diff --git a/docs/storage-drivers/s3.md b/docs/storage-drivers/s3.md
index 5b172f9e3..a59c93081 100644
--- a/docs/storage-drivers/s3.md
+++ b/docs/storage-drivers/s3.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses Amaz
       Your AWS Access Key.
     </td>
   </tr>
-    <tr>
+  <tr>
     <td>
       <code>secretkey</code>
     </td>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses Amaz
       Your AWS Secret Key.
     </td>
   </tr>
-    <tr>
+  <tr>
     <td>
       <code>region</code>
     </td>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses Amaz
       The bucket name in which you want to store the registry's data.
     </td>
   </tr>
-    <tr>
+  <tr>
     <td>
       <code>encrypt</code>
     </td>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses Amaz
        not. A boolean value. The default is false.
     </td>
   </tr>
-    <tr>
+  <tr>
     <td>
       <code>secure</code>
     </td>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses Amaz
       default is <code>true</code>.
     </td>
   </tr>
-    <tr>
+  <tr>
     <td>
       <code>v4auth</code>
     </td>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses Amaz
       <code>false</code>.
     </td>
   </tr>
-    <tr>
+  <tr>
     <td>
       <code>chunksize</code>
     </td>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses Amaz
       should be a number that is larger than 5*1024*1024.
     </td>
   </tr>
-   <tr>
+  <tr>
     <td>
       <code>rootdirectory</code>
     </td>
@@ -124,6 +124,17 @@ An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses Amaz
       This is a prefix that will be applied to all S3 keys to allow you to segment data in your bucket if necessary.
     </td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>
+      <code>storageclass</code>
+    </td>
+    <td>
+      no
+    </td>
+    <td>
+      The S3 storage class applied to each registry file. The default value is STANDARD.
+    </td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 
@@ -147,6 +158,8 @@ An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses Amaz
 
 `rootdirectory`: (optional) The root directory tree in which all registry files will be stored. Defaults to the empty string (bucket root).
 
+`storageclass`: (optional) The storage class applied to each registry file. Defaults to STANDARD. Valid options are STANDARD and REDUCED_REDUNDANCY.
+
 # CloudFront as Middleware with S3 backend
 
 ## Use Case
diff --git a/registry/storage/driver/s3/s3.go b/registry/storage/driver/s3/s3.go
index f09e5508f..83fd74f71 100644
--- a/registry/storage/driver/s3/s3.go
+++ b/registry/storage/driver/s3/s3.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Package s3 provides a storagedriver.StorageDriver implementation to
 // store blobs in Amazon S3 cloud storage.
 //
-// This package leverages the AdRoll/goamz client library for interfacing with
+// This package leverages the docker/goamz client library for interfacing with
 // s3.
 //
 // Because s3 is a key, value store the Stat call does not support last modification
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ type DriverParameters struct {
 	V4Auth        bool
 	ChunkSize     int64
 	RootDirectory string
+	StorageClass  s3.StorageClass
 	UserAgent     string
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ type driver struct {
 	ChunkSize     int64
 	Encrypt       bool
 	RootDirectory string
+	StorageClass  s3.StorageClass
 
 	pool  sync.Pool // pool []byte buffers used for WriteStream
 	zeros []byte    // shared, zero-valued buffer used for WriteStream
@@ -183,6 +185,21 @@ func FromParameters(parameters map[string]interface{}) (*Driver, error) {
 		rootDirectory = ""
 	}
 
+	storageClass := s3.StandardStorage
+	storageClassParam, ok := parameters["storageclass"]
+	if ok {
+		storageClassString, ok := storageClassParam.(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("The storageclass parameter must be one of %v, %v invalid", []s3.StorageClass{s3.StandardStorage, s3.ReducedRedundancy}, storageClassParam)
+		}
+		// All valid storage class parameters are UPPERCASE, so be a bit more flexible here
+		storageClassCasted := s3.StorageClass(strings.ToUpper(storageClassString))
+		if storageClassCasted != s3.StandardStorage && storageClassCasted != s3.ReducedRedundancy {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("The storageclass parameter must be one of %v, %v invalid", []s3.StorageClass{s3.StandardStorage, s3.ReducedRedundancy}, storageClassParam)
+		}
+		storageClass = storageClassCasted
+	}
+
 	userAgent, ok := parameters["useragent"]
 	if !ok {
 		userAgent = ""
@@ -198,6 +215,7 @@ func FromParameters(parameters map[string]interface{}) (*Driver, error) {
 		v4AuthBool,
 		chunkSize,
 		fmt.Sprint(rootDirectory),
+		storageClass,
 		fmt.Sprint(userAgent),
 	}
 
@@ -259,6 +277,7 @@ func New(params DriverParameters) (*Driver, error) {
 		ChunkSize:     params.ChunkSize,
 		Encrypt:       params.Encrypt,
 		RootDirectory: params.RootDirectory,
+		StorageClass:  params.StorageClass,
 		zeros:         make([]byte, params.ChunkSize),
 	}
 
@@ -826,7 +845,10 @@ func hasCode(err error, code string) bool {
 }
 
 func (d *driver) getOptions() s3.Options {
-	return s3.Options{SSE: d.Encrypt}
+	return s3.Options{
+		SSE:          d.Encrypt,
+		StorageClass: d.StorageClass,
+	}
 }
 
 func getPermissions() s3.ACL {
diff --git a/registry/storage/driver/s3/s3_test.go b/registry/storage/driver/s3/s3_test.go
index 86f433f31..be0997902 100644
--- a/registry/storage/driver/s3/s3_test.go
+++ b/registry/storage/driver/s3/s3_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	storagedriver "github.com/docker/distribution/registry/storage/driver"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/storage/driver/testsuites"
 	"github.com/docker/goamz/aws"
+	"github.com/docker/goamz/s3"
 
 	"gopkg.in/check.v1"
 )
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func init() {
 			v4AuthBool,
 			minChunkSize,
 			rootDirectory,
+			s3.StandardStorage,
 			"",
 		}