diff --git a/third_party/gsutil/gslib/command_runner.py b/third_party/gsutil/gslib/command_runner.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d1b3fbd34..829479d48
--- a/third_party/gsutil/gslib/command_runner.py
+++ b/third_party/gsutil/gslib/command_runner.py
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class CommandRunner(object):
     return command_map
 
   def RunNamedCommand(self, command_name, args=None, headers=None, debug=0,
-                      parallel_operations=False, test_method=None):
+                      parallel_operations=False, test_method=None,
+                      bypass_prodaccess=True):
     """Runs the named command. Used by gsutil main, commands built atop
       other commands, and tests .
 
@@ -97,5 +98,5 @@ class CommandRunner(object):
                                  parallel_operations, self.gsutil_bin_dir,
                                  self.boto_lib_dir, self.config_file_list,
                                  self.gsutil_ver, self.bucket_storage_uri_class,
-                                 test_method)
+                                 test_method, bypass_prodaccess)
     return command_inst.RunCommand()
diff --git a/third_party/gsutil/gsutil b/third_party/gsutil/gsutil
index e6509edca..49c83d01d 100755
--- a/third_party/gsutil/gsutil
+++ b/third_party/gsutil/gsutil
@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ def _RunNamedCommandAndHandleExceptions(command_runner, command_name, args=None,
     if not util.IS_WINDOWS:
       signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, _HandleSigQuit)
     return command_runner.RunNamedCommand(command_name, args, headers, debug,
-                                          parallel_operations)
+                                          parallel_operations,
+                                          bypass_prodaccess=bypass_prodaccess)
   except AttributeError, e:
     if str(e).find('secret_access_key') != -1:
       _OutputAndExit('Missing credentials for the given URI(s). Does your '