diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/test/cxx_alpine_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/test/cxx_alpine_x64/Dockerfile
index b13157f2807..fc62d230fb1 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/test/cxx_alpine_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/test/cxx_alpine_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ RUN pip install pip --upgrade
 RUN pip install virtualenv
 RUN pip install futures==2.2.0 enum34==1.0.4 protobuf==3.2.0 six==1.10.0
 
+# Google Cloud platform API libraries
+RUN pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
+
 # Prepare ccache
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/gcc
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/g++
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/test/python_alpine_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/test/python_alpine_x64/Dockerfile
index bdffbd35982..5d25ab0ebed 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/test/python_alpine_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/test/python_alpine_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ RUN pip install pip --upgrade
 RUN pip install virtualenv
 RUN pip install futures==2.2.0 enum34==1.0.4 protobuf==3.2.0 six==1.10.0
 
+# Google Cloud platform API libraries
+RUN pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
+
 # Prepare ccache
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/gcc
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/g++
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/python_utils/jobset.py b/tools/run_tests/python_utils/jobset.py
index 3ff773300f3..def612881e3 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/python_utils/jobset.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/python_utils/jobset.py
@@ -276,8 +276,13 @@ class Job(object):
     env = sanitized_environment(env)
     self._start = time.time()
     cmdline = self._spec.cmdline
-    if measure_cpu_costs:
+    # The Unix time command is finicky when used with MSBuild, so we don't use it
+    # with jobs that run MSBuild.
+    global measure_cpu_costs
+    if measure_cpu_costs and not 'vsprojects\\build' in cmdline[0]:
       cmdline = ['time', '-p'] + cmdline
+    else:
+      measure_cpu_costs = False
     try_start = lambda: subprocess.Popen(args=cmdline,
                                          stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
                                          stdout=self._tempfile,