diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/blob.py b/google/cloud/storage/blob.py
index 6127411df..f1cb5666b 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/blob.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/blob.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
     "contentLanguage",
     _CONTENT_TYPE_FIELD,
     "crc32c",
+    "customTime",
     "md5Hash",
     "metadata",
     "name",
@@ -1530,6 +1531,7 @@ def _get_writable_metadata(self):
         * ``contentLanguage``
         * ``contentType``
         * ``crc32c``
+        * ``customTime``
         * ``md5Hash``
         * ``metadata``
         * ``name``
diff --git a/tests/system/test_system.py b/tests/system/test_system.py
index 1ff17a61f..ec05b0c72 100644
--- a/tests/system/test_system.py
+++ b/tests/system/test_system.py
@@ -1027,6 +1027,19 @@ def test_upload_blob_owner(self):
         owner = same_blob.owner
         self.assertIn(user_email, owner["entity"])
 
+    def test_upload_blob_custom_time(self):
+        blob = self.bucket.blob("CustomTimeBlob")
+        file_contents = b"Hello World"
+        current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
+        blob.custom_time = current_time
+        blob.upload_from_string(file_contents)
+        self.case_blobs_to_delete.append(blob)
+
+        same_blob = self.bucket.blob("CustomTimeBlob")
+        same_blob.reload(projection="full")
+        custom_time = same_blob.custom_time.replace(tzinfo=None)
+        self.assertEqual(custom_time, current_time)
+
     def test_blob_crc32_md5_hash(self):
         blob = self.bucket.blob("MyBuffer")
         file_contents = b"Hello World"