diff --git a/core/src/services/gcs/backend.rs b/core/src/services/gcs/backend.rs
index 93161637aa42..e9436359f74c 100644
--- a/core/src/services/gcs/backend.rs
+++ b/core/src/services/gcs/backend.rs
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ impl Accessor for GcsBackend {
             .set_root(&self.core.root)
             .set_name(&self.core.bucket)
             .set_capability(Capability {
+                create_dir: true,
+
                 stat: true,
                 stat_with_if_match: true,
                 stat_with_if_none_match: true,