diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 983987cf7e..e7826e7af9 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -543,6 +543,9 @@ HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "scp"
 # Used by Mercurial fetcher
 HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "hg"
 
+# Used by gcp fetcher
+HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "gsutil"
+
 # Link to git-lfs if present
 HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "git-lfs"