diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-cows-taste.md b/.changeset/chilly-cows-taste.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c43cd5b70bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilly-cows-taste.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@ai-sdk/google-vertex': patch
+---
+
+feat (provider/vertex): add schema support
diff --git a/content/providers/01-ai-sdk-providers/11-google-vertex.mdx b/content/providers/01-ai-sdk-providers/11-google-vertex.mdx
index 8177b6fcfb8c..5b83ce4a2212 100644
--- a/content/providers/01-ai-sdk-providers/11-google-vertex.mdx
+++ b/content/providers/01-ai-sdk-providers/11-google-vertex.mdx
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ const model = vertex('gemini-1.5-pro', {
 
 The following optional settings are available for Google Vertex models:
 
+- **structuredOutputs** _boolean_
+
+  Optional. Enable structured output. Default is true.
+
+  This is useful when the JSON Schema contains elements that are
+  not supported by the OpenAPI schema version that
+  Google Vertex uses. You can use this to disable
+  structured outputs if you need to.
+
+  See [Troubleshooting: Schema Limitations](#troubleshooting-schema-limitations) for more details.
+
 - **safetySettings** _Array\<\{ category: string; threshold: string \}\>_
 
   Optional. Safety settings for the model.
@@ -207,14 +218,46 @@ const { text } = await generateText({
 });
 ```
 
+### Troubleshooting: Schema Limitations
+
+The Google Vertex API uses a subset of the OpenAPI 3.0 schema,
+which does not support features such as unions.
+The errors that you get in this case look like this:
+
+`GenerateContentRequest.generation_config.response_schema.properties[occupation].type: must be specified`
+
+By default, structured outputs are enabled (and for tool calling they are required).
+You can disable structured outputs for object generation as a workaround:
+
+```ts highlight="3,8"
+const result = await generateObject({
+  model: vertex('gemini-1.5-pro', {
+    structuredOutputs: false,
+  }),
+  schema: z.object({
+    name: z.string(),
+    age: z.number(),
+    contact: z.union([
+      z.object({
+        type: z.literal('email'),
+        value: z.string(),
+      }),
+      z.object({
+        type: z.literal('phone'),
+        value: z.string(),
+      }),
+    ]),
+  }),
+  prompt: 'Generate an example person for testing.',
+});
+```
+
 ### Model Capabilities
 
-| Model                   | Image Input         | Object Generation   | Tool Usage          | Tool Streaming      |
-| ----------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- |
-| `gemini-1.5-flash`      | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> |
-| `gemini-1.5-pro`        | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> |
-| `gemini-1.0-pro-vision` | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> | <Cross size={18} /> | <Cross size={18} /> |
-| `gemini-1.0-pro`        | <Cross size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> | <Cross size={18} /> | <Cross size={18} /> |
+| Model              | Image Input         | Object Generation   | Tool Usage          | Tool Streaming      |
+| ------------------ | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- |
+| `gemini-1.5-flash` | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> |
+| `gemini-1.5-pro`   | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> | <Check size={18} /> |
 
 <Note>
   The table above lists popular models. You can also pass any available provider
diff --git a/examples/ai-core/src/generate-object/google-vertex-tool.ts b/examples/ai-core/src/generate-object/google-vertex-tool.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f3676a99dc65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ai-core/src/generate-object/google-vertex-tool.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { vertex } from '@ai-sdk/google-vertex';
+import { generateObject } from 'ai';
+import 'dotenv/config';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+async function main() {
+  const result = await generateObject({
+    model: vertex('gemini-1.5-pro'),
+    mode: 'tool',
+    schema: z.object({
+      recipe: z.object({
+        name: z.string(),
+        ingredients: z.array(
+          z.object({
+            name: z.string(),
+            amount: z.string(),
+          }),
+        ),
+        steps: z.array(z.string()),
+      }),
+    }),
+    prompt: 'Generate a lasagna recipe.',
+  });
+
+  console.log(JSON.stringify(result.object.recipe, null, 2));
+  console.log();
+  console.log('Token usage:', result.usage);
+  console.log('Finish reason:', result.finishReason);
+}
+
+main().catch(console.error);
diff --git a/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-language-model.test.ts b/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-language-model.test.ts
index bb8780bae783..268a001810b5 100644
--- a/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-language-model.test.ts
+++ b/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-language-model.test.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ describe('doGenerate', () => {
         frequencyPenalty: undefined,
         maxOutputTokens: undefined,
         responseMimeType: undefined,
+        responseSchema: undefined,
         temperature: undefined,
         topK: undefined,
         topP: undefined,
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ describe('doGenerate', () => {
       generationConfig: {
         maxOutputTokens: 100,
         responseMimeType: undefined,
+        responseSchema: undefined,
         temperature: 0.5,
         topK: 0.1,
         topP: 0.9,
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@ describe('doGenerate', () => {
         frequencyPenalty: undefined,
         maxOutputTokens: undefined,
         responseMimeType: undefined,
+        responseSchema: undefined,
         stopSequences: undefined,
         temperature: undefined,
         topK: undefined,
@@ -321,46 +324,102 @@ describe('doGenerate', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('should set name & description in object-json mode', async () => {
+  it('should pass specification in object-json mode with structuredOutputs = true (default)', async () => {
     const { model, mockVertexAI } = createModel({
-      modelId: 'test-model',
       generateContent: prepareResponse({
-        parts: [{ text: '{"value":"Spark"}' }],
+        text: '{"property1":"value1","property2":"value2"}',
       }),
     });
 
-    const response = await model.doGenerate({
+    const result = await model.doGenerate({
       inputFormat: 'prompt',
       mode: {
         type: 'object-json',
-        name: 'test-name',
-        description: 'test description',
         schema: {
           type: 'object',
-          properties: { value: { type: 'string' } },
-          required: ['value'],
+          properties: {
+            property1: { type: 'string' },
+            property2: { type: 'number' },
+          },
+          required: ['property1', 'property2'],
+          additionalProperties: false,
+        },
+      },
+      prompt: TEST_PROMPT,
+    });
+
+    expect(mockVertexAI.lastModelParams).toStrictEqual({
+      generationConfig: {
+        frequencyPenalty: undefined,
+        maxOutputTokens: undefined,
+        responseMimeType: 'application/json',
+        responseSchema: {
+          properties: {
+            property1: { type: 'string' },
+            property2: { type: 'number' },
+          },
+          required: ['property1', 'property2'],
+          type: 'object',
+        },
+        stopSequences: undefined,
+        temperature: undefined,
+        topK: undefined,
+        topP: undefined,
+      },
+      model: 'gemini-1.0-pro-002',
+      safetySettings: undefined,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.text).toStrictEqual(
+      '{"property1":"value1","property2":"value2"}',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should not pass specification in object-json mode with structuredOutputs = false', async () => {
+    const { model, mockVertexAI } = createModel({
+      generateContent: prepareResponse({
+        text: '{"property1":"value1","property2":"value2"}',
+      }),
+      settings: {
+        structuredOutputs: false,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const result = await model.doGenerate({
+      inputFormat: 'prompt',
+      mode: {
+        type: 'object-json',
+        schema: {
+          type: 'object',
+          properties: {
+            property1: { type: 'string' },
+            property2: { type: 'number' },
+          },
+          required: ['property1', 'property2'],
           additionalProperties: false,
-          $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#',
         },
       },
       prompt: TEST_PROMPT,
     });
 
     expect(mockVertexAI.lastModelParams).toStrictEqual({
-      model: 'test-model',
       generationConfig: {
         frequencyPenalty: undefined,
         maxOutputTokens: undefined,
         responseMimeType: 'application/json',
+        responseSchema: undefined,
         stopSequences: undefined,
         temperature: undefined,
         topK: undefined,
         topP: undefined,
       },
+      model: 'gemini-1.0-pro-002',
       safetySettings: undefined,
     });
 
-    expect(response.text).toStrictEqual('{"value":"Spark"}');
+    expect(result.text).toStrictEqual(
+      '{"property1":"value1","property2":"value2"}',
+    );
   });
 
   it('should support object-tool mode', async () => {
@@ -403,6 +462,7 @@ describe('doGenerate', () => {
         frequencyPenalty: undefined,
         maxOutputTokens: undefined,
         responseMimeType: undefined,
+        responseSchema: undefined,
         temperature: undefined,
         topK: undefined,
         topP: undefined,
diff --git a/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-language-model.ts b/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-language-model.ts
index 2879d34e8b52..d9a267d0f5d6 100644
--- a/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-language-model.ts
+++ b/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-language-model.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   GenerateContentResponse,
   GenerationConfig,
   Part,
+  ResponseSchema,
   SafetySetting,
   Tool,
   ToolConfig,
@@ -33,9 +34,13 @@ type GoogleVertexAIConfig = {
 export class GoogleVertexLanguageModel implements LanguageModelV1 {
   readonly specificationVersion = 'v1';
   readonly provider = 'google-vertex';
-  readonly defaultObjectGenerationMode = 'tool';
+  readonly defaultObjectGenerationMode = 'json';
   readonly supportsImageUrls = false;
 
+  get supportsObjectGeneration() {
+    return this.settings.structuredOutputs !== false;
+  }
+
   readonly modelId: GoogleVertexModelId;
   readonly settings: GoogleVertexSettings;
 
@@ -98,8 +103,20 @@ export class GoogleVertexLanguageModel implements LanguageModelV1 {
       temperature,
       topP,
       stopSequences,
+
+      // response format:
       responseMimeType:
         responseFormat?.type === 'json' ? 'application/json' : undefined,
+      responseSchema:
+        responseFormat?.type === 'json' &&
+        responseFormat.schema != null &&
+        // Google Vertex does not support all OpenAPI Schema features,
+        // so this is needed as an escape hatch:
+        this.supportsObjectGeneration
+          ? (convertJSONSchemaToOpenAPISchema(
+              responseFormat.schema,
+            ) as ResponseSchema)
+          : undefined,
     };
 
     const type = mode.type;
@@ -132,6 +149,15 @@ export class GoogleVertexLanguageModel implements LanguageModelV1 {
             generationConfig: {
               ...generationConfig,
               responseMimeType: 'application/json',
+              responseSchema:
+                mode.schema != null &&
+                // Google Vertex does not support all OpenAPI Schema features,
+                // so this is needed as an escape hatch:
+                this.supportsObjectGeneration
+                  ? (convertJSONSchemaToOpenAPISchema(
+                      mode.schema,
+                    ) as ResponseSchema)
+                  : undefined,
             },
             safetySettings: this.settings.safetySettings as
               | undefined
diff --git a/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-settings.ts b/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-settings.ts
index 06b0382cd1f5..6e76ca5eb3ae 100644
--- a/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-settings.ts
+++ b/packages/google-vertex/src/google-vertex-settings.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ Models running with nucleus sampling don't allow topK setting.
    */
   topK?: number;
 
+  /**
+   * Optional. Enable structured output. Default is true.
+   *
+   * This is useful when the JSON Schema contains elements that are
+   * not supported by the OpenAPI schema version that
+   * Google Generative AI uses. You can use this to disable
+   * structured outputs if you need to.
+   */
+  structuredOutputs?: boolean;
+
   /**
 Optional. A list of unique safety settings for blocking unsafe content.
    */