diff --git a/backend/s3/s3.go b/backend/s3/s3.go
index 225d003e8..10b0bc525 100644
--- a/backend/s3/s3.go
+++ b/backend/s3/s3.go
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 // Package s3 provides an interface to Amazon S3 oject storage
 package s3
 
-// FIXME need to prevent anything but ListDir working for s3://
-
-/*
-Progress of port to aws-sdk
-
- * Don't really need o.meta at all?
-
-What happens if you CTRL-C a multipart upload
-  * get an incomplete upload
-  * disappears when you delete the bucket
-*/
-
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
@@ -2127,6 +2115,58 @@ if not.
 		"lifetime":    "Lifetime of the active copy in days",
 		"description": "The optional description for the job.",
 	},
+}, {
+	Name:  "list-multipart-uploads",
+	Short: "List the unfinished multipart uploads",
+	Long: `This command lists the unfinished multipart uploads in JSON format.
+
+    rclone backend list-multipart s3:bucket/path/to/object
+
+It returns a dictionary of buckets with values as lists of unfinished
+multipart uploads.
+
+You can call it with no bucket in which case it lists all bucket, with
+a bucket or with a bucket and path.
+
+    {
+      "rclone": [
+        {
+          "Initiated": "2020-06-26T14:20:36Z",
+          "Initiator": {
+            "DisplayName": "XXX",
+            "ID": "arn:aws:iam::XXX:user/XXX"
+          },
+          "Key": "KEY",
+          "Owner": {
+            "DisplayName": null,
+            "ID": "XXX"
+          },
+          "StorageClass": "STANDARD",
+          "UploadId": "XXX"
+        }
+      ],
+      "rclone-1000files": [],
+      "rclone-dst": []
+    }
+
+`,
+}, {
+	Name:  "cleanup",
+	Short: "Remove unfinished multipart uploads.",
+	Long: `This command removes unfinished multipart uploads of age greater than
+max-age which defaults to 24 hours.
+
+Note that you can use -i/--dry-run with this command to see what it
+would do.
+
+    rclone backend cleanup s3:bucket/path/to/object
+    rclone backend cleanup -o max-age=7w s3:bucket/path/to/object
+
+Durations are parsed as per the rest of rclone, 2h, 7d, 7w etc.
+`,
+	Opts: map[string]string{
+		"max-age": "Max age of upload to delete",
+	},
 }}
 
 // Command the backend to run a named command
@@ -2201,11 +2241,137 @@ func (f *Fs) Command(ctx context.Context, name string, arg []string, opt map[str
 			return out, err
 		}
 		return out, nil
+	case "list-multipart-uploads":
+		return f.listMultipartUploadsAll(ctx)
+	case "cleanup":
+		maxAge := 24 * time.Hour
+		if opt["max-age"] != "" {
+			maxAge, err = fs.ParseDuration(opt["max-age"])
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "bad max-age")
+			}
+		}
+		return nil, f.cleanUp(ctx, maxAge)
 	default:
 		return nil, fs.ErrorCommandNotFound
 	}
 }
 
+// listMultipartUploads lists all outstanding multipart uploads for (bucket, key)
+//
+// Note that rather lazily we treat key as a prefix so it matches
+// directories and objects. This could suprise the user if they ask
+// for "dir" and it returns "dirKey"
+func (f *Fs) listMultipartUploads(ctx context.Context, bucket, key string) (uploads []*s3.MultipartUpload, err error) {
+	var (
+		keyMarker      *string
+		uploadIDMarker *string
+	)
+	uploads = []*s3.MultipartUpload{}
+	for {
+		req := s3.ListMultipartUploadsInput{
+			Bucket:         &bucket,
+			MaxUploads:     &f.opt.ListChunk,
+			KeyMarker:      keyMarker,
+			UploadIdMarker: uploadIDMarker,
+			Prefix:         &key,
+		}
+		var resp *s3.ListMultipartUploadsOutput
+		err = f.pacer.Call(func() (bool, error) {
+			resp, err = f.c.ListMultipartUploads(&req)
+			return f.shouldRetry(err)
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "list multipart uploads bucket %q key %q", bucket, key)
+		}
+		uploads = append(uploads, resp.Uploads...)
+		if !aws.BoolValue(resp.IsTruncated) {
+			break
+		}
+		keyMarker = resp.NextKeyMarker
+		uploadIDMarker = resp.NextUploadIdMarker
+	}
+	return uploads, nil
+}
+
+func (f *Fs) listMultipartUploadsAll(ctx context.Context) (uploadsMap map[string][]*s3.MultipartUpload, err error) {
+	uploadsMap = make(map[string][]*s3.MultipartUpload)
+	bucket, directory := f.split("")
+	if bucket != "" {
+		uploads, err := f.listMultipartUploads(ctx, bucket, directory)
+		if err != nil {
+			return uploadsMap, err
+		}
+		uploadsMap[bucket] = uploads
+		return uploadsMap, nil
+	}
+	entries, err := f.listBuckets(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return uploadsMap, err
+	}
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		bucket := entry.Remote()
+		uploads, listErr := f.listMultipartUploads(ctx, bucket, "")
+		if listErr != nil {
+			err = listErr
+			fs.Errorf(f, "%v", err)
+		}
+		uploadsMap[bucket] = uploads
+	}
+	return uploadsMap, err
+}
+
+// cleanUpBucket removes all pending multipart uploads for a given bucket over the age of maxAge
+func (f *Fs) cleanUpBucket(ctx context.Context, bucket string, maxAge time.Duration, uploads []*s3.MultipartUpload) (err error) {
+	fs.Infof(f, "cleaning bucket %q of pending multipart uploads older than %v", bucket, maxAge)
+	for _, upload := range uploads {
+		if upload.Initiated != nil && upload.Key != nil && upload.UploadId != nil {
+			age := time.Since(*upload.Initiated)
+			what := fmt.Sprintf("pending multipart upload for bucket %q key %q dated %v (%v ago)", bucket, *upload.Key, upload.Initiated, age)
+			if age > maxAge {
+				fs.Infof(f, "removing %s", what)
+				if operations.SkipDestructive(ctx, what, "remove pending upload") {
+					continue
+				}
+				req := s3.AbortMultipartUploadInput{
+					Bucket:   &bucket,
+					UploadId: upload.UploadId,
+					Key:      upload.Key,
+				}
+				_, abortErr := f.c.AbortMultipartUpload(&req)
+				if abortErr != nil {
+					err = errors.Wrapf(abortErr, "failed to remove %s", what)
+					fs.Errorf(f, "%v", err)
+				}
+			} else {
+				fs.Debugf(f, "ignoring %s", what)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+// CleanUp removes all pending multipart uploads
+func (f *Fs) cleanUp(ctx context.Context, maxAge time.Duration) (err error) {
+	uploadsMap, err := f.listMultipartUploadsAll(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for bucket, uploads := range uploadsMap {
+		cleanErr := f.cleanUpBucket(ctx, bucket, maxAge, uploads)
+		if err != nil {
+			fs.Errorf(f, "Failed to cleanup bucket %q: %v", bucket, cleanErr)
+			err = cleanErr
+		}
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+// CleanUp removes all pending multipart uploads older than 24 hours
+func (f *Fs) CleanUp(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
+	return f.cleanUp(ctx, 24*time.Hour)
+}
+
 // ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // Fs returns the parent Fs
@@ -2824,6 +2990,7 @@ var (
 	_ fs.PutStreamer = &Fs{}
 	_ fs.ListRer     = &Fs{}
 	_ fs.Commander   = &Fs{}
+	_ fs.CleanUpper  = &Fs{}
 	_ fs.Object      = &Object{}
 	_ fs.MimeTyper   = &Object{}
 	_ fs.GetTierer   = &Object{}
diff --git a/docs/content/overview.md b/docs/content/overview.md
index 31ad2c87d..5cc94d156 100644
--- a/docs/content/overview.md
+++ b/docs/content/overview.md
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ operations more efficient.
 | ---------------------------- |:-----:|:----:|:----:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----:|:------------:|:------------:|:-----:| :------: |
 | 1Fichier                     | No    | No   | No   | No      | No      | No    | No           | No           |   No  |  Yes |
 | Amazon Drive                 | Yes   | No   | Yes  | Yes     | No [#575](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/575) | No  | No  | No [#2178](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/2178) | No  | Yes |
-| Amazon S3                    | No    | Yes  | No   | No      | No      | Yes   | Yes          | No [#2178](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/2178) | No  | No |
+| Amazon S3                    | No    | Yes  | No   | No      | Yes     | Yes   | Yes          | No [#2178](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/2178) | No  | No |
 | Backblaze B2                 | No    | Yes  | No   | No      | Yes     | Yes   | Yes          | Yes          | No  | No |
 | Box                          | Yes   | Yes  | Yes  | Yes     | Yes ‡‡  | No    | Yes          | Yes          | No  | Yes |
 | Citrix ShareFile             | Yes   | Yes  | Yes  | Yes     | No      | No    | Yes          | No          | No  | Yes |
diff --git a/docs/content/s3.md b/docs/content/s3.md
index 6d585264f..4590e0aa6 100644
--- a/docs/content/s3.md
+++ b/docs/content/s3.md
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ side copy to update the modification if the object can be copied in a single par
 In the case the object is larger than 5Gb or is in Glacier or Glacier Deep Archive
 storage the object will be uploaded rather than copied.
 
+### Cleanup ###
+
+If you run `rclone cleanup s3:bucket` then it will remove all pending
+multipart uploads older than 24 hours. You can use the `-i` flag to
+see exactly what it will do. If you want more control over the expiry
+date then run `rclone backend cleanup s3:bucket -o max-age=1h` to
+expire all uploads older than one hour. You can use `rclone backend
+list-multipart-uploads s3:bucket` to see the pending multipart
+uploads.
+
 #### Restricted filename characters
 
 S3 allows any valid UTF-8 string as a key.