diff --git a/scrapy/extensions/feedexport.py b/scrapy/extensions/feedexport.py
index 8347b42ca..fbbf9bb97 100644
--- a/scrapy/extensions/feedexport.py
+++ b/scrapy/extensions/feedexport.py
@@ -148,15 +148,20 @@ class S3FeedStorage(BlockingFeedStorage):
 
 class GCSFeedStorage(BlockingFeedStorage):
 
-    def __init__(self, uri, project_id):
+    def __init__(self, uri, project_id, acl):
         self.project_id = project_id
+        self.acl = acl
         u = urlparse(uri)
         self.bucket_name = u.hostname
         self.blob_name = u.path[1:]  # remove first "/"
 
     @classmethod
     def from_crawler(cls, crawler, uri):
-        return cls(uri, crawler.settings['GCS_PROJECT_ID'])
+        return cls(
+            uri,
+            crawler.settings['GCS_PROJECT_ID'],
+            crawler.settings['FEED_STORAGE_GCS_ACL']
+        )
 
     def _store_in_thread(self, file):
         file.seek(0)
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ class GCSFeedStorage(BlockingFeedStorage):
         client = Client(project=self.project_id)
         bucket = client.get_bucket(self.bucket_name)
         blob = bucket.blob(self.blob_name)
-        blob.upload_from_file(file)
+        blob.upload_from_file(file, predefined_acl=self.acl)
 
 
 class FTPFeedStorage(BlockingFeedStorage):
diff --git a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
index 8769c01ba..5d2862980 100644
--- a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ FEED_EXPORTERS_BASE = {
 }
 FEED_EXPORT_INDENT = 0
 
+FEED_STORAGE_GCS_ACL = None
+
 FILES_STORE_S3_ACL = 'private'
 FILES_STORE_GCS_ACL = ''
 
diff --git a/tests/test_feedexport.py b/tests/test_feedexport.py
index 6d23c68c3..5cbca6d28 100644
--- a/tests/test_feedexport.py
+++ b/tests/test_feedexport.py
@@ -191,17 +191,18 @@ class S3FeedStorageTest(unittest.TestCase):
 class GCSFeedStorageTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch('scrapy.conf.settings',
-                new={'GCS_PROJECT_ID': 'conf_id' }, create=True)
+                new={'GCS_PROJECT_ID': 'conf_id', 'FEED_STORAGE_GCS_ACL': None }, create=True)
     def test_parse_settings(self):
         try:
             from google.cloud.storage import Client
         except ImportError:
             raise unittest.SkipTest("GCSFeedStorage requires google-cloud-storage")
 
-        settings = {'GCS_PROJECT_ID': '123' }
+        settings = {'GCS_PROJECT_ID': '123', 'FEED_STORAGE_GCS_ACL': 'publicRead' }
         crawler = get_crawler(settings_dict=settings)
         storage = GCSFeedStorage.from_crawler(crawler, 'gcs://mybucket/export.csv')
         assert storage.project_id == '123'
+        assert storage.acl == 'publicRead'
         assert storage.bucket_name == 'mybucket'
         assert storage.blob_name == 'export.csv'
 
@@ -214,19 +215,20 @@ class GCSFeedStorageTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         uri = 'gcs://mybucket/export.csv'
         project_id = 'myproject-123'
+        acl = 'publicRead'
         (client_mock, bucket_mock, blob_mock) = mock_google_cloud_storage()
         with mock.patch('google.cloud.storage.Client') as m:    
             m.return_value = client_mock
 
             f = mock.Mock()
-            storage = GCSFeedStorage(uri, project_id)
+            storage = GCSFeedStorage(uri, project_id, acl)
             yield storage.store(f)
 
             f.seek.assert_called_once_with(0)
             m.assert_called_once_with(project=project_id)
             client_mock.get_bucket.assert_called_once_with('mybucket')
             bucket_mock.blob.assert_called_once_with('export.csv')
-            blob_mock.upload_from_file.assert_called_once_with(f)
+            blob_mock.upload_from_file.assert_called_once_with(f, predefined_acl=acl)
 
 class StdoutFeedStorageTest(unittest.TestCase):