diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/gcb/cloud_build.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/gcb/cloud_build.go
index d12ee302f96..920ba600dec 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/gcb/cloud_build.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/gcb/cloud_build.go
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@ func (b *Builder) buildArtifactWithCloudBuild(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer
 	}
 	log.Entry(ctx).Debugf("project id set to %s", projectID)
 
-	cbBucket := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", projectID, constants.GCSBucketSuffix)
+	cbBucket := b.Bucket
+	if cbBucket == "" {
+		cbBucket = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", projectID, constants.GCSBucketSuffix)
+	}
+	log.Entry(ctx).Debugf("bucket set to %s", cbBucket)
+
 	buildObject := fmt.Sprintf("source/%s-%s.tar.gz", projectID, uuid.New().String())
 
 	if err := b.createBucketIfNotExists(ctx, c, projectID, cbBucket); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go b/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go
index 59b864c865c..bab8a6f9533 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go
@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@ type GoogleCloudBuild struct {
 	// Defaults to `gcr.io/k8s-skaffold/skaffold`.
 	KoImage string `yaml:"koImage,omitempty"`
 
+	// Bucket specifies the Cloud Storage bucket to store the staged build sources.
+	Bucket string `yaml:"bucket,omitempty"`
+
 	// Concurrency is how many artifacts can be built concurrently. 0 means "no-limit".
 	// Defaults to `0`.
 	Concurrency int `yaml:"concurrency,omitempty"`