diff --git a/awx/ui/package.json b/awx/ui/package.json
index 97031fbffd..335d033aa5 100644
--- a/awx/ui/package.json
+++ b/awx/ui/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "angular-mocks": "~1.6.6",
+    "archiver": "^2.1.1",
     "axios": "^0.16.2",
     "babel-core": "^6.26.0",
     "babel-istanbul": "^0.12.2",
diff --git a/awx/ui/test/e2e/commands/pushFileToWorker.js b/awx/ui/test/e2e/commands/pushFileToWorker.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..191164f778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui/test/e2e/commands/pushFileToWorker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { basename } from 'path';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { inherits } from 'util';
+
+import archiver from 'archiver';
+
+function pushFileToWorker (localFilePath, callback) {
+    const name = basename(localFilePath);
+
+    const push = handler => {
+        const archive = archiver('zip');
+
+        const buffers = [];
+
+        archive
+            .on('data', data => buffers.push(data))
+            .on('error', err => { throw err; })
+            .on('finish', () => {
+                const file = Buffer.concat(buffers).toString('base64');
+
+                this.api.session(session => {
+                    const params = {
+                        path: `/session/${session.sessionId}/file`,
+                        method: 'POST',
+                        data: { file },
+                    };
+
+                    this.client.runProtocolAction(params, handler).send();
+                });
+            });
+
+        archive.file(localFilePath, { name });
+        archive.finalize();
+    };
+
+    push(({ status, value }) => {
+        if (status !== 0) {
+            throw new Error(value.message);
+        }
+
+        if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+            callback.call(this, value);
+        }
+
+        this.emit('complete');
+    });
+
+    return this;
+}
+
+function PushFileToWorker () { EventEmitter.call(this); }
+
+inherits(PushFileToWorker, EventEmitter);
+
+PushFileToWorker.prototype.command = pushFileToWorker;
+
+module.exports = PushFileToWorker;
diff --git a/awx/ui/test/e2e/tests/test-credentials-add-edit-gce-file.js b/awx/ui/test/e2e/tests/test-credentials-add-edit-gce-file.js
index 458b735630..cdf871c36a 100644
--- a/awx/ui/test/e2e/tests/test-credentials-add-edit-gce-file.js
+++ b/awx/ui/test/e2e/tests/test-credentials-add-edit-gce-file.js
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ module.exports = {
         const { details } = credentials.section.add.section;
         const { gce } = details.section;
 
-        gce.section.serviceAccountFile.setValue('form input[type="file"]', GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE);
+        client.pushFileToWorker(GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE, file => {
+            gce.section.serviceAccountFile.setValue('form input[type="file"]', file);
+        });
 
         gce.expect.element('@email').not.enabled;
         gce.expect.element('@sshKeyData').not.enabled;
@@ -100,7 +102,9 @@ module.exports = {
         const { details } = credentials.section.add.section;
         const { gce } = details.section;
 
-        gce.section.serviceAccountFile.setValue('form input[type="file"]', GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE_MISSING);
+        client.pushFileToWorker(GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE_MISSING, file => {
+            gce.section.serviceAccountFile.setValue('form input[type="file"]', file);
+        });
 
         gce.expect.element('@email').not.enabled;
         gce.expect.element('@sshKeyData').not.enabled;
@@ -142,7 +146,9 @@ module.exports = {
         const { details } = credentials.section.add.section;
         const { gce } = details.section;
 
-        gce.section.serviceAccountFile.setValue('form input[type="file"]', GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE_INVALID);
+        client.pushFileToWorker(GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE_INVALID, file => {
+            gce.section.serviceAccountFile.setValue('form input[type="file"]', file);
+        });
 
         gce.expect.element('@email').not.enabled;
         gce.expect.element('@sshKeyData').not.enabled;
@@ -184,7 +190,9 @@ module.exports = {
         const add = credentials.section.add.section.details;
         const edit = credentials.section.edit.section.details;
 
-        add.section.gce.section.serviceAccountFile.setValue('form input[type="file"]', GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE);
+        client.pushFileToWorker(GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE, file => {
+            add.section.gce.section.serviceAccountFile.setValue('form input[type="file"]', file);
+        });
 
         add.section.gce.expect.element('@email').not.enabled;
         add.section.gce.expect.element('@sshKeyData').not.enabled;
@@ -224,7 +232,9 @@ module.exports = {
         gce.section.project.expect.element('@error').not.present;
         gce.section.serviceAccountFile.expect.element('@error').not.present;
 
-        gce.section.serviceAccountFile.setValue('form input[type="file"]', GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE_ALT);
+        client.pushFileToWorker(GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE_ALT, file => {
+            gce.section.serviceAccountFile.setValue('form input[type="file"]', file);
+        });
 
         gce.expect.element('@serviceAccountFile').enabled;