diff --git a/Aws/S3/Core.hs b/Aws/S3/Core.hs
--- a/Aws/S3/Core.hs
+++ b/Aws/S3/Core.hs
@@ -626,7 +626,9 @@
            XML.NodeElement e | elName e == "Version" ->
              do eTag <- force "Missing object ETag" $ el $/ elContent "ETag"
                 size <- forceM "Missing object Size" $ el $/ elContent "Size" &| textReadInt
-                storageClass <- forceM "Missing object StorageClass" $ el $/ elContent "StorageClass" &| return . parseStorageClass
+                storageClass <- case el $/ elContent "StorageClass" &| parseStorageClass of
+                        (x:_) -> return x
+                        [] -> return Standard
                 return ObjectVersion{
                              oviKey          = key
                            , oviVersionId    = versionId
@@ -672,7 +674,9 @@
          lastModified <- forceM "Missing object LastModified" $ el $/ elContent "LastModified" &| time
          eTag <- force "Missing object ETag" $ el $/ elContent "ETag"
          size <- forceM "Missing object Size" $ el $/ elContent "Size" &| textReadInt
-         storageClass <- forceM "Missing object StorageClass" $ el $/ elContent "StorageClass" &| return . parseStorageClass
+         storageClass <- case el $/ elContent "StorageClass" &| parseStorageClass of
+                    (x:_) -> return x
+                    [] -> return Standard
          owner <- case el $/ Cu.laxElement "Owner" &| parseUserInfo of
                     (x:_) -> fmap' Just x
                     [] -> return Nothing
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 most users. I recommend using smart constructors and {} matching syntax
 whenever possible when interacting with aws types.
 
+-   0.25.1
+    - S3: Make getBucket support Google Object Storage, which does
+      not include StorageClass in its response, by defaulting to Standard.
 -   0.25
     - [breaking change] Added poTagging constructor to PutObject
     - Switch from no longer maintained cryptonite to crypton.
diff --git a/aws.cabal b/aws.cabal
--- a/aws.cabal
+++ b/aws.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                aws
-Version:             0.25
+Version:             0.25.1
 Synopsis:            Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Haskell
 Description:         Bindings for Amazon Web Services (AWS), with the aim of supporting all AWS services. To see a high level overview of the library, see the README at <https://github.com/aristidb/aws/blob/master/README.md>.
 Homepage:            http://github.com/aristidb/aws