diff --git a/googleapis_auth/CHANGELOG.md b/googleapis_auth/CHANGELOG.md
index 738765cb1..6b2882f9b 100644
--- a/googleapis_auth/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/googleapis_auth/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 - Added an optional `listenPort` parameter to `clientViaUserConsent`
   and `obtainAccessCredentialsViaUserConsent`. 
 
+#### `auth_io.dart`
+
+- Handle the `source_credentials` from the credentials file to support
+  usage of impersonating service account with gcloud cli.
+
 ## 1.3.1
 
 - Include `plugin_name` during browser authorization.
diff --git a/googleapis_auth/lib/src/adc_utils.dart b/googleapis_auth/lib/src/adc_utils.dart
index e44b4f5a5..d02b7dd3f 100644
--- a/googleapis_auth/lib/src/adc_utils.dart
+++ b/googleapis_auth/lib/src/adc_utils.dart
@@ -32,10 +32,16 @@ Future<AutoRefreshingAuthClient> fromApplicationsCredentialsFile(
     );
   }
 
-  if (credentials is Map && credentials['type'] == 'authorized_user') {
+  if (credentials is Map &&
+      (credentials['type'] == 'authorized_user' ||
+          credentials['type'] == 'impersonated_service_account')) {
+    final credentialsValue = credentials['type'] == 'authorized_user'
+        ? credentials
+        : credentials['source_credentials'] as Map;
+
     final clientId = ClientId(
-      credentials['client_id'] as String,
-      credentials['client_secret'] as String?,
+      credentialsValue['client_id'] as String,
+      credentialsValue['client_secret'] as String?,
     );
     return AutoRefreshingClient(
       baseClient,
@@ -45,7 +51,7 @@ Future<AutoRefreshingAuthClient> fromApplicationsCredentialsFile(
         AccessCredentials(
           // Hack: Create empty credentials that have expired.
           AccessToken('Bearer', '', DateTime(0).toUtc()),
-          credentials['refresh_token'] as String?,
+          credentialsValue['refresh_token'] as String?,
           scopes,
         ),
         baseClient,
@@ -53,6 +59,7 @@ Future<AutoRefreshingAuthClient> fromApplicationsCredentialsFile(
       quotaProject: credentials['quota_project_id'] as String?,
     );
   }
+
   return await clientViaServiceAccount(
     ServiceAccountCredentials.fromJson(credentials),
     scopes,
diff --git a/googleapis_auth/test/adc_test.dart b/googleapis_auth/test/adc_test.dart
index 3d9fd8b93..4f11bc068 100644
--- a/googleapis_auth/test/adc_test.dart
+++ b/googleapis_auth/test/adc_test.dart
@@ -67,6 +67,64 @@ void main() {
     }
   });
 
+  test('fromApplicationsCredentialsFile w. source_credentials', () async {
+    final tmp = await Directory.systemTemp.createTemp('googleapis_auth-test');
+    try {
+      final credsFile = File.fromUri(tmp.uri.resolve('creds.json'));
+      await credsFile.writeAsString(json.encode({
+        'service_account_impersonation_url': 'url',
+        'source_credentials': {
+          'client_id': 'id',
+          'client_secret': 'secret',
+          'refresh_token': 'refresh',
+          'type': 'authorized_user'
+        },
+        'type': 'impersonated_service_account',
+      }));
+      final c = await fromApplicationsCredentialsFile(
+        credsFile,
+        'test-credentials-file',
+        [],
+        mockClient((Request request) async {
+          final url = request.url;
+          if (url == googleOauth2TokenEndpoint) {
+            expect(request.method, equals('POST'));
+            expect(
+                request.body,
+                equals('client_id=id&'
+                    'client_secret=secret&'
+                    'refresh_token=refresh&'
+                    'grant_type=refresh_token'));
+            final body = jsonEncode({
+              'token_type': 'Bearer',
+              'access_token': 'atoken',
+              'expires_in': 3600,
+            });
+            return Response(body, 200, headers: jsonContentType);
+          }
+          if (url.toString() ==
+              'https://storage.googleapis.com/b/bucket/o/obj') {
+            expect(request.method, equals('GET'));
+            expect(request.headers['Authorization'], equals('Bearer atoken'));
+            expect(request.headers['X-Goog-User-Project'], isNull);
+            return Response('hello world', 200);
+          }
+          return Response('bad', 404);
+        }),
+      );
+      expect(c.credentials.accessToken.data, equals('atoken'));
+
+      final r =
+          await c.get(Uri.https('storage.googleapis.com', '/b/bucket/o/obj'));
+      expect(r.statusCode, equals(200));
+      expect(r.body, equals('hello world'));
+
+      c.close();
+    } finally {
+      await tmp.delete(recursive: true);
+    }
+  });
+
   test('fromApplicationsCredentialsFile w. quota_project_id', () async {
     final tmp = await Directory.systemTemp.createTemp('googleapis_auth-test');
     try {