diff --git a/prow/apis/prowjobs/v1/types.go b/prow/apis/prowjobs/v1/types.go
index cc0d046cee4a..2e240b39c86d 100644
--- a/prow/apis/prowjobs/v1/types.go
+++ b/prow/apis/prowjobs/v1/types.go
@@ -519,6 +519,9 @@ type GCSConfiguration struct {
 	// builtin's and the local system's defaults.  This maps extensions
 	// to media types, for example: MediaTypes["log"] = "text/plain"
 	MediaTypes map[string]string `json:"mediaTypes,omitempty"`
+	// MaxConcurrency limits the concurrency used when pushing
+	// data to GCS. Defaults to 4 concurrent uploads per available CPU.
+	MaxConcurrency int64 `json:"max_concurrency,omitempty"`
 
 	// LocalOutputDir specifies a directory where files should be copied INSTEAD of uploading to GCS.
 	// This option is useful for testing jobs that use the pod-utilities without actually uploading.
diff --git a/prow/gcsupload/options.go b/prow/gcsupload/options.go
index 23484c2ba2fa..966346b86a3e 100644
--- a/prow/gcsupload/options.go
+++ b/prow/gcsupload/options.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/testgrid/util/gcs"
@@ -114,6 +115,10 @@ func (o *Options) Complete(args []string) {
 		o.GCSConfiguration.MediaTypes[extension] = mediaType
 	}
 	o.mediaTypes = flagutil.NewStrings()
+
+	if o.GCSConfiguration.MaxConcurrency == 0 {
+		o.GCSConfiguration.MaxConcurrency = int64(4 * runtime.NumCPU())
+	}
 }
 
 // AddFlags adds flags to the FlagSet that populate
diff --git a/prow/gcsupload/run.go b/prow/gcsupload/run.go
index a6fb86c14bd6..af50716d988a 100644
--- a/prow/gcsupload/run.go
+++ b/prow/gcsupload/run.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (o Options) Run(spec *downwardapi.JobSpec, extra map[string]gcs.UploadFunc)
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not connect to GCS: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		if err := gcs.Upload(gcsClient.Bucket(o.Bucket), uploadTargets); err != nil {
+		if err := gcs.Upload(gcsClient.Bucket(o.Bucket), uploadTargets, o.MaxConcurrency); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to upload to GCS: %v", err)
 		}
 		logrus.Info("Finished upload to GCS")
diff --git a/prow/pod-utils/gcs/BUILD.bazel b/prow/pod-utils/gcs/BUILD.bazel
index 3f8bbc254b06..7554c1ad278c 100644
--- a/prow/pod-utils/gcs/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/prow/pod-utils/gcs/BUILD.bazel
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ go_library(
         "@com_github_sirupsen_logrus//:go_default_library",
         "@com_google_cloud_go//storage:go_default_library",
         "@org_golang_google_api//googleapi:go_default_library",
+        "@org_golang_x_sync//semaphore:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/prow/pod-utils/gcs/upload.go b/prow/pod-utils/gcs/upload.go
index 1ad0afc9abd4..90a0956fa07a 100644
--- a/prow/pod-utils/gcs/upload.go
+++ b/prow/pod-utils/gcs/upload.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	"cloud.google.com/go/storage"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
 	"google.golang.org/api/googleapi"
 
 	"k8s.io/test-infra/prow/errorutil"
@@ -38,11 +39,11 @@ type destToWriter func(dest string) dataWriter
 // Upload uploads all of the data in the
 // uploadTargets map to GCS in parallel. The map is
 // keyed on GCS path under the bucket
-func Upload(bucket *storage.BucketHandle, uploadTargets map[string]UploadFunc) error {
+func Upload(bucket *storage.BucketHandle, uploadTargets map[string]UploadFunc, maxConcurrency int64) error {
 	dtw := func(dest string) dataWriter {
 		return gcsObjectWriter{bucket.Object(dest).NewWriter(context.Background())}
 	}
-	return upload(dtw, uploadTargets)
+	return upload(dtw, uploadTargets, maxConcurrency)
 }
 
 // LocalExport copies all of the data in the uploadTargets map to local files in parallel. The map
@@ -53,18 +54,24 @@ func LocalExport(exportDir string, uploadTargets map[string]UploadFunc) error {
 			filePath: path.Join(exportDir, dest),
 		}
 	}
-	return upload(dtw, uploadTargets)
+	return upload(dtw, uploadTargets, int64(len(uploadTargets))) // there is no use in limiting concurrency of local writes
 }
 
-func upload(dtw destToWriter, uploadTargets map[string]UploadFunc) error {
+func upload(dtw destToWriter, uploadTargets map[string]UploadFunc, maxConcurrency int64) error {
 	errCh := make(chan error, len(uploadTargets))
 	group := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	group.Add(len(uploadTargets))
+	sem := semaphore.NewWeighted(maxConcurrency)
 	for dest, upload := range uploadTargets {
 		log := logrus.WithField("dest", dest)
+		if err := sem.Acquire(context.Background(), 1); err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("Could not begin upload.")
+			continue
+		}
 		log.Info("Queued for upload")
 		go func(f UploadFunc, writer dataWriter, log *logrus.Entry) {
 			defer group.Done()
+			defer sem.Release(1)
 			if err := f(writer); err != nil {
 				errCh <- err
 			} else {
diff --git a/prow/pod-utils/gcs/upload_test.go b/prow/pod-utils/gcs/upload_test.go
index dd681b968e45..d37d2fb6db42 100644
--- a/prow/pod-utils/gcs/upload_test.go
+++ b/prow/pod-utils/gcs/upload_test.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestUploadToGcs(t *testing.T) {
 			targets[fmt.Sprintf("fail-%d", i)] = fail
 		}
 
-		err := Upload(&storage.BucketHandle{}, targets)
+		err := Upload(&storage.BucketHandle{}, targets, int64(len(targets)))
 		if err != nil && !testCase.expectedErr {
 			t.Errorf("%s: expected no error but got %v", testCase.name, err)
 		}