diff --git a/pkg/storage/parse.go b/pkg/storage/parse.go
index d75e7663d..fff518bfb 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/parse.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ package storage
 
 import (
 	"net/url"
+	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
@@ -46,19 +48,23 @@ func ParseBackend(rawURL string, options *BackendOptions) (*backup.StorageBacken
 		}
 		prefix := strings.Trim(u.Path, "/")
 		s3 := &backup.S3{Bucket: u.Host, Prefix: prefix}
-		if options != nil {
-			if err := options.S3.apply(s3); err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
+		if options == nil {
+			options = &BackendOptions{}
+		}
+		ExtractQueryParameters(u, &options.S3)
+		if err := options.S3.apply(s3); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		return &backup.StorageBackend{Backend: &backup.StorageBackend_S3{S3: s3}}, nil
 
-	case "gcs":
+	case "gs", "gcs":
 		gcs := &backup.GCS{Bucket: u.Host, Prefix: u.Path[1:]}
-		if options != nil {
-			if err := options.GCS.apply(gcs); err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
+		if options == nil {
+			options = &BackendOptions{}
+		}
+		ExtractQueryParameters(u, &options.GCS)
+		if err := options.GCS.apply(gcs); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		return &backup.StorageBackend{Backend: &backup.StorageBackend_Gcs{Gcs: gcs}}, nil
 
@@ -67,6 +73,57 @@ func ParseBackend(rawURL string, options *BackendOptions) (*backup.StorageBacken
 	}
 }
 
+// ExtractQueryParameters moves the query parameters of the URL into the options
+// using reflection.
+//
+// The options must be a pointer to a struct which contains only string or bool
+// fields (more types will be supported in the future), and tagged for JSON
+// serialization.
+//
+// All of the URL's query parameters will be removed after calling this method.
+func ExtractQueryParameters(u *url.URL, options interface{}) {
+	type field struct {
+		index int
+		kind  reflect.Kind
+	}
+
+	// First, find all JSON fields in the options struct type.
+	o := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(options))
+	ty := o.Type()
+	numFields := ty.NumField()
+	tagToField := make(map[string]field, numFields)
+	for i := 0; i < numFields; i++ {
+		f := ty.Field(i)
+		tag := f.Tag.Get("json")
+		tagToField[tag] = field{index: i, kind: f.Type.Kind()}
+	}
+
+	// Then, read content from the URL into the options.
+	for key, params := range u.Query() {
+		if len(params) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		param := params[0]
+		normalizedKey := strings.ToLower(strings.ReplaceAll(key, "_", "-"))
+		if f, ok := tagToField[normalizedKey]; ok {
+			field := o.Field(f.index)
+			switch f.kind {
+			case reflect.Bool:
+				if v, e := strconv.ParseBool(param); e == nil {
+					field.SetBool(v)
+				}
+			case reflect.String:
+				field.SetString(param)
+			default:
+				panic("BackendOption introduced an unsupported kind, please handle it! " + f.kind.String())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Clean up the URL finally.
+	u.RawQuery = ""
+}
+
 // FormatBackendURL obtains the raw URL which can be used the reconstruct the
 // backend. The returned URL does not contain options for further configurating
 // the backend. This is to avoid exposing secret tokens.
diff --git a/pkg/storage/parse_test.go b/pkg/storage/parse_test.go
index 3f1bc4d4f..51669a806 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/parse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/parse_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ package storage
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
+	"net/url"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	. "github.com/pingcap/check"
@@ -54,6 +55,17 @@ func (r *testStorageSuite) TestCreateStorage(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(s3.Prefix, Equals, "prefix")
 	c.Assert(s3.Endpoint, Equals, "https://s3.example.com/")
 
+	s, err = ParseBackend("s3://bucket3/prefix/path?endpoint=https://127.0.0.1:9000&force_path_style=1&SSE=aws:kms&sse-kms-key-id=TestKey&xyz=abc", nil)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	s3 = s.GetS3()
+	c.Assert(s3, NotNil)
+	c.Assert(s3.Bucket, Equals, "bucket3")
+	c.Assert(s3.Prefix, Equals, "prefix/path")
+	c.Assert(s3.Endpoint, Equals, "https://127.0.0.1:9000")
+	c.Assert(s3.ForcePathStyle, IsTrue)
+	c.Assert(s3.Sse, Equals, "aws:kms")
+	c.Assert(s3.SseKmsKeyId, Equals, "TestKey")
+
 	gcsOpt := &BackendOptions{
 		GCS: GCSBackendOptions{
 			Endpoint: "https://gcs.example.com/",
@@ -68,15 +80,11 @@ func (r *testStorageSuite) TestCreateStorage(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(gcs.Endpoint, Equals, "https://gcs.example.com/")
 	c.Assert(gcs.CredentialsBlob, Equals, "")
 
-	fakeCredentialsFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "fakeCredentialsFile")
+	fakeCredentialsFile := filepath.Join(c.MkDir(), "fakeCredentialsFile")
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(fakeCredentialsFile, []byte("fakeCredentials"), 0600)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	_, err = fakeCredentialsFile.Write([]byte("fakeCredentials"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	defer func() {
-		fakeCredentialsFile.Close()
-		os.Remove(fakeCredentialsFile.Name())
-	}()
-	gcsOpt.GCS.CredentialsFile = fakeCredentialsFile.Name()
+
+	gcsOpt.GCS.CredentialsFile = fakeCredentialsFile
 
 	s, err = ParseBackend("gcs://bucket/more/prefix/", gcsOpt)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
@@ -86,6 +94,16 @@ func (r *testStorageSuite) TestCreateStorage(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(gcs.Prefix, Equals, "more/prefix/")
 	c.Assert(gcs.Endpoint, Equals, "https://gcs.example.com/")
 	c.Assert(gcs.CredentialsBlob, Equals, "fakeCredentials")
+
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(fakeCredentialsFile, []byte("fakeCreds2"), 0600)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	s, err = ParseBackend("gs://bucket4/backup/?credentials-file="+url.QueryEscape(fakeCredentialsFile), nil)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	gcs = s.GetGcs()
+	c.Assert(gcs, NotNil)
+	c.Assert(gcs.Bucket, Equals, "bucket4")
+	c.Assert(gcs.Prefix, Equals, "backup/")
+	c.Assert(gcs.CredentialsBlob, Equals, "fakeCreds2")
 }
 
 func (r *testStorageSuite) TestFormatBackendURL(c *C) {
diff --git a/tests/br_s3/run.sh b/tests/br_s3/run.sh
index 422a1270d..394ddcf0e 100755
--- a/tests/br_s3/run.sh
+++ b/tests/br_s3/run.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ done
 
 # backup full
 echo "backup start..."
-run_br --pd $PD_ADDR backup full -s "s3://mybucket/$DB" --s3.endpoint="http://$S3_ENDPOINT"
+run_br --pd $PD_ADDR backup full -s "s3://mybucket/$DB?endpoint=http://$S3_ENDPOINT"
 
 for i in $(seq $DB_COUNT); do
     run_sql "DROP DATABASE $DB${i};"