diff --git a/object_store/src/gcp/client.rs b/object_store/src/gcp/client.rs
index 1cc72964f82c..db4aa0a2d7d9 100644
--- a/object_store/src/gcp/client.rs
+++ b/object_store/src/gcp/client.rs
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ impl GoogleCloudStorageClient {
             // GCS doesn't allow empty multipart uploads
             let result = self
                 .request(Method::PUT, path)
+                .header(&CONTENT_LENGTH, "0")
                 .idempotent(true)
                 .do_put()
                 .await?;