diff --git a/storages/backends/gcloud.py b/storages/backends/gcloud.py
index 837b657bf..a18d5ac3f 100644
--- a/storages/backends/gcloud.py
+++ b/storages/backends/gcloud.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import gzip
+import io
 import mimetypes
 import warnings
 from datetime import timedelta
@@ -11,11 +13,9 @@
 
 from storages.base import BaseStorage
 from storages.compress import CompressedFileMixin
-from storages.compress import CompressStorageMixin
 from storages.utils import check_location
 from storages.utils import clean_name
 from storages.utils import get_available_overwrite_name
-from storages.utils import is_seekable
 from storages.utils import safe_join
 from storages.utils import setting
 from storages.utils import to_bytes
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def close(self):
 
 
 @deconstructible
-class GoogleCloudStorage(CompressStorageMixin, BaseStorage):
+class GoogleCloudStorage(BaseStorage):
     def __init__(self, **settings):
         super().__init__(**settings)
 
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ def _open(self, name, mode='rb'):
             raise FileNotFoundError('File does not exist: %s' % name)
         return file_object
 
+    def _compress_content(self, content):
+        content.seek(0)
+        zbuf = io.BytesIO()
+        with gzip.GzipFile(mode='wb', fileobj=zbuf, mtime=0.0) as zfile:
+            zfile.write(to_bytes(content.read()))
+        zbuf.seek(0)
+        return zbuf
+
     def _save(self, name, content):
         cleaned_name = clean_name(name)
         name = self._normalize_name(cleaned_name)
@@ -195,10 +203,9 @@ def _save(self, name, content):
         for prop, val in blob_params.items():
             setattr(file_object.blob, prop, val)
 
-        rewind = is_seekable(content)
         file_object.blob.upload_from_file(
             content,
-            rewind=rewind,
+            rewind=True,
             retry=DEFAULT_RETRY,
             size=getattr(content, 'size', None),
             **upload_params
@@ -300,9 +307,9 @@ def get_created_time(self, name):
 
     def url(self, name, parameters=None):
         """
-        Return public url or a signed url for the Blob.
-        This DOES NOT check for existance of Blob - that makes codes too slow
-        for many use cases.
+        Return public URL or a signed URL for the Blob.
+
+        The existnce of blobs are not verified for public URLs, it makes the code too slow.
         """
         name = self._normalize_name(clean_name(name))
         blob = self.bucket.blob(name)
diff --git a/tests/test_gcloud.py b/tests/test_gcloud.py
index 70e9ef52e..5896340be 100644
--- a/tests/test_gcloud.py
+++ b/tests/test_gcloud.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from google.cloud.storage.retry import DEFAULT_RETRY
 
 from storages.backends import gcloud
-from tests.utils import NonSeekableContentFile
 
 
 class GCloudTestCase(TestCase):
@@ -417,9 +416,7 @@ def test_cache_control(self):
         self.assertEqual(blob.cache_control, cache_control)
 
     def test_storage_save_gzip_twice(self):
-        """
-        Test saving the same file content twice with gzip enabled.
-        """
+        """Test saving the same file content twice with gzip enabled."""
         # Given
         self.storage.gzip = True
         name = 'test_storage_save.css'
@@ -435,7 +432,7 @@ def test_storage_save_gzip_twice(self):
         self.assertEqual(obj.content_encoding, 'gzip')
         obj.upload_from_file.assert_called_with(
             mock.ANY,
-            rewind=False,
+            rewind=True,
             retry=DEFAULT_RETRY,
             size=None,
             predefined_acl=None,
@@ -447,9 +444,7 @@ def test_storage_save_gzip_twice(self):
         self.assertEqual(zfile.read(), b"I should be gzip'd")
 
     def test_compress_content_len(self):
-        """
-        Test that file returned by _compress_content() is readable.
-        """
+        """Test that file returned by _compress_content() is readable."""
         self.storage.gzip = True
         content = ContentFile("I should be gzip'd")
         content = self.storage._compress_content(content)
@@ -532,7 +527,7 @@ def test_storage_save_gzipped(self, *args):
             self.storage.save(name, content)
             blob.upload_from_file.assert_called_with(
                 mock.ANY,
-                rewind=False,
+                rewind=True,
                 retry=DEFAULT_RETRY,
                 size=None,
                 predefined_acl=None,
@@ -541,32 +536,6 @@ def test_storage_save_gzipped(self, *args):
         finally:
             patcher.stop()
 
-    @mock.patch('google.cloud.storage.blob.Blob._do_upload')
-    @mock.patch('google.auth.default', return_value=['foo', None])
-    def test_storage_save_gzipped_non_seekable(self, *args):
-        """
-        Test saving a gzipped file
-        """
-        name = 'test_storage_save.gz'
-        content = NonSeekableContentFile("I am gzip'd")
-
-        blob = Blob('x', None)
-        blob.upload_from_file = mock.MagicMock(side_effect=blob.upload_from_file)
-        patcher = mock.patch('google.cloud.storage.Bucket.get_blob', return_value=blob)
-        try:
-            patcher.start()
-            self.storage.save(name, content)
-            blob.upload_from_file.assert_called_with(
-                mock.ANY,
-                rewind=False,
-                retry=DEFAULT_RETRY,
-                size=11,
-                predefined_acl=None,
-                content_type=None
-            )
-        finally:
-            patcher.stop()
-
     @mock.patch('google.cloud.storage.blob.Blob._do_upload')
     @mock.patch('google.auth.default', return_value=['foo', None])
     def test_storage_save_gzip(self, *args):
@@ -587,7 +556,7 @@ def test_storage_save_gzip(self, *args):
             obj = self.storage._bucket.get_blob()
             obj.upload_from_file.assert_called_with(
                 mock.ANY,
-                rewind=False,
+                rewind=True,
                 retry=DEFAULT_RETRY,
                 size=None,
                 predefined_acl=None,