diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index f1ad2c9e..aded8e90 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -195,6 +195,21 @@ For further reference check `aiohttp proxy support`_.
 
 .. _aiohttp proxy support: https://docs.aiohttp.org/en/stable/client_advanced.html#proxy-support
 
+Targeting specific GCP endpoints
+--------------------------------
+
+There are multiple ways to target non-default Google Cloud storage endpoints. Here they are,
+in order of precedence:
+
+- passing the ``endpoint_url`` parameter to the ``GCSFileSystem`` constructor.
+- setting the ``FSSPEC_GCS_ENDPOINT_URL`` environment variable to the desired
+  endpoint URL.
+- setting the ``STORAGE_EMULATOR_HOST`` environment variable to the desired endpoint
+  URL (usage is reserved for testing purposes).
+- setting the ``GOOGLE_CLOUD_UNIVERSE_DOMAIN`` environment variable to target
+  alternative GCP universes. `gcsfs` will target the ``https://storage.{universe_domain}``
+  endpoint instead of the default ``https://storage.googleapis.com``.
+
 
 Contents
 ========
diff --git a/gcsfs/core.py b/gcsfs/core.py
index 766efb42..43fc70b6 100644
--- a/gcsfs/core.py
+++ b/gcsfs/core.py
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ def close(self):
         self.seek(0)
 
 
+def _gcp_universe_domain():
+    return os.getenv("GOOGLE_CLOUD_UNIVERSE_DOMAIN", "googleapis.com")
+
+
 def _location():
     """
     Resolves GCS HTTP location as http[s]://host
@@ -125,7 +129,8 @@ def _location():
         ):
             _emulator_location = f"http://{_emulator_location}"
         return _emulator_location
-    return "https://storage.googleapis.com"
+
+    return f"https://storage.{_gcp_universe_domain()}"
 
 
 def _chunks(lst, n):
@@ -346,6 +351,10 @@ def _location(self):
     def base(self):
         return f"{self._location}/storage/v1/"
 
+    @property
+    def batch_url_base(self):
+        return f"{self._location}/batch/storage/v1"
+
     @property
     def project(self):
         return self.credentials.project
@@ -1300,7 +1309,7 @@ async def _rm_files(self, paths):
             body = "".join(parts)
             headers, content = await self._call(
                 "POST",
-                f"{self._location}/batch/storage/v1",
+                self.batch_url_base,
                 headers={
                     "Content-Type": 'multipart/mixed; boundary="=========='
                     '=====7330845974216740156=="'
@@ -1339,7 +1348,7 @@ async def _rm_files(self, paths):
 
     @property
     def on_google(self):
-        return "torage.googleapis.com" in self._location
+        return f"torage.{_gcp_universe_domain()}" in self._location
 
     async def _rm(self, path, recursive=False, maxdepth=None, batchsize=20):
         paths = await self._expand_path(path, recursive=recursive, maxdepth=maxdepth)
diff --git a/gcsfs/tests/test_core.py b/gcsfs/tests/test_core.py
index 25c14ad1..f668df56 100644
--- a/gcsfs/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/gcsfs/tests/test_core.py
@@ -1709,3 +1709,34 @@ def test_ls_with_max_results(gcs):
 def test_get_error(gcs):
     with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
         gcs.get_file(f"{TEST_BUCKET}/doesnotexist", "other")
+
+
+def test_custom_gcp_universe(monkeypatch):
+    # Make sure we simulate a mock less connection
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("STORAGE_EMULATOR_HOST", raising=False)
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GOOGLE_CLOUD_UNIVERSE_DOMAIN", "s3nsapis.fr")
+    fs = fsspec.filesystem("gcs", token="anon")
+    assert fs.base == "https://storage.s3nsapis.fr/storage/v1/"
+    assert fs.on_google is True
+    assert (
+        fs.url("/test/path")
+        == "https://storage.s3nsapis.fr/download/storage/v1/b/test/o/path?alt=media"
+    )
+    assert fs.batch_url_base == "https://storage.s3nsapis.fr/batch/storage/v1"
+
+
+def test_default_gcp_universe(monkeypatch):
+    # Make sure we simulate a mock less connection
+    monkeypatch.delenv("STORAGE_EMULATOR_HOST", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS", raising=False)
+
+    fs = fsspec.filesystem("gcs", token="anon")
+    assert fs.base == "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/"
+    assert fs.on_google is True
+    assert (
+        fs.url("/test/path")
+        == "https://storage.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/test/o/path?alt=media"
+    )
+    assert fs.batch_url_base == "https://storage.googleapis.com/batch/storage/v1"