diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f741e55..ab3651b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -190,6 +190,45 @@ Note that execution options are applied lazily - on the `execute()` method call,
 
 ReadOnly/ReadWrite mode of a connection can't be changed while a transaction is in progress - first you must commit or rollback it.
 
+### Stale reads 
+To use the Spanner [Stale Reads](https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reads#perform-stale-read) with SQLAlchemy you can tweak the connection execution options with a wanted staleness value. For example:
+```python
+# maximum staleness
+with engine.connect().execution_options(
+    read_only=True,
+    staleness={"max_staleness": datetime.timedelta(seconds=5)}
+) as connection:
+    connection.execute(select(["*"], from_obj=table)).fetchall()
+```
+
+```python
+# exact staleness
+with engine.connect().execution_options(
+    read_only=True,
+    staleness={"exact_staleness": datetime.timedelta(seconds=5)}
+) as connection:
+    connection.execute(select(["*"], from_obj=table)).fetchall()
+```
+
+```python
+# min read timestamp
+with engine.connect().execution_options(
+    read_only=True,
+    staleness={"min_read_timestamp": datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 17, 12, 55, 30)}
+) as connection:
+    connection.execute(select(["*"], from_obj=table)).fetchall()
+```
+
+```python
+# read timestamp
+with engine.connect().execution_options(
+    read_only=True,
+    staleness={"read_timestamp": datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 17, 12, 55, 30)}
+) as connection:
+    connection.execute(select(["*"], from_obj=table)).fetchall()
+```
+Note that the set option will be dropped when the connection is returned back to the pool.
+
 ### DDL and transactions  
 DDL statements are executed outside the regular transactions mechanism, which means DDL statements will not be rolled back on normal transaction rollback.
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/sqlalchemy_spanner/sqlalchemy_spanner.py b/google/cloud/sqlalchemy_spanner/sqlalchemy_spanner.py
index d65fc0a9..118672e4 100644
--- a/google/cloud/sqlalchemy_spanner/sqlalchemy_spanner.py
+++ b/google/cloud/sqlalchemy_spanner/sqlalchemy_spanner.py
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 from sqlalchemy import ForeignKeyConstraint, types, util
 from sqlalchemy.engine.base import Engine
 from sqlalchemy.engine.default import DefaultDialect, DefaultExecutionContext
+from sqlalchemy.event import listens_for
 from sqlalchemy.ext.compiler import compiles
+from sqlalchemy.pool import Pool
 from sqlalchemy.sql.compiler import (
     selectable,
     DDLCompiler,
@@ -38,6 +40,13 @@
 from google.cloud import spanner_dbapi
 from google.cloud.sqlalchemy_spanner._opentelemetry_tracing import trace_call
 
+
+@listens_for(Pool, "reset")
+def reset_connection(dbapi_conn, connection_record):
+    """An event of returning a connection back to a pool."""
+    dbapi_conn.connection.staleness = None
+
+
 # Spanner-to-SQLAlchemy types map
 _type_map = {
     "BOOL": types.Boolean,
@@ -128,6 +137,10 @@ def pre_exec(self):
         if read_only is not None:
             self._dbapi_connection.connection.read_only = read_only
 
+        staleness = self.execution_options.get("staleness", None)
+        if staleness is not None:
+            self._dbapi_connection.connection.staleness = staleness
+
 
 class SpannerIdentifierPreparer(IdentifierPreparer):
     """Identifiers compiler.
diff --git a/test/test_suite.py b/test/test_suite.py
index ea40bf09..74c5d447 100644
--- a/test/test_suite.py
+++ b/test/test_suite.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from datetime import timezone
+import datetime
 import decimal
 import operator
 import os
@@ -975,7 +975,9 @@ def test_row_w_scalar_select(self):
 
         eq_(
             row["somelabel"],
-            DatetimeWithNanoseconds(2006, 5, 12, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+            DatetimeWithNanoseconds(
+                2006, 5, 12, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc
+            ),
         )
 
 
@@ -1578,7 +1580,7 @@ class ExecutionOptionsTest(fixtures.TestBase):
     """
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self._engine = create_engine(get_db_url())
+        self._engine = create_engine(get_db_url(), pool_size=1)
         self._metadata = MetaData(bind=self._engine)
 
         self._table = Table(
@@ -1594,3 +1596,15 @@ def test_read_only(self):
         with self._engine.connect().execution_options(read_only=True) as connection:
             connection.execute(select(["*"], from_obj=self._table)).fetchall()
             assert connection.connection.read_only is True
+
+    def test_staleness(self):
+        with self._engine.connect().execution_options(
+            read_only=True, staleness={"max_staleness": datetime.timedelta(seconds=5)}
+        ) as connection:
+            connection.execute(select(["*"], from_obj=self._table)).fetchall()
+            assert connection.connection.staleness == {
+                "max_staleness": datetime.timedelta(seconds=5)
+            }
+
+        with self._engine.connect() as connection:
+            assert connection.connection.staleness is None