diff --git a/jax/collect_profile.py b/jax/collect_profile.py
index 48468bb10064..7af3033d7b85 100644
--- a/jax/collect_profile.py
+++ b/jax/collect_profile.py
@@ -72,17 +72,25 @@ def collect_profile(port: int, duration_in_ms: int, host: str,
       "device_tracer_level": device_tracer_level,
       "python_tracer_level": python_tracer_level,
   }
+  IS_GCS_PATH = str(log_dir).startswith("gs://")
   log_dir_ = pathlib.Path(log_dir if log_dir is not None else tempfile.mkdtemp())
+  str_log_dir = log_dir if IS_GCS_PATH else str(log_dir_)
   _pywrap_profiler_plugin.trace(
       _strip_addresses(f"{host}:{port}", _GRPC_PREFIX),
-      str(log_dir_),
+      str_log_dir,
       '',
       True,
       duration_in_ms,
       DEFAULT_NUM_TRACING_ATTEMPTS,
       options,
   )
-  print(f"Dumped profiling information in: {log_dir_}")
+  print(f"Dumped profiling information in: {str_log_dir}")
+  # Traces stored on GCS cannot be converted to a Perfetto trace, as JAX doesn't
+  # directly support GCS paths.
+  if IS_GCS_PATH:
+    if not no_perfetto_link:
+      print("Perfetto link is not supported for GCS paths, skipping creation.")
+    return
   # The profiler dumps `xplane.pb` to the logging directory. To upload it to
   # the Perfetto trace viewer, we need to convert it to a `trace.json` file.
   # We do this by first finding the `xplane.pb` file, then passing it into
diff --git a/tests/profiler_test.py b/tests/profiler_test.py
index 14ebdef70267..423f2570d705 100644
--- a/tests/profiler_test.py
+++ b/tests/profiler_test.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import threading
 import time
 import unittest
+import unittest.mock
 from absl.testing import absltest
 import pathlib
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 
 try:
   from xprof.convert import _pywrap_profiler_plugin
+  import jax.collect_profile
 except ImportError:
   _pywrap_profiler_plugin = None
 
@@ -470,5 +472,43 @@ def on_profile():
     thread_profiler.join()
     self._check_xspace_pb_exist(logdir)
 
+  @unittest.skipIf(
+      not (portpicker and _pywrap_profiler_plugin),
+    "Test requires xprof and portpicker")
+  def test_remote_profiler_gcs_path(self):
+    port = portpicker.pick_unused_port()
+    jax.profiler.start_server(port)
+
+    profile_done = threading.Event()
+    logdir = "gs://mock-test-bucket/test-dir"
+    # Mock XProf call in collect_profile.
+    _pywrap_profiler_plugin.trace = unittest.mock.MagicMock()
+    def on_profile():
+      jax.collect_profile(port, 500, logdir, no_perfetto_link=True)
+      profile_done.set()
+
+    thread_profiler = threading.Thread(
+        target=on_profile, args=())
+    thread_profiler.start()
+    start_time = time.time()
+    y = jnp.zeros((5, 5))
+    while not profile_done.is_set():
+      # The timeout here must be relatively high. The profiler takes a while to
+      # start up on Cloud TPUs.
+      if time.time() - start_time > 30:
+        raise RuntimeError("Profile did not complete in 30s")
+      y = jnp.dot(y, y)
+    jax.profiler.stop_server()
+    thread_profiler.join()
+    _pywrap_profiler_plugin.trace.assert_called_once_with(
+        unittest.mock.ANY,
+        logdir,
+        unittest.mock.ANY,
+        unittest.mock.ANY,
+        unittest.mock.ANY,
+        unittest.mock.ANY,
+        unittest.mock.ANY,
+    )
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   absltest.main(testLoader=jtu.JaxTestLoader())