diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 8c82fc0..1d10149 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const (
 	flagPriority          = "priority"
 	flagNode              = "node"
 	flagTimeout           = "timeout"
+	flagSkipChangeStream  = "skip_change_stream"
 	defaultSchemaFileName = "schema.sql"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/load.go b/cmd/load.go
index 4eedfec..fceccbb 100644
--- a/cmd/load.go
+++ b/cmd/load.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+var (
+	skipChangeStream bool
+)
 var loadCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "load",
 	Short: "Load schema from server to file",
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ func load(c *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	}
 	defer client.Close()
 
-	ddl, err := client.LoadDDL(ctx)
+	ddl, err := client.LoadDDL(ctx, skipChangeStream)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &Error{
 			err: err,
@@ -60,3 +63,7 @@ func load(c *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func init() {
+	loadCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&skipChangeStream, flagSkipChangeStream, false, "Skip Change Stream to load")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/spanner/client.go b/pkg/spanner/client.go
index 3a8bad1..17babf3 100644
--- a/pkg/spanner/client.go
+++ b/pkg/spanner/client.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 
 	"cloud.google.com/go/spanner"
 	databasev1 "cloud.google.com/go/spanner/admin/database/apiv1"
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ func (c *Client) TruncateAllTables(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Client) LoadDDL(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
+func (c *Client) LoadDDL(ctx context.Context, skipChangeStream bool) ([]byte, error) {
 	req := &databasepb.GetDatabaseDdlRequest{Database: c.config.URL()}
 
 	res, err := c.spannerAdminClient.GetDatabaseDdl(ctx, req)
@@ -188,6 +189,9 @@ func (c *Client) LoadDDL(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 	var schema []byte
 	last := len(res.Statements) - 1
 	for index, statement := range res.Statements {
+		if skipChangeStream && strings.HasPrefix(statement, "CREATE CHANGE STREAM") {
+			continue
+		}
 		if index != last {
 			statement += ddlStatementsSeparator + "\n\n"
 		} else {
diff --git a/pkg/spanner/client_test.go b/pkg/spanner/client_test.go
index 0b2772a..a7b6f11 100644
--- a/pkg/spanner/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/spanner/client_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const (
 	envSpannerInstanceID   = "SPANNER_INSTANCE_ID"
 	envSpannerDatabaseID   = "SPANNER_DATABASE_ID"
 	envSpannerEmulatorHost = "SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST"
+	skipChangeStream       = false
 )
 
 func TestLoadDDL(t *testing.T) {
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ func TestLoadDDL(t *testing.T) {
 	client, done := testClientWithDatabase(t, ctx)
 	defer done()
 
-	gotDDL, err := client.LoadDDL(ctx)
+	// we can't include Change Stream schema to testdata because cloud-spanner-emulator hasn't supported it yet.
+	gotDDL, err := client.LoadDDL(ctx, skipChangeStream)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to load ddl: %v", err)
 	}