diff --git a/storages/backends/apache_libcloud.py b/storages/backends/apache_libcloud.py
index a2a5390de..776b8ac45 100644
--- a/storages/backends/apache_libcloud.py
+++ b/storages/backends/apache_libcloud.py
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ def __init__(self, provider_name=None, option=None):
         extra_kwargs = {}
         if 'region' in self.provider:
             extra_kwargs['region'] = self.provider['region']
+        # Used by the GoogleStorageDriver
+        if 'project' in self.provider:
+            extra_kwargs['project'] = self.provider['project']
         try:
             provider_type = self.provider['type']
             if isinstance(provider_type, string_types):