diff --git a/providers/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/org/jclouds/googlecloudstorage/blobstore/integration/GoogleCloudStorageBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java b/providers/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/org/jclouds/googlecloudstorage/blobstore/integration/GoogleCloudStorageBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java
index fd392732f1..92eeb0471b 100644
--- a/providers/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/org/jclouds/googlecloudstorage/blobstore/integration/GoogleCloudStorageBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/org/jclouds/googlecloudstorage/blobstore/integration/GoogleCloudStorageBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ public class GoogleCloudStorageBlobIntegrationLiveTest extends BaseBlobIntegrati
 
    private long PART_SIZE = MultipartUpload.MIN_PART_SIZE;
 
+   @Override
+   protected long getMinimumMultipartBlobSize() {
+      return PART_SIZE + 1;
+   }
+
    public GoogleCloudStorageBlobIntegrationLiveTest() throws IOException {
       provider = "google-cloud-storage";
    }