diff --git a/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go b/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
index a41bb0d09..afa2c7ce9 100644
--- a/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
+++ b/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
@@ -1091,6 +1091,8 @@ func (o *Object) Update(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, src fs.ObjectInfo, op
 			object.ContentLanguage = value
 		case "content-type":
 			object.ContentType = value
+		case "x-goog-storage-class":
+			object.StorageClass = value
 		default:
 			const googMetaPrefix = "x-goog-meta-"
 			if strings.HasPrefix(lowerKey, googMetaPrefix) {
diff --git a/docs/content/googlecloudstorage.md b/docs/content/googlecloudstorage.md
index 449036199..9b19f689b 100644
--- a/docs/content/googlecloudstorage.md
+++ b/docs/content/googlecloudstorage.md
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ flag. Google Cloud Storage supports the headers as described in the
 - Content-Encoding
 - Content-Language
 - Content-Type
+- X-Goog-Storage-Class
 - X-Goog-Meta-
 
 Eg `--header-upload "Content-Type text/potato"`