diff --git a/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh b/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh
index 66fac0f74e1..03049ca0e3b 100755
--- a/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh
+++ b/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh
@@ -139,10 +139,11 @@ function copy-logs-from-node() {
     if [[ "${gcloud_supported_providers}" =~ ${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER} ]]; then
       # get-serial-port-output lets you ask for ports 1-4, but currently (11/21/2016) only port 1 contains useful information
       gcloud compute instances get-serial-port-output --project "${PROJECT}" --zone "${ZONE}" --port 1 "${node}" > "${dir}/serial-1.log" || true
-      # FIXME(dims): bug in gcloud prevents multiple source files specified using curly braces, so we just loop through for now
+      source_file_args=()
       for single_file in "${files[@]}"; do
-        gcloud compute scp --recurse --project "${PROJECT}" --zone "${ZONE}" "${node}:${single_file}" "${dir}" > /dev/null || true
+        source_file_args+=( "${node}:${single_file}" )
       done
+      gcloud compute scp --recurse --project "${PROJECT}" --zone "${ZONE}" "${source_file_args[@]}" "${dir}" > /dev/null || true
     elif  [[ "${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}" == "aws" ]]; then
       local ip
       ip=$(get_ssh_hostname "${node}")