diff --git a/resource_storage_bucket.go b/resource_storage_bucket.go
index 8da47cab..6183ee72 100644
--- a/resource_storage_bucket.go
+++ b/resource_storage_bucket.go
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ func resourceStorageBucket() *schema.Resource {
 				Computed: true,
 			},
 
+			"storage_class": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				Default:  "STANDARD",
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+
 			"website": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -91,6 +98,10 @@ func resourceStorageBucketCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	// Create a bucket, setting the acl, location and name.
 	sb := &storage.Bucket{Name: bucket, Location: location}
 
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("storage_class"); ok {
+		sb.StorageClass = v.(string)
+	}
+
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("website"); ok {
 		websites := v.([]interface{})
 
diff --git a/resource_storage_bucket_test.go b/resource_storage_bucket_test.go
index de38be84..2e1a9e2b 100644
--- a/resource_storage_bucket_test.go
+++ b/resource_storage_bucket_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,45 @@ func TestAccStorageCustomAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccStorageStorageClass(t *testing.T) {
+	bucketName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-test-acc-bucket-%d", acctest.RandInt())
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccGoogleStorageDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testGoogleStorageBucketsReaderStorageClass(bucketName, "STANDARD"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckCloudStorageBucketExists(
+						"google_storage_bucket.bucket", bucketName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"google_storage_bucket.bucket", "storage_class", "STANDARD"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testGoogleStorageBucketsReaderStorageClass(bucketName, "NEARLINE"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckCloudStorageBucketExists(
+						"google_storage_bucket.bucket", bucketName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"google_storage_bucket.bucket", "storage_class", "NEARLINE"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testGoogleStorageBucketsReaderStorageClass(bucketName, "DURABLE_REDUCED_AVAILABILITY"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckCloudStorageBucketExists(
+						"google_storage_bucket.bucket", bucketName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"google_storage_bucket.bucket", "storage_class", "DURABLE_REDUCED_AVAILABILITY"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccStorageBucketUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	bucketName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-test-acl-bucket-%d", acctest.RandInt())
 
@@ -226,3 +265,12 @@ resource "google_storage_bucket" "bucket" {
 }
 `, bucketName)
 }
+
+func testGoogleStorageBucketsReaderStorageClass(bucketName string, storageClass string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "google_storage_bucket" "bucket" {
+	name = "%s"
+	storage_class = "%s"
+}
+`, bucketName, storageClass)
+}