diff --git a/src/v1/objects.rs b/src/v1/objects.rs
index c559aa4..44a2969 100644
--- a/src/v1/objects.rs
+++ b/src/v1/objects.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Types and APIs for interacting with GCS [Objects](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/objects)
 
 use crate::common::StorageClass;
+use http::uri::Authority;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ mod rewrite;
 pub use delete::*;
 pub use download::*;
 pub use get::*;
-use http::uri::Authority;
 pub use insert::*;
 pub use list::*;
 pub use patch::*;
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ pub type Timestamp = time::OffsetDateTime;
 
 /// Helper struct used to collate all of the operations available for
 /// [Objects](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/objects)
+/// Additionally, it can also be used to specify a custom authority.
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Object {
     authority: Authority,
 }
diff --git a/tests/objects.rs b/tests/objects.rs
index db24b28..b033f38 100644
--- a/tests/objects.rs
+++ b/tests/objects.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use http::uri::Authority;
 use tame_gcs::{
     common::{Conditionals, StandardQueryParameters},
     objects::{self, DeleteObjectOptional, InsertObjectOptional, Metadata, Object},
@@ -31,6 +32,31 @@ fn insert_vanilla() {
     util::requests_eq(&insert_req, &expected);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn insert_vanilla_using_custom_authority() {
+    let insert_req = Object::with_authority(Authority::from_static("0.0.0.0:4443"))
+        .insert_simple(
+            &(
+                &BucketName::non_validated("bucket"),
+                &ObjectName::non_validated("object/with/deep/path"),
+            ),
+            "great content",
+            13,
+            None,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let expected = http::Request::builder()
+        .method(http::Method::POST)
+        .uri("https://0.0.0.0:4443/upload/storage/v1/b/bucket/o?name=object/with/deep/path&uploadType=media&prettyPrint=false")
+        .header(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, "application/octet-stream")
+        .header(http::header::CONTENT_LENGTH, 13)
+        .body("great content")
+        .unwrap();
+
+    util::requests_eq(&insert_req, &expected);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn insert_json_content() {
     let insert_req = Object::default()
@@ -75,6 +101,24 @@ fn vanilla_get() {
     util::requests_eq(&get_req, &expected);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn vanilla_get_using_custom_authority() {
+    let get_req = Object::with_authority(Authority::from_static("0.0.0.0:4443"))
+        .get(
+            &ObjectId::new("bucket", "test/with/path_separators").unwrap(),
+            None,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let expected = http::Request::builder()
+        .method(http::Method::GET)
+        .uri("https://0.0.0.0:4443/storage/v1/b/bucket/o/test%2Fwith%2Fpath_separators?alt=json&prettyPrint=false")
+        .body(std::io::empty())
+        .unwrap();
+
+    util::requests_eq(&get_req, &expected);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn delete_vanilla() {
     let delete_req = Object::default()