diff --git a/packages/google-analytics-admin/src/v1alpha/analytics_admin_service_client.ts b/packages/google-analytics-admin/src/v1alpha/analytics_admin_service_client.ts
index 9a284191951..f7b82d0955d 100644
--- a/packages/google-analytics-admin/src/v1alpha/analytics_admin_service_client.ts
+++ b/packages/google-analytics-admin/src/v1alpha/analytics_admin_service_client.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const version = require('../../../package.json').version;
 export class AnalyticsAdminServiceClient {
   private _terminated = false;
   private _opts: ClientOptions;
+  private _providedCustomServicePath: boolean;
   private _gaxModule: typeof gax | typeof gax.fallback;
   private _gaxGrpc: gax.GrpcClient | gax.fallback.GrpcClient;
   private _protos: {};
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export class AnalyticsAdminServiceClient {
     longrunning: {},
     batching: {},
   };
+  warn: (code: string, message: string, warnType?: string) => void;
   innerApiCalls: {[name: string]: Function};
   pathTemplates: {[name: string]: gax.PathTemplate};
   analyticsAdminServiceStub?: Promise<{[name: string]: Function}>;
@@ -103,6 +105,9 @@ export class AnalyticsAdminServiceClient {
       .constructor as typeof AnalyticsAdminServiceClient;
     const servicePath =
       opts?.servicePath || opts?.apiEndpoint || staticMembers.servicePath;
+    this._providedCustomServicePath = !!(
+      opts?.servicePath || opts?.apiEndpoint
+    );
     const port = opts?.port || staticMembers.port;
     const clientConfig = opts?.clientConfig ?? {};
     const fallback =
@@ -303,6 +308,9 @@ export class AnalyticsAdminServiceClient {
     // of calling the API is handled in `google-gax`, with this code
     // merely providing the destination and request information.
     this.innerApiCalls = {};
+
+    // Add a warn function to the client constructor so it can be easily tested.
+    this.warn = gax.warn;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -332,7 +340,8 @@ export class AnalyticsAdminServiceClient {
         : // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
           (this._protos as any).google.analytics.admin.v1alpha
             .AnalyticsAdminService,
-      this._opts
+      this._opts,
+      this._providedCustomServicePath
     ) as Promise<{[method: string]: Function}>;
 
     // Iterate over each of the methods that the service provides