diff --git a/vortex-bench/src/utils/constants.rs b/vortex-bench/src/utils/constants.rs
index c9f5ca4c442..959ad63b7f4 100644
--- a/vortex-bench/src/utils/constants.rs
+++ b/vortex-bench/src/utils/constants.rs
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /// Storage type constants
 pub const STORAGE_NVME: &str = "nvme";
 pub const STORAGE_S3: &str = "s3";
+pub const STORAGE_GCS: &str = "gcs";
diff --git a/vortex-bench/src/utils/file.rs b/vortex-bench/src/utils/file.rs
index fb7ecc668fb..f05113963f7 100644
--- a/vortex-bench/src/utils/file.rs
+++ b/vortex-bench/src/utils/file.rs
@@ -161,11 +161,13 @@ pub fn resolve_data_url(remote_data_dir: Option<&str>, local_subdir: &str) -> Re
 /// - A storage type string ("s3", "nvme")
 /// - Or an error if the scheme is unknown
 pub fn url_scheme_to_storage(url: &Url) -> Result<String> {
+    use super::constants::STORAGE_GCS;
     use super::constants::STORAGE_NVME;
     use super::constants::STORAGE_S3;
 
     match url.scheme() {
         STORAGE_S3 => Ok(STORAGE_S3.to_owned()),
+        "gs" => Ok(STORAGE_GCS.to_owned()),
         "file" => Ok(STORAGE_NVME.to_owned()),
         otherwise => {
             bail!("unknown URL scheme: {}", otherwise)