diff --git a/post-processor/googlecompute-import/post-processor.go b/post-processor/googlecompute-import/post-processor.go
index a043a8ade..3e773cbda 100644
--- a/post-processor/googlecompute-import/post-processor.go
+++ b/post-processor/googlecompute-import/post-processor.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ProjectId         string            `mapstructure:"project_id"`
 	AccountFile       string            `mapstructure:"account_file"`
 	KeepOriginalImage bool              `mapstructure:"keep_input_artifact"`
+	SkipClean         bool              `mapstructure:"skip_clean"`
 
 	ctx interpolate.Context
 }
@@ -115,6 +116,13 @@ func (p *PostProcessor) PostProcess(ui packer.Ui, artifact packer.Artifact) (pac
 		return nil, p.config.KeepOriginalImage, err
 	}
 
+	if !p.config.SkipClean {
+		err = DeleteFromBucket(p.config.AccountFile, ui, p.config.Bucket, p.config.GCSObjectName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, p.config.KeepOriginalImage, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	return gceImageArtifact, p.config.KeepOriginalImage, nil
 }
 
@@ -233,3 +241,36 @@ func CreateGceImage(accountFile string, ui packer.Ui, project string, rawImageUR
 
 	return &Artifact{paths: []string{op.TargetLink}}, nil
 }
+
+func DeleteFromBucket(accountFile string, ui packer.Ui, bucket string, gcsObjectName string) error {
+	var client *http.Client
+	var account googlecompute.AccountFile
+
+	err := googlecompute.ProcessAccountFile(&account, accountFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var DriverScopes = []string{"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.full_control"}
+	conf := jwt.Config{
+		Email:      account.ClientEmail,
+		PrivateKey: []byte(account.PrivateKey),
+		Scopes:     DriverScopes,
+		TokenURL:   "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token",
+	}
+
+	client = conf.Client(oauth2.NoContext)
+	service, err := storage.New(client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting import source from GCS %s/%s...", bucket, gcsObjectName))
+	err = service.Objects.Delete(bucket, gcsObjectName).Do()
+	if err != nil {
+		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to delete: %v/%v", bucket, gcsObjectName))
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/website/source/docs/post-processors/googlecompute-import.html.md b/website/source/docs/post-processors/googlecompute-import.html.md
index 8f6c4f825..9281c4c5e 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/post-processors/googlecompute-import.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/post-processors/googlecompute-import.html.md
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ for details.
 
 -   `keep_input_artifact` (boolean) - if true, do not delete the compressed RAW disk image. Defaults to false.
 
+-   `skip_clean` (boolean) - Skip removing the TAR file uploaded to the GCS bucket after the import process has completed. "true" means that we should leave it in the GCS bucket, "false" means to clean it out. Defaults to `false`.
+
 
 ## Basic Example