diff --git a/recipes/README.recipes.md b/recipes/README.recipes.md
index 4dd90b950..e74a566b1 100644
--- a/recipes/README.recipes.md
+++ b/recipes/README.recipes.md
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ Generates a Gitiles repo URL. See also parse_repo_url.
 
 #### **class [GSUtilApi](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#9)([RecipeApi][recipe_engine/wkt/RecipeApi]):**
 
-— **def [\_\_call\_\_](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#14)(self, cmd, name=None, use_retry_wrapper=True, version=None, parallel_upload=False, multithreaded=False, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [\_\_call\_\_](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#14)(self, cmd, name=None, use_retry_wrapper=True, version=None, parallel_upload=False, multithreaded=False, infra_step=True, \*\*kwargs):**
 
 A step to run arbitrary gsutil commands.
 
@@ -639,23 +639,23 @@ Arguments:
   name: the (string) name of the step to use.
         Defaults to the first non-flag token in the cmd.
 
-— **def [cat](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#98)(self, url, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [cat](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#99)(self, url, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
-— **def [copy](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#105)(self, source_bucket, source, dest_bucket, dest, args=None, link_name='gsutil.copy', metadata=None, unauthenticated_url=False, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [copy](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#106)(self, source_bucket, source, dest_bucket, dest, args=None, link_name='gsutil.copy', metadata=None, unauthenticated_url=False, \*\*kwargs):**
 
-— **def [download](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#84)(self, bucket, source, dest, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [download](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#85)(self, bucket, source, dest, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
-— **def [download\_url](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#91)(self, url, dest, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [download\_url](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#92)(self, url, dest, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
 &emsp; **@property**<br>&mdash; **def [gsutil\_py\_path](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#10)(self):**
 
-&mdash; **def [list](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#122)(self, url, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+&mdash; **def [list](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#123)(self, url, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
-&mdash; **def [remove\_url](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#136)(self, url, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+&mdash; **def [remove\_url](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#137)(self, url, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
-&mdash; **def [signurl](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#129)(self, private_key_file, bucket, dest, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+&mdash; **def [signurl](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#130)(self, private_key_file, bucket, dest, args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
-&mdash; **def [upload](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#68)(self, source, bucket, dest, args=None, link_name='gsutil.upload', metadata=None, unauthenticated_url=False, \*\*kwargs):**
+&mdash; **def [upload](/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py#69)(self, source, bucket, dest, args=None, link_name='gsutil.upload', metadata=None, unauthenticated_url=False, \*\*kwargs):**
 ### *recipe_modules* / [infra\_paths](/recipes/recipe_modules/infra_paths)
 
 [DEPS](/recipes/recipe_modules/infra_paths/__init__.py#1): [recipe\_engine/path][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/path], [recipe\_engine/properties][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/properties]
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py b/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py
index a07ea370c..81b288c0d 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/gsutil/api.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ class GSUtilApi(recipe_api.RecipeApi):
     return self.package_repo_resource('gsutil.py')
 
   def __call__(self, cmd, name=None, use_retry_wrapper=True, version=None,
-               parallel_upload=False, multithreaded=False, **kwargs):
+               parallel_upload=False, multithreaded=False, infra_step=True,
+               **kwargs):
     """A step to run arbitrary gsutil commands.
 
     Note that this assumes that gsutil authentication environment variables
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ class GSUtilApi(recipe_api.RecipeApi):
       cmd_prefix.append('--')
 
     return self.m.python(full_name, gsutil_path, cmd_prefix + cmd,
-                         infra_step=True, **kwargs)
+                         infra_step=infra_step, **kwargs)
 
   def upload(self, source, bucket, dest, args=None, link_name='gsutil.upload',
              metadata=None, unauthenticated_url=False, **kwargs):