diff --git a/lib/fog/google/compute.rb b/lib/fog/google/compute.rb
index d625f90677..3e39d3de42 100644
--- a/lib/fog/google/compute.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/google/compute.rb
@@ -843,7 +843,9 @@ class Real
 
         def initialize(options)
           base_url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/compute/'
-          api_scope_url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute'
+          # The devstorage scope is needed to be able to insert images
+          # devstorage.read_only scope is not sufficient like you'd hope
+          api_scope_url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_write'
           shared_initialize(options)
 
           google_client_email = options[:google_client_email]