diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
index 319ee4c56377..c1570f207539 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
     import pandas as pd
     import torch
+    from fsspec import AbstractFileSystem
 
 
 def normalize_filenames(source_list):
@@ -877,6 +878,44 @@ def attach_sqlite(
             con.execute(sa.text(f"SET GLOBAL sqlite_all_varchar={all_varchar}"))
             con.execute(sa.text(f"CALL sqlite_attach('{path}', overwrite={overwrite})"))
 
+    def register_filesystem(self, filesystem: AbstractFileSystem):
+        """Register an `fsspec` filesystem object with DuckDB.
+
+        This allow a user to read from any `fsspec` compatible filesystem using
+        `read_csv`, `read_parquet`, `read_json`, etc.
+
+
+        ::: {.callout-note}
+        Creating an `fsspec` filesystem requires that the corresponding
+        backend-specific `fsspec` helper library is installed.
+
+        e.g. to connect to Google Cloud Storage, `gcsfs` must be installed.
+        :::
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        filesystem
+            The fsspec filesystem object to register with DuckDB.
+            See https://duckdb.org/docs/guides/python/filesystems for details.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> import ibis
+        >>> import fsspec
+        >>> gcs = fsspec.filesystem("gcs")
+        >>> con = ibis.duckdb.connect()
+        >>> con.register_filesystem(gcs)
+        >>> t = con.read_csv(
+        ...     "gcs://ibis-examples/data/band_members.csv.gz",
+        ...     table_name="band_members",
+        ... )
+        DatabaseTable: band_members
+          name string
+          band string
+        """
+        with self.begin() as con:
+            con.connection.register_filesystem(filesystem)
+
     def _run_pre_execute_hooks(self, expr: ir.Expr) -> None:
         # Warn for any tables depending on RecordBatchReaders that have already
         # started being consumed.
diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_register.py b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_register.py
index fb77c52810e5..816b08903242 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_register.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_register.py
@@ -350,3 +350,20 @@ def test_csv_with_slash_n_null(con, tmp_path):
     t = con.read_csv(data_path, nullstr="\\N")
     col = t.a.execute()
     assert pd.isna(col.iat[-1])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    LINUX and SANDBOXED,
+    reason=("nix can't hit GCS because it is sandboxed."),
+)
+def test_register_filesystem_gcs(con):
+    import fsspec
+
+    gcs = fsspec.filesystem("gcs")
+
+    con.register_filesystem(gcs)
+    band_members = con.read_csv(
+        "gcs://ibis-examples/data/band_members.csv.gz", table_name="band_members"
+    )
+
+    assert band_members.count().to_pyarrow()
diff --git a/ibis/util.py b/ibis/util.py
index 2524a7614cf1..0f7cb0e45a03 100644
--- a/ibis/util.py
+++ b/ibis/util.py
@@ -523,7 +523,9 @@ def normalize_filename(source: str | Path) -> str:
         source = source.removeprefix(f"{prefix}://")
 
     def _absolufy_paths(name):
-        if not name.startswith(("http", "s3", "az", "abfs", "abfss", "adl", "gs")):
+        if not name.startswith(
+            ("http", "s3", "az", "abfs", "abfss", "adl", "gs", "gcs", "azure")
+        ):
             return os.path.abspath(name)
         return name