diff --git a/dvc/data_cloud.py b/dvc/data_cloud.py
index 771c6a3e9..bb12acdff 100644
--- a/dvc/data_cloud.py
+++ b/dvc/data_cloud.py
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ class DataCloud(object):
             msg = "Can't find cloud section '{}' in config"
             raise ConfigError(msg.format(name))
 
+        # NOTE: check if the class itself has everything needed for operation.
+        # E.g. all the imported packages.
+        if not cloud_type.supported(cloud_type.compat_config(cloud_config)):
+            raise ConfigError("Unsupported cloud '{}'".format(name))
+
         return self._init_cloud(cloud_config, cloud_type)
 
     def _init_cloud(self, cloud_config, cloud_type):
diff --git a/dvc/remote/base.py b/dvc/remote/base.py
index cd3991300..c4cc47f91 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/base.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/base.py
@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ class RemoteBase(object):
     def __init__(self, project, config):
         pass
 
+    def compat_config(config):
+        return config.copy()
+
     @classmethod
     def supported(cls, config):
         url = config[Config.SECTION_REMOTE_URL]
-        url_ok = cls.match(url)
+        url_ok = cls.match(url) is not None
         deps_ok = all(cls.REQUIRES.values())
         if url_ok and not deps_ok:
             missing = [k for k, v in cls.REQUIRES.items() if v is None]
diff --git a/dvc/remote/gs.py b/dvc/remote/gs.py
index 67426aa7e..d44eaa343 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/gs.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/gs.py
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ class RemoteGS(RemoteBase):
         self.url = config.get(Config.SECTION_REMOTE_URL, storagepath)
         self.projectname = config.get(Config.SECTION_GCP_PROJECTNAME, None)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def compat_config(config):
+        ret = config.copy()
+        url = 'gs://' + ret.pop(Config.SECTION_AWS_STORAGEPATH, '').lstrip('/')
+        ret[Config.SECTION_REMOTE_URL] = url
+        return ret
+
     @property
     def bucket(self):
         return urlparse(self.url).netloc
diff --git a/dvc/remote/local.py b/dvc/remote/local.py
index 81bb0cac1..a6fbe3fd6 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/local.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/local.py
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ class RemoteLOCAL(RemoteBase):
         if self.cache_dir is not None and not os.path.exists(self.cache_dir):
             os.mkdir(self.cache_dir)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def compat_config(config):
+        ret = config.copy()
+        url = ret.pop(Config.SECTION_AWS_STORAGEPATH, '')
+        ret[Config.SECTION_REMOTE_URL] = url
+        return ret
+
     @property
     def url(self):
         return self.cache_dir
diff --git a/dvc/remote/s3.py b/dvc/remote/s3.py
index d4e44cc61..8728a6981 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/s3.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/s3.py
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ class RemoteS3(RemoteBase):
         self.aws_access_key_id = creds.get('aws_access_key_id', None)
         self.aws_secret_access_key = creds.get('aws_secret_access_key', None)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def compat_config(config):
+        ret = config.copy()
+        url = 's3://' + ret.pop(Config.SECTION_AWS_STORAGEPATH, '').lstrip('/')
+        ret[Config.SECTION_REMOTE_URL] = url
+        return ret
+
     @property
     def bucket(self):
         return urlparse(self.url).netloc
diff --git a/tests/test_data_cloud.py b/tests/test_data_cloud.py
index f44051fed..32b07dd48 100644
--- a/tests/test_data_cloud.py
+++ b/tests/test_data_cloud.py
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ class TestDataCloud(TestDvc):
     def test(self):
         config = TEST_CONFIG
 
-        clist = [('s3://', RemoteS3),
-                 ('gs://', RemoteGS),
+        clist = [('s3://mybucket/', RemoteS3),
+                 ('gs://mybucket/', RemoteGS),
                  ('ssh://user@localhost:/', RemoteSSH),
                  (TestDvc.mkdtemp(), RemoteLOCAL)]