diff --git a/backend/s3/s3.go b/backend/s3/s3.go
index 9ed30e181..2aec71d25 100644
--- a/backend/s3/s3.go
+++ b/backend/s3/s3.go
@@ -1185,6 +1185,39 @@ rclone does if you know the bucket exists already.
 It can also be needed if the user you are using does not have bucket
 creation permissions. Before v1.52.0 this would have passed silently
 due to a bug.
+`,
+			Default:  false,
+			Advanced: true,
+		}, {
+			Name: "no_head",
+			Help: `If set, don't HEAD uploaded objects to check integrity
+
+This can be useful when trying to minimise the number of transactions
+rclone does.
+
+Setting it means that if rclone receives a 200 OK message after
+uploading an object with PUT then it will assume that it got uploaded
+properly.
+
+In particular it will assume:
+
+- the metadata, including modtime, storage class and content type was as uploaded
+- the size was as uploaded
+
+It reads the following items from the response for a single part PUT:
+
+- the MD5SUM
+- The uploaded date
+
+For multipart uploads these items aren't read.
+
+If an source object of unknown length is uploaded then rclone **will** do a
+HEAD request.
+
+Setting this flag increases the chance for undetected upload failures,
+in particular an incorrect size, so it isn't recommended for normal
+operation. In practice the chance of an undetected upload failure is
+very small even with this flag.
 `,
 			Default:  false,
 			Advanced: true,
@@ -1285,6 +1318,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	LeavePartsOnError     bool                 `config:"leave_parts_on_error"`
 	ListChunk             int64                `config:"list_chunk"`
 	NoCheckBucket         bool                 `config:"no_check_bucket"`
+	NoHead                bool                 `config:"no_head"`
 	Enc                   encoder.MultiEncoder `config:"encoding"`
 	MemoryPoolFlushTime   fs.Duration          `config:"memory_pool_flush_time"`
 	MemoryPoolUseMmap     bool                 `config:"memory_pool_use_mmap"`
@@ -3234,6 +3268,7 @@ func (o *Object) Update(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, src fs.ObjectInfo, op
 		}
 	}
 
+	var resp *http.Response // response from PUT
 	if multipart {
 		err = o.uploadMultipart(ctx, &req, size, in)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -3274,7 +3309,8 @@ func (o *Object) Update(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, src fs.ObjectInfo, op
 		httpReq.ContentLength = size
 
 		err = o.fs.pacer.CallNoRetry(func() (bool, error) {
-			resp, err := o.fs.srv.Do(httpReq)
+			var err error
+			resp, err = o.fs.srv.Do(httpReq)
 			if err != nil {
 				return o.fs.shouldRetry(err)
 			}
@@ -3293,6 +3329,26 @@ func (o *Object) Update(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, src fs.ObjectInfo, op
 		}
 	}
 
+	// User requested we don't HEAD the object after uploading it
+	// so make up the object as best we can assuming it got
+	// uploaded properly. If size < 0 then we need to do the HEAD.
+	if o.fs.opt.NoHead && size >= 0 {
+		o.md5 = md5sum
+		o.bytes = size
+		o.lastModified = time.Now()
+		o.meta = req.Metadata
+		o.mimeType = aws.StringValue(req.ContentType)
+		o.storageClass = aws.StringValue(req.StorageClass)
+		// If we have done a single part PUT request then we can read these
+		if resp != nil {
+			if date, err := http.ParseTime(resp.Header.Get("Date")); err == nil {
+				o.lastModified = date
+			}
+			o.setMD5FromEtag(resp.Header.Get("Etag"))
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Read the metadata from the newly created object
 	o.meta = nil // wipe old metadata
 	err = o.readMetaData(ctx)