diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3d7350f6f..266414c110 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ Options:
  - `--google-username`: The username to use for the instance.  Default: `docker-user`
  - `--google-instance-name`: The name of the instance.  Default: `docker-machine`
  - `--google-project`: The name of your project to use when launching the instance.
+ - `--google-scopes`: The scopes associated to the instance. Comma-separated if multiple scopes.  Default: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write``
 
 ### VMware Fusion
 
diff --git a/drivers/google/compute_util.go b/drivers/google/compute_util.go
index d9f5f7092f..156610b04d 100644
--- a/drivers/google/compute_util.go
+++ b/drivers/google/compute_util.go
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ const (
 	dockerStopCommand  = "sudo service docker stop"
 )
 
-const ()
-
 // NewComputeUtil creates and initializes a ComputeUtil.
 func newComputeUtil(driver *Driver) (*ComputeUtil, error) {
 	service, err := newGCEService(driver.storePath)
@@ -167,6 +165,12 @@ func (c *ComputeUtil) createInstance(d *Driver) error {
 				firewallTargetTag,
 			},
 		},
+		ServiceAccounts: []*raw.ServiceAccount{
+			{
+				Email:  "default",
+				Scopes: strings.Split(d.Scopes, ","),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	disk, err := c.disk()
 	if disk == nil || err != nil {
diff --git a/drivers/google/google.go b/drivers/google/google.go
index 30e80a6aaf..72389a8318 100644
--- a/drivers/google/google.go
+++ b/drivers/google/google.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type Driver struct {
 	MachineName      string
 	Zone             string
 	MachineType      string
+	Scopes           string
 	DiskSize         int
 	storePath        string
 	UserName         string
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ type CreateFlags struct {
 	MachineType *string
 	UserName    *string
 	Project     *string
+	Scopes      *string
 	DiskSize    *int
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +81,12 @@ func GetCreateFlags() []cli.Flag {
 			Usage:  "GCE Project",
 			EnvVar: "GOOGLE_PROJECT",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "google-scopes",
+			Usage:  "GCE Scopes (comma-separated if multiple scopes)",
+			Value:  "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write",
+			EnvVar: "GOOGLE_SCOPES",
+		},
 		cli.IntFlag{
 			Name:   "google-disk-size",
 			Usage:  "GCE Instance Disk Size (in GB)",
@@ -112,6 +120,7 @@ func (driver *Driver) SetConfigFromFlags(flags drivers.DriverOptions) error {
 	driver.DiskSize = flags.Int("google-disk-size")
 	driver.UserName = flags.String("google-username")
 	driver.Project = flags.String("google-project")
+	driver.Scopes = flags.String("google-scopes")
 	driver.SwarmMaster = flags.Bool("swarm-master")
 	driver.SwarmHost = flags.String("swarm-host")
 	driver.SwarmDiscovery = flags.String("swarm-discovery")