diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/OWNERS b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6e617161317b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+approvers:
+- cgwalters
+- enxebre
+- jstuever
+- patrickdillon
+- vrutkovs
+- wking
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/gather-gcp-console-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/gather-gcp-console-commands.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..df9b44883da93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/gather-gcp-console-commands.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o nounset
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+trap 'CHILDREN=$(jobs -p); if test -n "${CHILDREN}"; then kill ${CHILDREN} && wait; fi' TERM
+
+export GOOGLE_CLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON="${CLUSTER_PROFILE_DIR}/gce.json"
+gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file="${GOOGLE_CLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON}"
+
+if test ! -f "${SHARED_DIR}/metadata.json"
+then
+	echo "No metadata.json, so unknown GCP project, so unable to gathering console logs."
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+gcloud config set project "$(jq -r .gcp.projectID "${SHARED_DIR}/metadata.json")"
+
+if test -f "${KUBECONFIG}"
+then
+	oc --request-timeout=5s get nodes -o jsonpath --template '{range .items[*]}{.spec.providerID}{"\n"}{end}' | sed 's|.*/||' > "${TMPDIR}/node-provider-IDs.txt" &
+	wait "$!"
+
+	oc --request-timeout=5s -n openshift-machine-api get machines -o jsonpath --template '{range .items[*]}{.spec.providerID}{"\n"}{end}' | sed 's|.*/||' >> "${TMPDIR}/node-provider-IDs.txt" &
+	wait "$!"
+else
+	echo "No kubeconfig; skipping providerID extraction."
+fi
+
+if test -f "${SHARED_DIR}/gcp-instance-ids.txt"
+then
+	cat "${SHARED_DIR}/gcp-instance-ids.txt" >> "${TMPDIR}/node-provider-IDs.txt"
+fi
+
+cat "${TMPDIR}/node-provider-IDs.txt" | sort | uniq | while read -r INSTANCE_ID
+do
+	echo "Finding the zone for ${INSTANCE_ID}"
+	ZONE="$(
+		gcloud --format json compute instances list "--filter=name=(${INSTANCE_ID})" | jq -r '.[].zone' &
+		wait "$!"
+	)"
+	if test -z "${ZONE}"
+	then
+		echo "No zone found for ${INSTANCE_ID}, so not attempting to gather console logs"
+	fi
+	echo "Gathering console logs for ${INSTANCE_ID} from ${ZONE}"
+	gcloud --format json compute instances get-serial-port-output --zone "${ZONE}" "${INSTANCE_ID}" > "${ARTIFACT_DIR}/${INSTANCE_ID}.json" &
+	wait "$!"
+done
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/gather-gcp-console-ref.metadata.json b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/gather-gcp-console-ref.metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..095f2779dabaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/gather-gcp-console-ref.metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+	"path": "gather/gcp-console/gather-gcp-console-ref.yaml",
+	"owners": {
+		"approvers": [
+			"cgwalters",
+			"enxebre",
+			"jstuever",
+			"patrickdillon",
+			"vrutkovs",
+			"wking"
+		]
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/gather-gcp-console-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/gather-gcp-console-ref.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..74dcc60f53175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/gcp-console/gather-gcp-console-ref.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+ref:
+  as: gather-gcp-console
+  optional_on_success: true
+  from_image:
+    namespace: ocp
+    name: "4.5"
+    tag: upi-installer
+  commands: gather-gcp-console-commands.sh
+  env:
+  - name: TMPDIR
+    default: /tmp
+    documentation: A pathname of a directory made available for programs that need a place to create temporary files.
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: 300m
+      memory: 300Mi
+  documentation: |-
+    The pre-deprovision artifacts step collects console logs from GCP instances.  It gathers console logs for all nodes and machines with a provider ID, as well as any instance IDs listed in ${SHARED_DIR}/gcp-instance-ids.txt.  gcp-instance-ids.txt entries should have a single provider ID per line.  Duplicate entries are ok; the step deduplicates before gathering.
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/gcp/post/ipi-gcp-post-chain.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/gcp/post/ipi-gcp-post-chain.yaml
index 1e277e804a1fa..0ba5581cc71e0 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/gcp/post/ipi-gcp-post-chain.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/gcp/post/ipi-gcp-post-chain.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 chain:
   as: ipi-gcp-post
   steps:
+  - ref: gather-gcp-console
   - chain: ipi-deprovision
   documentation: |-
     The IPI cleanup step contains all steps that deprovision an OpenShift