diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a22238de..001cf9c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+*.swp
 imgproxy
 tmp/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c98beac8..a33fcf07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Massive processing of remote images is a potentially dangerous thing, security-w
    * [WebP support detection](./docs/configuration.md#webp-support-detection)
    * [Presets](./docs/configuration.md#presets)
    * [Serving local files](./docs/configuration.md#serving-local-files)
+   * [Serving files from Amazon S3](./docs/configuration.md#serving-files-from-amazon-s3)
    * [Miscellaneous](./docs/configuration.md#miscellaneous)
 4. [Generating the URL](./docs/generating_the_url_basic.md)
    * [Basic](./docs/generating_the_url_basic.md)
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ Massive processing of remote images is a potentially dangerous thing, security-w
    * [Signing the URL](./docs/signing_the_url.md)
 5. [Presets](./docs/presets.md)
 6. [Serving local files](./docs/serving_local_files.md)
+7. [Serving files from Amazon S3](./docs/serving_files_from_s3.md)
 7. [Source image formats support](./docs/source_image_formats_support.md)
 8. [About processing pipeline](./docs/about_processing_pipeline.md)
 9. [Health check](./docs/healthcheck.md)
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 9ed322ee..3118c49f 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ type config struct {
 	IgnoreSslVerification bool
 
 	LocalFileSystemRoot string
+	S3Enabled           bool
 
 	ETagEnabled bool
 
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ var conf = config{
 	Quality:               80,
 	GZipCompression:       5,
 	ETagEnabled:           false,
+	S3Enabled:             false,
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -211,6 +213,8 @@ func init() {
 
 	strEnvConfig(&conf.LocalFileSystemRoot, "IMGPROXY_LOCAL_FILESYSTEM_ROOT")
 
+	boolEnvConfig(&conf.S3Enabled, "IMGPROXY_USE_S3")
+
 	boolEnvConfig(&conf.ETagEnabled, "IMGPROXY_USE_ETAG")
 
 	strEnvConfig(&conf.BaseURL, "IMGPROXY_BASE_URL")
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 37e0bbe8..b44650b0 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $ echo $(xxd -g 2 -l 64 -p /dev/random | tr -d '\n')
 * `IMGPROXY_CONCURRENCY` — the maximum number of image requests to be processed simultaneously. Default: double number of CPU cores;
 * `IMGPROXY_MAX_CLIENTS` — the maximum number of simultaneous active connections. Default: `IMGPROXY_CONCURRENCY * 10`;
 * `IMGPROXY_TTL` — duration in seconds sent in `Expires` and `Cache-Control: max-age` headers. Default: `3600` (1 hour);
-* `IMGPROXY_USE_ETAG` — when true, enables using [ETag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_ETag) header for the cache control. Default: false;
+* `IMGPROXY_USE_ETAG` — when `true`, enables using [ETag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_ETag) header for the cache control. Default: false;
 
 ### Security
 
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ imgproxy can serve your local images, but this feature is disabled by default. T
 
 Check out [Serving local files](../docs/serving_local_files.md) guide to get more info.
 
+### Serving files from Amazon S3
+
+imgproxy can process files from Amazon S3 buckets, but this feature is disabled by default. To enable it, set `IMGPROXY_USE_S3` as `true`:
+
+* `IMGPROXY_USE_S3` — when `true`, enables fetching the images from Amazon S3 buckets. Default: false.
+
+Check out [Serving files from S3](../docs/serving_files_from_s3.md) guide to get more info.
+
 ### Miscellaneous
 
 * `IMGPROXY_BASE_URL` - base URL part which will be added to every requested image URL. For example, if base URL is `http://example.com/images` and `/path/to/image.png` is requested, imgproxy will download the image from `http://example.com/images/path/to/image.png`. Default: blank.
diff --git a/docs/serving_files_from_s3.md b/docs/serving_files_from_s3.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4abdd03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/serving_files_from_s3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Serving files from S3
+
+imgproxy can process files from S3 buckets. To use this feature do the following:
+
+1. Set `IMGPROXY_USE_S3` environment variable as `true`;
+2. [Setup credentials](#setup-credentials) to grant access to your bucket;
+3. Use `s3://%bucket_name/%file_key` as the source image url.
+
+### Setup credentials
+
+There are three ways to specify your AWS credentials. The credentials need to be able to read from any of the buckets given in the source URLs.
+
+#### Environment variables
+
+You can specify AWS Acces Key ID and Secret Access Key by setting `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` environment variables.
+
+``` bash
+$ AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=my_access_key AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=my_secret_key imgproxy
+
+# same for Docker
+docker run -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=my_access_key -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=my_secret_key -it darthsim/imgproxy
+```
+
+It's recommended to use this way when you run dockerized imgproxy.
+
+#### Shared credentials file
+
+Create `.aws/credentials` file in your home directory with the following content:
+
+```ini
+[default]
+aws_access_key_id = %access_key_id
+aws_secret_access_key = %secret_access_key
+```
+
+#### IAM Roles for Amazon EC2 Instances
+
+If you are running imgproxy on an Amazon EC2 instance, you can use the instance's [IAM role](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html) to get security credentials to make calls to AWS.
+
+You can get more info about credentials in the [Configuring the AWS SDK for Go](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/v1/developer-guide/configuring-sdk.html) guide.
diff --git a/download.go b/download.go
index 51971601..58e93486 100644
--- a/download.go
+++ b/download.go
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ func initDownloading() {
 		transport.RegisterProtocol("local", http.NewFileTransport(http.Dir(conf.LocalFileSystemRoot)))
 	}
 
+	if conf.S3Enabled {
+		transport.RegisterProtocol("s3", newS3Transport())
+	}
+
 	downloadClient = &http.Client{
 		Timeout:   time.Duration(conf.DownloadTimeout) * time.Second,
 		Transport: transport,
diff --git a/s3transport.go b/s3transport.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4079c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s3transport.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	http "net/http"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3"
+)
+
+// s3Transport implements RoundTripper for the 's3' protocol.
+type s3Transport struct {
+	svc *s3.S3
+}
+
+func newS3Transport() http.RoundTripper {
+	return s3Transport{s3.New(session.New())}
+}
+
+func (t s3Transport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	input := &s3.GetObjectInput{
+		Bucket: aws.String(req.URL.Host),
+		Key:    aws.String(req.URL.Path),
+	}
+	s3req, _ := t.svc.GetObjectRequest(input)
+
+	s3err := s3req.Send()
+	if s3err == nil { // resp is now filled
+		return s3req.HTTPResponse, nil
+	}
+	fmt.Println("s3 error", s3err)
+	return nil, s3err
+}