diff --git a/clouddriver-google/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/google/compute/InstanceTemplates.java b/clouddriver-google/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/google/compute/InstanceTemplates.java
index c1f3c265934..518e2bb3fd3 100644
--- a/clouddriver-google/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/google/compute/InstanceTemplates.java
+++ b/clouddriver-google/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/google/compute/InstanceTemplates.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public class InstanceTemplates {
   private final Compute.InstanceTemplates computeApi;
   private final GoogleNamedAccountCredentials credentials;
   private final GlobalGoogleComputeRequestFactory requestFactory;
+  private static final String defaultView =
+      "FULL"; // https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/beta/compute/instance-templates/list
 
   InstanceTemplates(
       GoogleNamedAccountCredentials credentials,
@@ -65,7 +67,11 @@ public PaginatedComputeRequest<Compute.InstanceTemplates.List, InstanceTemplate>
     return new PaginatedComputeRequestImpl<>(
         pageToken ->
             requestFactory.wrapRequest(
-                computeApi.list(credentials.getProject()).setPageToken(pageToken), "list"),
+                computeApi
+                    .list(credentials.getProject())
+                    .setPageToken(pageToken)
+                    .setView(defaultView),
+                "list"),
         InstanceTemplateList::getNextPageToken,
         InstanceTemplateList::getItems);
   }
diff --git a/clouddriver-google/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/google/compute/InstanceTemplatesTest.java b/clouddriver-google/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/google/compute/InstanceTemplatesTest.java
index 1f1550737ec..372b680b5f3 100644
--- a/clouddriver-google/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/google/compute/InstanceTemplatesTest.java
+++ b/clouddriver-google/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/google/compute/InstanceTemplatesTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockLowLevelHttpResponse;
 import com.google.api.services.compute.Compute;
 import com.google.api.services.compute.model.InstanceTemplate;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.netflix.spectator.api.BasicTag;
 import com.netflix.spectator.api.DefaultRegistry;
 import com.netflix.spectator.api.NoopRegistry;
@@ -190,6 +191,69 @@ public void get_errorMetrics() {
     assertThat(timer.totalTime()).isEqualTo(CLOCK_STEP_TIME_NS);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void list_success() throws IOException {
+
+    MockHttpTransport transport =
+        new MockHttpTransport.Builder()
+            .setLowLevelHttpResponse(
+                new MockLowLevelHttpResponse()
+                    .setStatusCode(200)
+                    .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
+                    .setContent(
+                        "{\"items\": [{\"name\": \"template1\"}, {\"name\": \"template2\"}], \"nextPageToken\": \"\"}"))
+            .build();
+
+    InstanceTemplates instanceTemplates = createInstanceTemplates(transport);
+
+    PaginatedComputeRequest<Compute.InstanceTemplates.List, InstanceTemplate> request =
+        instanceTemplates.list();
+
+    ImmutableList<InstanceTemplate> response = request.execute();
+    assertThat(response).hasSize(2);
+    assertThat(response.get(0).getName()).isEqualTo("template1");
+    assertThat(response.get(1).getName()).isEqualTo("template2");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void list_noResults() throws IOException {
+
+    MockHttpTransport transport =
+        new MockHttpTransport.Builder()
+            .setLowLevelHttpResponse(
+                new MockLowLevelHttpResponse()
+                    .setStatusCode(200)
+                    .setContent("{\"items\": [], \"nextPageToken\": \"\"}"))
+            .build();
+
+    InstanceTemplates instanceTemplates = createInstanceTemplates(transport);
+
+    PaginatedComputeRequest<Compute.InstanceTemplates.List, InstanceTemplate> request =
+        instanceTemplates.list();
+
+    ImmutableList<InstanceTemplate> response = request.execute();
+    assertThat(response).isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void list_errorResponse() {
+
+    MockHttpTransport transport =
+        new MockHttpTransport.Builder()
+            .setLowLevelHttpResponse(
+                new MockLowLevelHttpResponse()
+                    .setStatusCode(500)
+                    .setContent("{\"error\": \"Internal Server Error\"}"))
+            .build();
+
+    InstanceTemplates instanceTemplates = createInstanceTemplates(transport);
+
+    PaginatedComputeRequest<Compute.InstanceTemplates.List, InstanceTemplate> request =
+        instanceTemplates.list();
+
+    assertThatIOException().isThrownBy(() -> request.execute());
+  }
+
   private static InstanceTemplates createInstanceTemplates(HttpTransport transport) {
     return createInstanceTemplates(transport, new NoopRegistry());
   }