diff --git a/perfkitbenchmarker/linux_benchmarks/cloud_datastore_ycsb_benchmark.py b/perfkitbenchmarker/linux_benchmarks/cloud_datastore_ycsb_benchmark.py
index 8e7f1665e..675fe75f1 100644
--- a/perfkitbenchmarker/linux_benchmarks/cloud_datastore_ycsb_benchmark.py
+++ b/perfkitbenchmarker/linux_benchmarks/cloud_datastore_ycsb_benchmark.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
   flags:
     openjdk_version: 11
     gcloud_scopes: >
+      trace
       datastore
       cloud-platform"""