diff --git a/tensorflow/c/experimental/filesystem/plugins/gcs/BUILD b/tensorflow/c/experimental/filesystem/plugins/gcs/BUILD
index c7a2d68ac3e..c9fee433589 100644
--- a/tensorflow/c/experimental/filesystem/plugins/gcs/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/c/experimental/filesystem/plugins/gcs/BUILD
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ cc_library(
         "//tensorflow/c:tf_status",
         "//tensorflow/c/experimental/filesystem:filesystem_interface",
         "@com_github_googlecloudplatform_google_cloud_cpp//:storage_client",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/tensorflow/c/experimental/filesystem/plugins/gcs/gcs_filesystem.cc b/tensorflow/c/experimental/filesystem/plugins/gcs/gcs_filesystem.cc
index 7918e7a7310..8c54bc85439 100644
--- a/tensorflow/c/experimental/filesystem/plugins/gcs/gcs_filesystem.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/c/experimental/filesystem/plugins/gcs/gcs_filesystem.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "google/cloud/storage/client.h"
 #include "tensorflow/c/experimental/filesystem/filesystem_interface.h"
 #include "tensorflow/c/tf_status.h"
@@ -35,6 +36,45 @@ static inline void TF_SetStatusFromGCSStatus(
 static void* plugin_memory_allocate(size_t size) { return calloc(1, size); }
 static void plugin_memory_free(void* ptr) { free(ptr); }
 
+static void ParseGCSPath(absl::string_view fname, bool object_empty_ok,
+                         char** bucket, char** object, TF_Status* status) {
+  size_t scheme_end = fname.find("://") + 2;
+  if (fname.substr(0, scheme_end + 1) != "gs://") {
+    TF_SetStatus(status, TF_INVALID_ARGUMENT,
+                 "GCS path doesn't start with 'gs://'.");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  size_t bucket_end = fname.find("/", scheme_end + 1);
+  if (bucket_end == absl::string_view::npos) {
+    TF_SetStatus(status, TF_INVALID_ARGUMENT,
+                 "GCS path doesn't contain a bucket name.");
+    return;
+  }
+  absl::string_view bucket_view =
+      fname.substr(scheme_end + 1, bucket_end - scheme_end - 1);
+  *bucket =
+      static_cast<char*>(plugin_memory_allocate(bucket_view.length() + 1));
+  memcpy(*bucket, bucket_view.data(), bucket_view.length());
+  (*bucket)[bucket_view.length()] = '\0';
+
+  absl::string_view object_view = fname.substr(bucket_end + 1);
+  if (object_view.empty()) {
+    if (object_empty_ok) {
+      *object = nullptr;
+      return;
+    } else {
+      TF_SetStatus(status, TF_INVALID_ARGUMENT,
+                   "GCS path doesn't contain an object name.");
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  *object =
+      static_cast<char*>(plugin_memory_allocate(object_view.length() + 1));
+  // object_view.data() is a null-terminated string_view because fname is.
+  strcpy(*object, object_view.data());
+}
+
 // SECTION 1. Implementation for `TF_RandomAccessFile`
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace tf_random_access_file {