env', 'dataset': '{dataset}'}},
+                ]
+            )"""
+    return (
+        "{{"
+        + config
+        + "}}"
+        + """
+           SELECT one, COUNT(1) AS count_one
+           FROM {{ ref('select_1_table') }}
+           GROUP BY one"""
+    )
+
+
 BAD_CONFIG_TABLE_NAME = "bad_view"
 BAD_CONFIG_TABLE = """
 {{ config(
@@ -75,16 +93,35 @@ def models(self, unique_schema):
         return {
             "select_1.sql": select_1(dataset=dataset, materialized="view"),
             "select_1_table.sql": select_1(dataset=dataset, materialized="table"),
+            "select_1_materialized_view.sql": select_1_materialized_view(dataset=dataset),
         }
 
-    def test_grant_access_succeeds(self, project, setup_grant_schema, teardown_grant_schema):
+    def test_grant_access_succeeds(
+        self, project, setup_grant_schema, teardown_grant_schema, unique_schema
+    ):
         # Need to run twice to validate idempotency
         results = run_dbt(["run"])
-        assert len(results) == 2
+        assert len(results) == 3
         time.sleep(10)
-        results = run_dbt(["run"])
+        # Materialized view excluded since it would produce an error since source table is replaced
+        results = run_dbt(["run", "--exclude", "select_1_materialized_view"])
         assert len(results) == 2
 
+        with project.adapter.connection_named("__test_grants"):
+            client = project.adapter.connections.get_thread_connection().handle
+            dataset_name = get_schema_name(unique_schema)
+            dataset_id = "{}.{}".format("dbt-test-env", dataset_name)
+            bq_dataset = client.get_dataset(dataset_id)
+
+            authorized_view_names = []
+            for access_entry in bq_dataset.access_entries:
+                if access_entry.entity_type != "view":
+                    continue
+
+                authorized_view_names.append(access_entry.entity_id["tableId"])
+
+            assert set(authorized_view_names) == set(["select_1", "select_1_materialized_view"])
+
 
 class TestAccessGrantFails:
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")