diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/service.rb b/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/service.rb
index d9adf2acff65..74c4f45d26ba 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/service.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/service.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def initialize project, credentials, retries: nil,
           @service.request_options.multiplier = multiplier if multiplier
           @service.request_options.add_invocation_id_header = true
           @service.request_options.upload_chunk_size = upload_chunk_size if upload_chunk_size
+          @service.request_options.add_idempotency_token_header = true
           @service.authorization = @credentials.client if @credentials
           @service.root_url = host if host
           @service.universe_domain = universe_domain || Google::Cloud::Storage.configure.universe_domain