diff --git a/integration_test/agents/agents.go b/integration_test/agents/agents.go
index d2bc9cdae3..b6780f2a8b 100644
--- a/integration_test/agents/agents.go
+++ b/integration_test/agents/agents.go
@@ -851,7 +851,11 @@ func CommonSetupWithExtraCreateArgumentsAndMetadata(t *testing.T, imageSpec stri
 	t.Helper()
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), gce.SuggestedTimeout)
 	t.Cleanup(cancel)
-	ctx = gce.WithGcloudConfigDir(ctx, t.TempDir())
+	gcloudConfigDir := t.TempDir()
+	if err := gce.SetupGcloudConfigDir(ctx, gcloudConfigDir); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unable to set up a gcloud config directory: %v", err)
+	}
+	ctx = gce.WithGcloudConfigDir(ctx, gcloudConfigDir)
 
 	logger := gce.SetupLogger(t)
 	logger.ToMainLog().Println("Calling SetupVM(). For details, see VM_initialization.txt.")
diff --git a/integration_test/gce/gce_testing.go b/integration_test/gce/gce_testing.go
index 1529f43981..c26b188bfc 100644
--- a/integration_test/gce/gce_testing.go
+++ b/integration_test/gce/gce_testing.go
@@ -739,6 +739,93 @@ func runCommand(ctx context.Context, logger *log.Logger, stdin io.Reader, args [
 	return output, err
 }
 
+// getGcloudConfigDir returns the current gcloud configuration directory.
+func getGcloudConfigDir(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	null, err := os.Open(os.DevNull)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("unable to open os.DevNull: %v", err))
+	}
+	out, err := RunGcloud(ctx, log.New(null, "", 0), "", []string{"info", "--format=value[terminator=''](config.paths.global_config_dir)"})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error running gcloud info: %w", err)
+	}
+	return out.Stdout, nil
+}
+
+// copyFile copies the contents of source into target.
+func copyFile(source, target string) error {
+	in, err := os.Open(source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not read source: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer in.Close()
+	out, err := os.Create(target)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not create target: %w", err)
+	}
+	_, copyErr := io.Copy(out, in)
+	syncErr := out.Sync()
+	closeErr := out.Close()
+	err = multierr.Combine(copyErr, syncErr, closeErr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not write data into target: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SetupGcloudConfigDir sets up a new gcloud configuration directory.
+// This copies the "configurations" subdirectory of the context-specified
+// configuration directory into the new directory.
+func SetupGcloudConfigDir(ctx context.Context, directory string) error {
+	currentConfigDir, err := getGcloudConfigDir(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	sfi, err := os.Stat(currentConfigDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected error accessing source directory %s: %w", currentConfigDir, err)
+	}
+	if !sfi.IsDir() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("source %s is not a directory: %s", currentConfigDir, sfi.Mode().Type())
+	}
+	dfi, err := os.Stat(directory)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected error accessing destination directory %s: %w", directory, err)
+	}
+	if !dfi.IsDir() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("target %s is not a directory: %s", directory, dfi.Mode().Type())
+	}
+	if os.SameFile(sfi, dfi) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	srcDirPath := filepath.Join(currentConfigDir, "configurations")
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(srcDirPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("error listing the source configuration subdirectory: %w", err)
+	}
+	tgtDirPath := filepath.Join(directory, "configurations")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(tgtDirPath, 0700); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating the target configuration subdirectory: %w", err)
+	}
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if err = copyFile(filepath.Join(srcDirPath, file.Name()), filepath.Join(tgtDirPath, file.Name())); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error copying %s: %w", filepath.Join("configurations", file.Name()), err)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, name := range []string{"active_config", "access_tokens.db", "credentials.db", "default_configs.db"} {
+		if err = copyFile(filepath.Join(currentConfigDir, name), filepath.Join(directory, name)); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error copying %s: %w", name, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 const (
 	gcloudConfigDirKey = "__gcloud_config_dir__"
 )
diff --git a/integration_test/third_party_apps_test/main_test.go b/integration_test/third_party_apps_test/main_test.go
index c318f2f0be..198829b26e 100644
--- a/integration_test/third_party_apps_test/main_test.go
+++ b/integration_test/third_party_apps_test/main_test.go
@@ -983,7 +983,11 @@ func TestThirdPartyApps(t *testing.T) {
 
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), gce.SuggestedTimeout)
 			defer cancel()
-			ctx = gce.WithGcloudConfigDir(ctx, t.TempDir())
+			gcloudConfigDir := t.TempDir()
+			if err := gce.SetupGcloudConfigDir(ctx, gcloudConfigDir); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Unable to set up a gcloud config directory: %v", err)
+			}
+			ctx = gce.WithGcloudConfigDir(ctx, gcloudConfigDir)
 
 			var err error
 			for attempt := 1; attempt <= 4; attempt++ {