diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e79372a3..b6560d39 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ COPY --from=mamba-builder /usr/src/causal-conv1d/build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-
 # Install flash-attention dependencies
 RUN pip install einops --no-cache-dir
 
+# Install GCS library
+RUN pip install --upgrade google-cloud-storage
+
 # Install server
 COPY proto proto
 COPY server server
diff --git a/launcher/src/main.rs b/launcher/src/main.rs
index d52e2669..64e8bfde 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main.rs
+++ b/launcher/src/main.rs
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ enum LauncherError {
     WebserverCannotStart,
 }
 
-fn download_convert_model(args: &Args, running: Arc<AtomicBool>) -> Result<(), LauncherError> {
+fn download_convert_model(args: &mut Args, running: Arc<AtomicBool>) -> Result<(), LauncherError> {
     // Enter download tracing span
     let _span = tracing::span!(tracing::Level::INFO, "download").entered();
 
@@ -907,6 +907,9 @@ fn download_convert_model(args: &Args, running: Arc<AtomicBool>) -> Result<(), L
         }
         sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
     }
+    if args.model_id.starts_with("gs://") {
+        args.model_id = "/tmp/gcs_model/".to_string();
+    }
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -1192,7 +1195,7 @@ fn terminate(process_name: &str, mut process: Child, timeout: Duration) -> io::R
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), LauncherError> {
     // Pattern match configuration
-    let args: Args = Args::parse();
+    let mut args: Args = Args::parse();
 
     // Filter events with LOG_LEVEL
     let env_filter =
@@ -1285,7 +1288,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), LauncherError> {
     .expect("Error setting Ctrl-C handler");
 
     // Download and convert model weights
-    download_convert_model(&args, running.clone())?;
+    download_convert_model(&mut args, running.clone())?;
 
     if !running.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
         // Launcher was asked to stop
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/cli.py b/server/text_generation_server/cli.py
index b74fbe36..0f9e1792 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/cli.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/cli.py
@@ -123,6 +123,31 @@ def download_weights(
     # Import here after the logger is added to log potential import exceptions
     from text_generation_server import utils
 
+    GCS_PREFIX = "gs://"
+    if model_id.startswith(GCS_PREFIX):
+        local_dir = "/tmp/gcs_model"
+        from google.cloud import storage
+        def download_gcs_dir_to_local(gcs_dir: str, local_dir: str):
+            if os.path.isdir(local_dir):
+                return
+            # gs://bucket_name/dir
+            bucket_name = gcs_dir.split('/')[2]
+            prefix = gcs_dir[len(GCS_PREFIX + bucket_name) :].strip('/') + '/'
+            client = storage.Client()
+            blobs = client.list_blobs(bucket_name, prefix=prefix)
+            if not blobs:
+                raise ValueError(f"No blobs found in {gcs_dir}")
+            for blob in blobs:
+                if blob.name[-1] == '/':
+                    continue
+                file_path = blob.name[len(prefix) :].strip('/')
+                local_file_path = os.path.join(local_dir, file_path)
+                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(local_file_path), exist_ok=True)
+                logger.info(f"==> Download {gcs_dir}/{file_path} to {local_file_path}.")
+                blob.download_to_filename(local_file_path)
+            logger.info("Download finished.")
+        download_gcs_dir_to_local(model_id, local_dir)
+        model_id = local_dir
     # Test if files were already download
     try:
         utils.weight_files(model_id, revision, extension)
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/server.py b/server/text_generation_server/server.py
index d5adbd32..c5cd40d8 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/server.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/server.py
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ def serve(
             local_url = unix_socket_template.format(uds_path, 0)
             server_urls = [local_url]
 
+        if model_id.startswith("gs://"):
+            model_id = "/tmp/gcs_model"
         try:
             model = get_model(
                 model_id,