diff --git a/java/google/registry/proxy/BUILD b/java/google/registry/proxy/BUILD
index 28ab60bdd..c3cecd8b8 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/proxy/BUILD
+++ b/java/google/registry/proxy/BUILD
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ java_library(
         "@com_google_api_client",
         "@com_google_apis_google_api_services_cloudkms",
         "@com_google_apis_google_api_services_monitoring",
+        "@com_google_apis_google_api_services_storage",
         "@com_google_auto_value",
         "@com_google_code_findbugs_jsr305",
         "@com_google_dagger",
diff --git a/java/google/registry/proxy/ProxyConfig.java b/java/google/registry/proxy/ProxyConfig.java
index 197923644..3a09d4427 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/proxy/ProxyConfig.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/proxy/ProxyConfig.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class ProxyConfig {
   public List<String> gcpScopes;
   public int accessTokenValidPeriodSeconds;
   public int accessTokenRefreshBeforeExpirySeconds;
-  public String sslPemFilename;
+  public Gcs gcs;
   public Kms kms;
   public Epp epp;
   public Whois whois;
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ public class ProxyConfig {
   public HttpsRelay httpsRelay;
   public Metrics metrics;
 
+  /** Configuration options that apply to GCS. */
+  public static class Gcs {
+    public String bucket;
+    public String sslPemFilename;
+  }
+
   /** Configuration options that apply to Cloud KMS. */
   public static class Kms {
     public String location;
diff --git a/java/google/registry/proxy/ProxyModule.java b/java/google/registry/proxy/ProxyModule.java
index a8964ec52..ab8c51120 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/proxy/ProxyModule.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/proxy/ProxyModule.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package google.registry.proxy;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Suppliers.memoizeWithExpiration;
 import static google.registry.proxy.ProxyConfig.getProxyConfig;
-import static google.registry.util.ResourceUtils.readResourceBytes;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 
 import com.beust.jcommander.JCommander;
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredential;
 import com.google.api.client.googleapis.util.Utils;
 import com.google.api.services.cloudkms.v1.CloudKMS;
 import com.google.api.services.cloudkms.v1.model.DecryptRequest;
+import com.google.api.services.storage.Storage;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.monitoring.metrics.MetricReporter;
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import io.netty.handler.logging.LogLevel;
 import io.netty.handler.logging.LoggingHandler;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.OpenSsl;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslProvider;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -218,14 +219,32 @@ public class ProxyModule {
         .build();
   }
 
+  @Singleton
+  @Provides
+  static Storage provideStorage(GoogleCredential credential, ProxyConfig config) {
+    return new Storage.Builder(
+            Utils.getDefaultTransport(), Utils.getDefaultJsonFactory(), credential)
+        .setApplicationName(config.projectId)
+        .build();
+  }
+
   @Singleton
   @Provides
   @Named("encryptedPemBytes")
-  static byte[] provideEncryptedPemBytes(ProxyConfig config) {
+  static byte[] provideEncryptedPemBytes(Storage storage, ProxyConfig config) {
     try {
-      return readResourceBytes(ProxyModule.class, "resources/" + config.sslPemFilename).read();
+      ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+      storage
+          .objects()
+          .get(config.gcs.bucket, config.gcs.sslPemFilename)
+          .executeMediaAndDownloadTo(outputStream);
+      return outputStream.toByteArray();
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      logger.severefmt(e, "Error reading encrypted PEM file: %s", config.sslPemFilename);
+      logger.severefmt(
+          e,
+          "Error reading encrypted PEM file %s from GCS bucket %s",
+          config.gcs.sslPemFilename,
+          config.gcs.bucket);
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
   }
diff --git a/java/google/registry/proxy/config/default-config.yaml b/java/google/registry/proxy/config/default-config.yaml
index c64ce10f2..aaf5e0145 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/proxy/config/default-config.yaml
+++ b/java/google/registry/proxy/config/default-config.yaml
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ accessTokenValidPeriodSeconds: 1800
 # com.google.api.client.auth.oauth2.Credential#intercept.
 accessTokenRefreshBeforeExpirySeconds: 60
 
-# Name of the encrypted PEM file.
-sslPemFilename: your-ssl.pem
+gcs:
+  # GCS bucket that stores the encrypted PEM file.
+  bucket: your-gcs-bucket
+  # Name of the encrypted PEM file.
+  sslPemFilename: your-pem-filename
 
 # Strings used to construct the KMS crypto key URL.
 # See: https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.locations.keyRings.cryptoKeys
diff --git a/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/example_config.tf b/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/example_config.tf
index 898aa0c88..29fd94634 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/example_config.tf
+++ b/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/example_config.tf
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ terraform {
 }
 
 module "proxy" {
-  source               = "../../modules"
-  proxy_project_name   = "YOUR_PROXY_PROJECT"
-  nomulus_project_name = "YOUR_NOMULUS_GPROJECT"
-  gcr_project_name     = "YOUR_GCR_PROJECT"
-  proxy_domain_name    = "YOUR_PROXY_DOMAIN"
+  source                   = "../../modules"
+  proxy_project_name       = "YOUR_PROXY_PROJECT"
+  nomulus_project_name     = "YOUR_NOMULUS_GPROJECT"
+  gcr_project_name         = "YOUR_GCR_PROJECT"
+  proxy_domain_name        = "YOUR_PROXY_DOMAIN"
+  proxy_certificate_bucket = "YOU_CERTIFICATE_BUCKET"
 }
 
 output "proxy_service_account_client_id" {
diff --git a/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/modules/gcs.tf b/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/modules/gcs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..808a015a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/modules/gcs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+resource "google_storage_bucket" "proxy_certificate" {
+  name          = "${var.proxy_certificate_bucket}"
+  storage_class = "MULTI_REGIONAL"
+}
+
+resource "google_storage_bucket_iam_member" "member" {
+  bucket = "${google_storage_bucket.proxy_certificate.name}"
+  role   = "roles/storage.objectViewer"
+  member = "serviceAccount:${google_service_account.proxy_service_account.email}"
+}
diff --git a/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/modules/input.tf b/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/modules/input.tf
index d1a49f81a..102dc54b3 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/modules/input.tf
+++ b/java/google/registry/proxy/terraform/modules/input.tf
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ variable "gcr_project_name" {}
 # The base domain name of the proxy, without the whois. or epp. part.
 variable "proxy_domain_name" {}
 
+# The GCS bucket that stores the encrypted SSL certificate.
+variable "proxy_certificate_bucket" {}
+
 # Cloud KMS keyring name
 variable "proxy_key_ring" {
   default = "proxy-key-ring"