diff --git a/crates/deltalake-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/deltalake-core/Cargo.toml
index d7f69bb8f6..4ba2bedb40 100644
--- a/crates/deltalake-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/deltalake-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ datafusion = [
     "parquet",
 ]
 datafusion-ext = ["datafusion"]
-gcs = ["object_store/gcp"]
 json = ["parquet/json"]
 python = ["arrow/pyarrow"]
 unity-experimental = ["reqwest", "hyper"]
diff --git a/crates/deltalake-gcp/Cargo.toml b/crates/deltalake-gcp/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a49aa0f19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/deltalake-gcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[package]
+name = "deltalake-gcp"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+deltalake-core = { path = "../deltalake-core" }
+lazy_static = "1"
+
+# workspace depenndecies
+async-trait = { workspace = true }
+bytes = { workspace = true }
+futures = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
+object_store = { workspace = true, features = ["gcp"]}
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { workspace = true }
+regex = { workspace = true }
+url = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+chrono = { workspace = true }
+serial_test = "3"
+deltalake-test = { path = "../deltalake-test" }
+pretty_env_logger = "*"
+rand = "0.8"
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+tempfile = "3"
+
+[features]
+integration_test = []
diff --git a/crates/deltalake-gcp/src/config.rs b/crates/deltalake-gcp/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbc99c7edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/deltalake-gcp/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+//! Auxiliary module for generating a valig Google cloud configuration.
+//!
+//! Google offers few ways to authenticate against storage accounts and
+//! provide credentials for a service principal. Some of this configutaion may
+//! partially be specified in the environment. This module establishes a structured
+//! way how we discover valid credentials and some heuristics on how they are prioritized.
+use std::collections::{hash_map::Entry, HashMap};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use object_store::gcp::GoogleConfigKey;
+use object_store::Error as ObjectStoreError;
+
+use crate::error::Result;
+
+lazy_static::lazy_static! {
+    static ref CREDENTIAL_KEYS: Vec<GoogleConfigKey> =
+    Vec::from_iter([
+        GoogleConfigKey::ServiceAccountKey,
+        GoogleConfigKey::ApplicationCredentials,
+    ]);
+}
+
+/// Credential
+enum GcpCredential {
+    /// Using the service account key
+    ServiceAccountKey,
+    /// Using application credentials
+    ApplicationCredentials,
+}
+
+impl GcpCredential {
+    /// required configuration keys for variant
+    fn keys(&self) -> Vec<GoogleConfigKey> {
+        match self {
+            Self::ServiceAccountKey => Vec::from_iter([GoogleConfigKey::ServiceAccountKey]),
+            Self::ApplicationCredentials => {
+                Vec::from_iter([GoogleConfigKey::ApplicationCredentials])
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Helper struct to create full configuration from passed options and environment
+///
+/// Main concern is to pick the desired credential for connecting to starage backend
+/// based on a provided configuration and configuration set in the environment.
+pub(crate) struct GcpConfigHelper {
+    config: HashMap<GoogleConfigKey, String>,
+    env_config: HashMap<GoogleConfigKey, String>,
+    priority: Vec<GcpCredential>,
+}
+
+impl GcpConfigHelper {
+    /// Create a new [`ConfigHelper`]
+    pub fn try_new(
+        config: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl AsRef<str>, impl Into<String>)>,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mut env_config = HashMap::new();
+        for (os_key, os_value) in std::env::vars_os() {
+            if let (Some(key), Some(value)) = (os_key.to_str(), os_value.to_str()) {
+                if key.starts_with("GOOGLE_") {
+                    if let Ok(config_key) = GoogleConfigKey::from_str(&key.to_ascii_lowercase()) {
+                        env_config.insert(config_key, value.to_string());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            config: config
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(key, value)| Ok((GoogleConfigKey::from_str(key.as_ref())?, value.into())))
+                .collect::<Result<_, ObjectStoreError>>()?,
+            env_config,
+            priority: Vec::from_iter([
+                GcpCredential::ServiceAccountKey,
+                GcpCredential::ApplicationCredentials,
+            ]),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Check if all credential keys are contained in passed config
+    fn has_full_config(&self, cred: &GcpCredential) -> bool {
+        cred.keys().iter().all(|key| self.config.contains_key(key))
+    }
+
+    /// Check if any credential keys are contained in passed config
+    fn has_any_config(&self, cred: &GcpCredential) -> bool {
+        cred.keys().iter().any(|key| self.config.contains_key(key))
+    }
+
+    /// Check if all credential keys can be provided using the env
+    fn has_full_config_with_env(&self, cred: &GcpCredential) -> bool {
+        cred.keys()
+            .iter()
+            .all(|key| self.config.contains_key(key) || self.env_config.contains_key(key))
+    }
+
+    /// Generate a cofiguration augmented with options from the environment
+    pub fn build(mut self) -> Result<HashMap<GoogleConfigKey, String>> {
+        let mut has_credential = false;
+
+        // try using only passed config options
+        if !has_credential {
+            for cred in &self.priority {
+                if self.has_full_config(cred) {
+                    has_credential = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // try partially avaialbe credentials augmented by environment
+        if !has_credential {
+            for cred in &self.priority {
+                if self.has_any_config(cred) && self.has_full_config_with_env(cred) {
+                    for key in cred.keys() {
+                        if let Entry::Vacant(e) = self.config.entry(key) {
+                            e.insert(self.env_config.get(&key).unwrap().to_owned());
+                        }
+                    }
+                    has_credential = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // try getting credentials only from the environment
+        if !has_credential {
+            for cred in &self.priority {
+                if self.has_full_config_with_env(cred) {
+                    for key in cred.keys() {
+                        if let Entry::Vacant(e) = self.config.entry(key) {
+                            e.insert(self.env_config.get(&key).unwrap().to_owned());
+                        }
+                    }
+                    has_credential = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let omit_keys = if has_credential {
+            CREDENTIAL_KEYS.clone()
+        } else {
+            Vec::new()
+        };
+
+        // Add keys from the environment to the configuration, as e.g. client configuration options.
+        // NOTE We have to specifically configure omitting keys, since workload identity can
+        // work purely using defaults, but partial config may be present in the environment.
+        // Preference of conflicting configs (e.g. msi resource id vs. client id is handled in object store)
+        for key in self.env_config.keys() {
+            if !omit_keys.contains(key) {
+                if let Entry::Vacant(e) = self.config.entry(*key) {
+                    e.insert(self.env_config.get(key).unwrap().to_owned());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(self.config)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/deltalake-gcp/src/error.rs b/crates/deltalake-gcp/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aca1321c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/deltalake-gcp/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use deltalake_core::errors::DeltaTableError;
+
+pub(crate) type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
+
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+pub(crate) enum Error {
+    #[error("failed to parse config: {0}")]
+    Parse(String),
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    ObjectStore(#[from] object_store::Error),
+}
+
+impl From<Error> for DeltaTableError {
+    fn from(e: Error) -> Self {
+        match e {
+            Error::Parse(msg) => DeltaTableError::Generic(msg),
+            Error::ObjectStore(e) => DeltaTableError::ObjectStore { source: e },
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/deltalake-gcp/src/lib.rs b/crates/deltalake-gcp/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fe040d398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/deltalake-gcp/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use deltalake_core::logstore::{default_logstore, logstores, LogStore, LogStoreFactory};
+use deltalake_core::storage::{
+    factories, url_prefix_handler, ObjectStoreFactory, ObjectStoreRef, StorageOptions,
+};
+use deltalake_core::{DeltaResult, Path};
+use object_store::gcp::GoogleConfigKey;
+use object_store::parse_url_opts;
+use url::Url;
+
+mod config;
+pub mod error;
+
+trait GcpOptions {
+    fn as_gcp_options(&self) -> HashMap<GoogleConfigKey, String>;
+}
+
+impl GcpOptions for StorageOptions {
+    fn as_gcp_options(&self) -> HashMap<GoogleConfigKey, String> {
+        self.0
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|(key, value)| {
+                Some((
+                    GoogleConfigKey::from_str(&key.to_ascii_lowercase()).ok()?,
+                    value.clone(),
+                ))
+            })
+            .collect()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Default, Debug)]
+pub struct GcpFactory {}
+
+impl ObjectStoreFactory for GcpFactory {
+    fn parse_url_opts(
+        &self,
+        url: &Url,
+        options: &StorageOptions,
+    ) -> DeltaResult<(ObjectStoreRef, Path)> {
+        let config = config::GcpConfigHelper::try_new(options.as_gcp_options())?.build()?;
+        let (store, prefix) = parse_url_opts(url, config)?;
+        Ok((url_prefix_handler(store, prefix.clone())?, prefix))
+    }
+}
+
+impl LogStoreFactory for GcpFactory {
+    fn with_options(
+        &self,
+        store: ObjectStoreRef,
+        location: &Url,
+        options: &StorageOptions,
+    ) -> DeltaResult<Arc<dyn LogStore>> {
+        Ok(default_logstore(store, location, options))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Register an [ObjectStoreFactory] for common Google Cloud [Url] schemes
+pub fn register_handlers(_additional_prefixes: Option<Url>) {
+    let factory = Arc::new(GcpFactory {});
+    let scheme = &"gs";
+    let url = Url::parse(&format!("{}://", scheme)).unwrap();
+    factories().insert(url.clone(), factory.clone());
+    logstores().insert(url.clone(), factory.clone());
+}
diff --git a/crates/deltalake-gcp/tests/context.rs b/crates/deltalake-gcp/tests/context.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b96bd1f41b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/deltalake-gcp/tests/context.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+use chrono::Utc;
+use deltalake_core::errors::DeltaTableError;
+use deltalake_core::logstore::LogStore;
+use deltalake_core::table::builder::DeltaTableBuilder;
+use deltalake_gcp::register_handlers;
+use deltalake_test::utils::*;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::process::ExitStatus;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+/// Kinds of storage integration
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct GcpIntegration {
+    bucket_name: String,
+    temp_dir: TempDir,
+}
+
+impl Default for GcpIntegration {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        register_handlers(None);
+        Self {
+            bucket_name: format!("test-delta-table-{}", Utc::now().timestamp()),
+            temp_dir: TempDir::new().unwrap(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Synchronize the contents of two object stores
+pub async fn sync_stores(
+    from_store: Arc<dyn LogStore>,
+    to_store: Arc<dyn LogStore>,
+) -> Result<(), DeltaTableError> {
+    let from_store = from_store.object_store().clone();
+    let to_store = to_store.object_store().clone();
+    // TODO if a table is copied within the same root store (i.e bucket), using copy would be MUCH more efficient
+    let mut meta_stream = from_store.list(None);
+    while let Some(file) = meta_stream.next().await {
+        if let Ok(meta) = file {
+            let bytes = from_store.get(&meta.location).await?.bytes().await?;
+            to_store.put(&meta.location, bytes).await?;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn copy_table(
+    from: impl AsRef<str>,
+    from_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
+    to: impl AsRef<str>,
+    to_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
+    allow_http: bool,
+) -> Result<(), DeltaTableError> {
+    let from_store = DeltaTableBuilder::from_uri(from)
+        .with_storage_options(from_options.unwrap_or_default())
+        .with_allow_http(allow_http)
+        .build_storage()?;
+    let to_store = DeltaTableBuilder::from_uri(to)
+        .with_storage_options(to_options.unwrap_or_default())
+        .with_allow_http(allow_http)
+        .build_storage()?;
+    sync_stores(from_store, to_store).await
+}
+
+impl StorageIntegration for GcpIntegration {
+    fn prepare_env(&self) {
+        gs_cli::prepare_env();
+        let base_url = std::env::var("GOOGLE_BASE_URL").unwrap();
+        let token = serde_json::json!({"gcs_base_url": base_url, "disable_oauth": true, "client_email": "", "private_key": "", "private_key_id": ""});
+        let account_path = self.temp_dir.path().join("gcs.json");
+        println!("accoutn_path: {account_path:?}");
+        std::fs::write(&account_path, serde_json::to_vec(&token).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        std::env::set_var(
+            "GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT",
+            account_path.as_path().to_str().unwrap(),
+        );
+    }
+
+    fn create_bucket(&self) -> std::io::Result<ExitStatus> {
+        gs_cli::create_bucket(self.bucket_name())
+    }
+
+    fn bucket_name(&self) -> String {
+        self.bucket_name.clone()
+    }
+
+    fn root_uri(&self) -> String {
+        format!("gs://{}", self.bucket_name())
+    }
+
+    fn copy_directory(&self, source: &str, destination: &str) -> std::io::Result<ExitStatus> {
+        use futures::executor::block_on;
+
+        let to = format!("{}/{}", self.root_uri(), destination);
+        let _ = block_on(copy_table(source.to_owned(), None, to, None, true));
+        Ok(ExitStatus::default())
+    }
+}
+
+impl GcpIntegration {
+    fn delete_bucket(&self) -> std::io::Result<ExitStatus> {
+        gs_cli::delete_bucket(self.bucket_name.clone())
+    }
+}
+
+/// small wrapper around google api
+pub mod gs_cli {
+    use super::set_env_if_not_set;
+    use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus};
+
+    pub fn create_bucket(container_name: impl AsRef<str>) -> std::io::Result<ExitStatus> {
+        let endpoint = std::env::var("GOOGLE_ENDPOINT_URL")
+            .expect("variable GOOGLE_ENDPOINT_URL must be set to connect to GCS Emulator");
+        let payload = serde_json::json!({ "name": container_name.as_ref() });
+        let mut child = Command::new("curl")
+            .args([
+                "--insecure",
+                "-v",
+                "-X",
+                "POST",
+                "--data-binary",
+                &serde_json::to_string(&payload)?,
+                "-H",
+                "Content-Type: application/json",
+                &endpoint,
+            ])
+            .spawn()
+            .expect("curl command is installed");
+        child.wait()
+    }
+
+    pub fn delete_bucket(container_name: impl AsRef<str>) -> std::io::Result<ExitStatus> {
+        let endpoint = std::env::var("GOOGLE_ENDPOINT_URL")
+            .expect("variable GOOGLE_ENDPOINT_URL must be set to connect to GCS Emulator");
+        let payload = serde_json::json!({ "name": container_name.as_ref() });
+        let mut child = Command::new("curl")
+            .args([
+                "--insecure",
+                "-v",
+                "-X",
+                "DELETE",
+                "--data-binary",
+                &serde_json::to_string(&payload)?,
+                "-H",
+                "Content-Type: application/json",
+                &endpoint,
+            ])
+            .spawn()
+            .expect("curl command is installed");
+        child.wait()
+    }
+
+    /// prepare_env
+    pub fn prepare_env() {
+        set_env_if_not_set("GOOGLE_BASE_URL", "http://localhost:4443");
+        set_env_if_not_set("GOOGLE_ENDPOINT_URL", "http://localhost:4443/storage/v1/b");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/deltalake-gcp/tests/integration.rs b/crates/deltalake-gcp/tests/integration.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d52e2bddc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/deltalake-gcp/tests/integration.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "integration_test")]
+
+use deltalake_test::read::read_table_paths;
+use deltalake_test::{test_concurrent_writes, test_read_tables, IntegrationContext, TestResult};
+use serial_test::serial;
+
+mod context;
+use context::*;
+
+static TEST_PREFIXES: &[&str] = &["my table", "你好/😊"];
+/// TEST_PREFIXES as they should appear in object stores.
+static TEST_PREFIXES_ENCODED: &[&str] = &["my%20table", "%E4%BD%A0%E5%A5%BD/%F0%9F%98%8A"];
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[serial]
+#[ignore = "The GCP tests currently hang"]
+async fn test_read_tables_gcp() -> TestResult {
+    let context = IntegrationContext::new(Box::new(GcpIntegration::default()))?;
+
+    test_read_tables(&context).await?;
+
+    for (prefix, prefix_encoded) in TEST_PREFIXES.iter().zip(TEST_PREFIXES_ENCODED.iter()) {
+        read_table_paths(&context, prefix, prefix_encoded).await?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+#[serial]
+#[ignore = "The GCP tests currently hang"]
+async fn test_concurrency_gcp() -> TestResult {
+    let context = IntegrationContext::new(Box::new(GcpIntegration::default()))?;
+
+    test_concurrent_writes(&context).await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/crates/deltalake-test/src/utils.rs b/crates/deltalake-test/src/utils.rs
index 53adc52713..431d7afaca 100644
--- a/crates/deltalake-test/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/deltalake-test/src/utils.rs
@@ -204,61 +204,6 @@ pub fn set_env_if_not_set(key: impl AsRef<str>, value: impl AsRef<str>) {
     };
 }
 
-/// small wrapper around google api
-pub mod gs_cli {
-    use super::set_env_if_not_set;
-    use serde_json::json;
-    use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus};
-
-    pub fn create_bucket(container_name: impl AsRef<str>) -> std::io::Result<ExitStatus> {
-        let endpoint = std::env::var("GOOGLE_ENDPOINT_URL")
-            .expect("variable GOOGLE_ENDPOINT_URL must be set to connect to GCS Emulator");
-        let payload = json!({ "name": container_name.as_ref() });
-        let mut child = Command::new("curl")
-            .args([
-                "--insecure",
-                "-v",
-                "-X",
-                "POST",
-                "--data-binary",
-                &serde_json::to_string(&payload)?,
-                "-H",
-                "Content-Type: application/json",
-                &endpoint,
-            ])
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("curl command is installed");
-        child.wait()
-    }
-
-    pub fn delete_bucket(container_name: impl AsRef<str>) -> std::io::Result<ExitStatus> {
-        let endpoint = std::env::var("GOOGLE_ENDPOINT_URL")
-            .expect("variable GOOGLE_ENDPOINT_URL must be set to connect to GCS Emulator");
-        let payload = json!({ "name": container_name.as_ref() });
-        let mut child = Command::new("curl")
-            .args([
-                "--insecure",
-                "-v",
-                "-X",
-                "DELETE",
-                "--data-binary",
-                &serde_json::to_string(&payload)?,
-                "-H",
-                "Content-Type: application/json",
-                &endpoint,
-            ])
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("curl command is installed");
-        child.wait()
-    }
-
-    /// prepare_env
-    pub fn prepare_env() {
-        set_env_if_not_set("GOOGLE_BASE_URL", "http://localhost:4443");
-        set_env_if_not_set("GOOGLE_ENDPOINT_URL", "http://localhost:4443/storage/v1/b");
-    }
-}
-
 /// small wrapper around hdfs cli
 pub mod hdfs_cli {
     use std::env;
diff --git a/crates/deltalake/Cargo.toml b/crates/deltalake/Cargo.toml
index 97bddf2c58..b0bcac777d 100644
--- a/crates/deltalake/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/deltalake/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 deltalake-core = { path = "../deltalake-core" }
 deltalake-aws = { path = "../deltalake-aws", default-features = false, optional = true }
 deltalake-azure = { path = "../deltalake-azure", optional = true }
+deltalake-gcp = { path = "../deltalake-gcp", optional = true }
 deltalake-catalog-glue = { path = "../deltalake-catalog-glue", optional = true }
 
 [features]
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ arrow = ["deltalake-core/arrow"]
 default = ["arrow"]
 datafusion = ["deltalake-core/datafusion"]
 datafusion-ext = ["datafusion"]
-gcs = ["deltalake-core/gcs"]
+gcs = ["deltalake-gcp"]
 glue = ["deltalake-catalog-glue"]
 hdfs = []
 json = ["deltalake-core/json"]
diff --git a/crates/deltalake/src/lib.rs b/crates/deltalake/src/lib.rs
index 98825f2c22..38dc5d52dc 100644
--- a/crates/deltalake/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/deltalake/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ pub use deltalake_core::*;
 pub use deltalake_aws as aws;
 #[cfg(feature = "azure")]
 pub use deltalake_azure as azure;
+#[cfg(feature = "gcs")]
+pub use deltalake_gcp as gcp;
diff --git a/python/src/lib.rs b/python/src/lib.rs
index 8318d0bab9..52621492b9 100644
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -1504,6 +1504,7 @@ fn _internal(py: Python, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
 
     deltalake::aws::register_handlers(None);
     deltalake::azure::register_handlers(None);
+    deltalake::gcp::register_handlers(None);
 
     m.add("DeltaError", py.get_type::<DeltaError>())?;
     m.add("CommitFailedError", py.get_type::<CommitFailedError>())?;