diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3bb490cc83c4..fc32398a7a5a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 
 ## I/Os
 
+* gcs-connector config options can be set via GcsOptions (Java) ([#32769](https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/32769)).
 * Support for X source added (Java/Python) ([#X](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/X)).
 
 ## New Features / Improvements
diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/options/GcsOptions.java b/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/options/GcsOptions.java
index 18d637254115..1285b88663e7 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/options/GcsOptions.java
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/options/GcsOptions.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.beam.sdk.extensions.gcp.options;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.google.cloud.hadoop.gcsio.GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.hadoop.util.AsyncWriteChannelOptions;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.extensions.gcp.storage.GcsPathValidator;
@@ -44,6 +45,15 @@ public interface GcsOptions extends ApplicationNameOptions, GcpOptions, Pipeline
 
   void setGcsUtil(GcsUtil value);
 
+  @JsonIgnore
+  @Description(
+      "The GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions instance that should be used to read from Google Cloud Storage.")
+  @Default.InstanceFactory(GcsUtil.GcsReadOptionsFactory.class)
+  @Hidden
+  GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions getGoogleCloudStorageReadOptions();
+
+  void setGoogleCloudStorageReadOptions(GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions value);
+
   /**
    * The ExecutorService instance to use to create threads, can be overridden to specify an
    * ExecutorService that is compatible with the user's environment. If unset, the default is to use
diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GcsUtil.java b/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GcsUtil.java
index 8d3596f17b3b..d58154132a72 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GcsUtil.java
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GcsUtil.java
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ public static GcsCountersOptions create(
     }
   }
 
+  public static class GcsReadOptionsFactory
+      implements DefaultValueFactory<GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions> {
+    @Override
+    public GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions create(PipelineOptions options) {
+      return GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions.DEFAULT;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * This is a {@link DefaultValueFactory} able to create a {@link GcsUtil} using any transport
    * flags specified on the {@link PipelineOptions}.
@@ -153,7 +161,8 @@ public GcsUtil create(PipelineOptions options) {
                   : null,
               gcsOptions.getEnableBucketWriteMetricCounter()
                   ? gcsOptions.getGcsWriteCounterPrefix()
-                  : null));
+                  : null),
+          gcsOptions.getGoogleCloudStorageReadOptions());
     }
 
     /** Returns an instance of {@link GcsUtil} based on the given parameters. */
@@ -164,7 +173,8 @@ public static GcsUtil create(
         ExecutorService executorService,
         Credentials credentials,
         @Nullable Integer uploadBufferSizeBytes,
-        GcsCountersOptions gcsCountersOptions) {
+        GcsCountersOptions gcsCountersOptions,
+        GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions gcsReadOptions) {
       return new GcsUtil(
           storageClient,
           httpRequestInitializer,
@@ -173,7 +183,8 @@ public static GcsUtil create(
           credentials,
           uploadBufferSizeBytes,
           null,
-          gcsCountersOptions);
+          gcsCountersOptions,
+          gcsReadOptions);
     }
   }
 
@@ -249,7 +260,8 @@ public static boolean isWildcard(GcsPath spec) {
       Credentials credentials,
       @Nullable Integer uploadBufferSizeBytes,
       @Nullable Integer rewriteDataOpBatchLimit,
-      GcsCountersOptions gcsCountersOptions) {
+      GcsCountersOptions gcsCountersOptions,
+      GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions gcsReadOptions) {
     this.storageClient = storageClient;
     this.httpRequestInitializer = httpRequestInitializer;
     this.uploadBufferSizeBytes = uploadBufferSizeBytes;
@@ -260,6 +272,7 @@ public static boolean isWildcard(GcsPath spec) {
     googleCloudStorageOptions =
         GoogleCloudStorageOptions.builder()
             .setAppName("Beam")
+            .setReadChannelOptions(gcsReadOptions)
             .setGrpcEnabled(shouldUseGrpc)
             .build();
     googleCloudStorage =
@@ -565,7 +578,9 @@ private SeekableByteChannel wrapInCounting(
   public SeekableByteChannel open(GcsPath path) throws IOException {
     String bucket = path.getBucket();
     SeekableByteChannel channel =
-        googleCloudStorage.open(new StorageResourceId(path.getBucket(), path.getObject()));
+        googleCloudStorage.open(
+            new StorageResourceId(path.getBucket(), path.getObject()),
+            this.googleCloudStorageOptions.getReadChannelOptions());
     return wrapInCounting(channel, bucket);
   }
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/GcpCoreApiSurfaceTest.java b/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/GcpCoreApiSurfaceTest.java
index f5075a3f2c55..26d98125a3af 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/GcpCoreApiSurfaceTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/GcpCoreApiSurfaceTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ public void testGcpCoreApiSurface() throws Exception {
             classesInPackage("com.google.api.services.storage"),
             classesInPackage("com.google.auth"),
             classesInPackage("com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"),
+            classesInPackage("com.google.cloud.hadoop.gcsio"),
+            classesInPackage("com.google.common.collect"), // Via gcs-connector ReadOptions builder
             classesInPackage("java"),
             classesInPackage("javax"),
             classesInPackage("org.apache.beam.sdk"),
diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GcsUtilTest.java b/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GcsUtilTest.java
index bd7f46ec8951..97082572ce41 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GcsUtilTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/google-cloud-platform-core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/gcp/util/GcsUtilTest.java
@@ -177,6 +177,32 @@ public void testCreationWithGcsUtilProvided() {
     assertSame(gcsUtil, pipelineOptions.getGcsUtil());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCreationWithExplicitGoogleCloudStorageReadOptions() throws Exception {
+    GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions readOptions =
+        GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions.builder()
+            .setFadvise(GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions.Fadvise.AUTO)
+            .setSupportGzipEncoding(true)
+            .setFastFailOnNotFound(false)
+            .build();
+
+    GcsOptions pipelineOptions = PipelineOptionsFactory.as(GcsOptions.class);
+    pipelineOptions.setGoogleCloudStorageReadOptions(readOptions);
+
+    GcsUtil gcsUtil = pipelineOptions.getGcsUtil();
+    GoogleCloudStorage googleCloudStorageMock = Mockito.spy(GoogleCloudStorage.class);
+    Mockito.when(googleCloudStorageMock.open(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any()))
+        .thenReturn(Mockito.mock(SeekableByteChannel.class));
+    gcsUtil.setCloudStorageImpl(googleCloudStorageMock);
+
+    assertEquals(readOptions, pipelineOptions.getGoogleCloudStorageReadOptions());
+
+    // Assert read options are passed to GCS calls
+    pipelineOptions.getGcsUtil().open(GcsPath.fromUri("gs://bucket/path"));
+    Mockito.verify(googleCloudStorageMock, Mockito.times(1))
+        .open(StorageResourceId.fromStringPath("gs://bucket/path"), readOptions);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testMultipleThreadsCanCompleteOutOfOrderWithDefaultThreadPool() throws Exception {
     GcsOptions pipelineOptions = PipelineOptionsFactory.as(GcsOptions.class);
@@ -1630,7 +1656,8 @@ public static GcsUtilMock createMock(PipelineOptions options) {
                   : null,
               gcsOptions.getEnableBucketWriteMetricCounter()
                   ? gcsOptions.getGcsWriteCounterPrefix()
-                  : null));
+                  : null),
+          gcsOptions.getGoogleCloudStorageReadOptions());
     }
 
     private GcsUtilMock(
@@ -1641,7 +1668,8 @@ private GcsUtilMock(
         Credentials credentials,
         @Nullable Integer uploadBufferSizeBytes,
         @Nullable Integer rewriteDataOpBatchLimit,
-        GcsCountersOptions gcsCountersOptions) {
+        GcsCountersOptions gcsCountersOptions,
+        GoogleCloudStorageReadOptions gcsReadOptions) {
       super(
           storageClient,
           httpRequestInitializer,
@@ -1650,7 +1678,8 @@ private GcsUtilMock(
           credentials,
           uploadBufferSizeBytes,
           rewriteDataOpBatchLimit,
-          gcsCountersOptions);
+          gcsCountersOptions,
+          gcsReadOptions);
     }
 
     @Override