diff --git a/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/models/GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes.scala b/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/models/GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes.scala
index 4609af772d..bb6b4826e9 100644
--- a/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/models/GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes.scala
+++ b/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/models/GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ final case class GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes(cpu: Int Refined Positive,
                                            continueOnReturnCode: ContinueOnReturnCode,
                                            noAddress: Boolean,
                                            useDockerImageCache: Option[Boolean],
-                                           checkpointFilename: Option[String]
+                                           checkpointFilename: Option[String],
+                                           standardMachineType: Option[String]
 )
 
 object GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes {
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ object GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes {
     UseDockerImageCacheKey
   ).optional
 
+  val StandardMachineTypeKey = "StandardMachineType"
+
   val CheckpointFileKey = "checkpointFile"
   private val checkpointFileValidationInstance = new StringRuntimeAttributesValidation(CheckpointFileKey).optional
 
@@ -98,6 +101,8 @@ object GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes {
       )
   private def cpuPlatformValidation(runtimeConfig: Option[Config]): OptionalRuntimeAttributesValidation[String] =
     cpuPlatformValidationInstance
+  private def standardMachineTypeValidation(runtimeConfig: Option[Config]): OptionalRuntimeAttributesValidation[String] =
+    new StringRuntimeAttributesValidation(StandardMachineTypeKey).optional
   private def gpuTypeValidation(runtimeConfig: Option[Config]): OptionalRuntimeAttributesValidation[GpuType] =
     GpuTypeValidation.optional
 
@@ -171,7 +176,8 @@ object GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes {
         bootDiskSizeValidation(runtimeConfig),
         useDockerImageCacheValidation(runtimeConfig),
         checkpointFileValidationInstance,
-        dockerValidation
+        dockerValidation,
+        standardMachineTypeValidation(runtimeConfig)
       )
   }
 
@@ -228,6 +234,10 @@ object GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes {
       useDockerImageCacheValidation(runtimeAttrsConfig).key,
       validatedRuntimeAttributes
     )
+    val standardMachineType: Option[String] = RuntimeAttributesValidation.extractOption(
+      standardMachineTypeValidation(runtimeAttrsConfig).key,
+      validatedRuntimeAttributes
+    )
 
     new GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes(
       cpu = cpu,
@@ -243,7 +253,8 @@ object GcpBatchRuntimeAttributes {
       continueOnReturnCode = continueOnReturnCode,
       noAddress = noAddress,
       useDockerImageCache = useDockerImageCache,
-      checkpointFilename = checkpointFileName
+      checkpointFilename = checkpointFileName,
+      standardMachineType = standardMachineType
     )
   }