diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Bucket.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Bucket.java
index 099bfd475..4160327a8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Bucket.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Bucket.java
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ public Acl updateDefaultAcl(Acl acl) {
    *
    * @throws StorageException upon failure
    */
-  @TransportCompatibility({Transport.HTTP})
+  @TransportCompatibility({Transport.HTTP, Transport.GRPC})
   public List<Acl> listDefaultAcls() {
     return storage.listDefaultAcls(getName());
   }
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java
index 7e8181a15..73e56bbe2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java
@@ -907,31 +907,12 @@ public List<Acl> listAcls(String bucket) {
 
   @Override
   public Acl getDefaultAcl(String bucket, Entity entity) {
-    // Specify the read-mask to explicitly include defaultObjectAcl
-    Fields fields =
-        UnifiedOpts.fields(
-            ImmutableSet.of(
-                BucketField.ACL, // workaround for b/261771961
-                BucketField.DEFAULT_OBJECT_ACL));
-    GrpcCallContext grpcCallContext = GrpcCallContext.createDefault();
-    GetBucketRequest req =
-        fields
-            .getBucket()
-            .apply(GetBucketRequest.newBuilder())
-            .setName(bucketNameCodec.encode(bucket))
-            .build();
     try {
-      com.google.storage.v2.Bucket resp =
-          Retrying.run(
-              getOptions(),
-              retryAlgorithmManager.getFor(req),
-              () -> storageClient.getBucketCallable().call(req, grpcCallContext),
-              Decoder.identity());
+      com.google.storage.v2.Bucket resp = getBucketDefaultAcls(bucket);
 
       Predicate<ObjectAccessControl> entityPredicate =
           objectAclEntityOrAltEq(codecs.entity().encode(entity));
 
-      //noinspection DataFlowIssue
       Optional<ObjectAccessControl> first =
           resp.getDefaultObjectAclList().stream().filter(entityPredicate).findFirst();
 
@@ -965,7 +946,14 @@ public Acl updateDefaultAcl(String bucket, Acl acl) {
 
   @Override
   public List<Acl> listDefaultAcls(String bucket) {
-    return throwNotYetImplemented(fmtMethodName("listDefaultAcls", String.class));
+    try {
+      com.google.storage.v2.Bucket resp = getBucketDefaultAcls(bucket);
+      return resp.getDefaultObjectAclList().stream()
+          .map(codecs.objectAcl()::decode)
+          .collect(ImmutableList.toImmutableList());
+    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
+      throw StorageException.coalesce(e);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -1430,4 +1418,26 @@ private SourceObject sourceObjectEncode(SourceBlob from) {
     ifNonNull(from.getGeneration(), to::setGeneration);
     return to.build();
   }
+
+  private com.google.storage.v2.Bucket getBucketDefaultAcls(String bucketName) {
+    Fields fields =
+        UnifiedOpts.fields(
+            ImmutableSet.of(
+                BucketField.ACL, // workaround for b/261771961
+                BucketField.DEFAULT_OBJECT_ACL,
+                BucketField.METAGENERATION));
+    GrpcCallContext grpcCallContext = GrpcCallContext.createDefault();
+    GetBucketRequest req =
+        fields
+            .getBucket()
+            .apply(GetBucketRequest.newBuilder())
+            .setName(bucketNameCodec.encode(bucketName))
+            .build();
+
+    return Retrying.run(
+        getOptions(),
+        retryAlgorithmManager.getFor(req),
+        () -> storageClient.getBucketCallable().call(req, grpcCallContext),
+        Decoder.identity());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java
index 6e4fc2ea6..ad92aae59 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java
@@ -3570,7 +3570,7 @@ PostPolicyV4 generateSignedPostPolicyV4(
    *
    * @throws StorageException upon failure
    */
-  @TransportCompatibility({Transport.HTTP})
+  @TransportCompatibility({Transport.HTTP, Transport.GRPC})
   List<Acl> listDefaultAcls(String bucket);
 
   /**
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITAccessTest.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITAccessTest.java
index bc4e8b3b9..7351227dd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITAccessTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITAccessTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.Identity;
 import com.google.cloud.Policy;
 import com.google.cloud.RetryHelper;
+import com.google.cloud.RetryHelper.RetryHelperException;
 import com.google.cloud.http.BaseHttpServiceException;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.Acl;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.Acl.Role;
@@ -158,15 +160,38 @@ public void bucket_defaultAcl_get_bucket404() {
     assertThat(acl).isNull();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void bucket_defaultAcl_list() {
+    String bucketName = bucket.getName();
+    // lookup an entity from the bucket which is known to exist
+    Bucket bucketWithAcls =
+        storage.get(
+            bucketName, BucketGetOption.fields(BucketField.ACL, BucketField.DEFAULT_OBJECT_ACL));
+
+    Acl actual = bucketWithAcls.getDefaultAcl().iterator().next();
+
+    List<Acl> acls = retry429s(() -> storage.listDefaultAcls(bucketName), storage);
+
+    assertThat(acls).contains(actual);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void bucket_defaultAcl_list_bucket404() {
+    StorageException storageException =
+        assertThrows(
+            StorageException.class,
+            () -> retry429s(() -> storage.listDefaultAcls(bucket.getName() + "x"), storage));
+
+    assertThat(storageException.getCode()).isEqualTo(404);
+  }
+
   @Test
   @CrossRun.Ignore(transports = Transport.GRPC)
   public void testBucketDefaultAcl() {
     // TODO: break this test up into each of the respective scenarios
-    //   DONE ~1. get default ACL for specific entity~
     //   2. Delete a default ACL for a specific entity
     //   3. Create a default ACL for specific entity
     //   4. Update default ACL to change role of a specific entity
-    //   5. List default ACLs
 
     // according to https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control/lists#default
     // it can take up to 30 seconds for default acl updates to propagate
@@ -976,19 +1001,29 @@ public void testBlobAcl() {
   }
 
   static <T> T retry429s(Callable<T> c, Storage storage) {
-    return RetryHelper.runWithRetries(
-        c,
-        storage.getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
-        new BasicResultRetryAlgorithm<Object>() {
-          @Override
-          public boolean shouldRetry(Throwable previousThrowable, Object previousResponse) {
-            if (previousThrowable instanceof BaseHttpServiceException) {
-              BaseHttpServiceException httpException = (BaseHttpServiceException) previousThrowable;
-              return httpException.getCode() == 429;
+    try {
+      return RetryHelper.runWithRetries(
+          c,
+          storage.getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
+          new BasicResultRetryAlgorithm<Object>() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldRetry(Throwable previousThrowable, Object previousResponse) {
+              if (previousThrowable instanceof BaseHttpServiceException) {
+                BaseHttpServiceException httpException =
+                    (BaseHttpServiceException) previousThrowable;
+                return httpException.getCode() == 429;
+              }
+              return false;
             }
-            return false;
-          }
-        },
-        storage.getOptions().getClock());
+          },
+          storage.getOptions().getClock());
+    } catch (RetryHelperException e) {
+      Throwable cause = e.getCause();
+      if (cause instanceof RuntimeException) {
+        throw (RuntimeException) cause;
+      } else {
+        throw e;
+      }
+    }
   }
 }