diff --git a/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_sink.go b/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_sink.go
index c3da1ee3f..a118324c2 100644
--- a/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_sink.go
+++ b/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_sink.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type S3Sink struct {
 	bucket        string
 	dir           string
 	endpoint      string
+	acl           string
 	filerSource   *source.FilerSource
 	isIncremental bool
 }
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ func (s3sink *S3Sink) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration, prefix string
 	glog.V(0).Infof("sink.s3.bucket: %v", configuration.GetString(prefix+"bucket"))
 	glog.V(0).Infof("sink.s3.directory: %v", configuration.GetString(prefix+"directory"))
 	glog.V(0).Infof("sink.s3.endpoint: %v", configuration.GetString(prefix+"endpoint"))
+	glog.V(0).Infof("sink.s3.acl: %v", configuration.GetString(prefix+"acl"))
 	glog.V(0).Infof("sink.s3.is_incremental: %v", configuration.GetString(prefix+"is_incremental"))
 	s3sink.isIncremental = configuration.GetBool(prefix + "is_incremental")
 	return s3sink.initialize(
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ func (s3sink *S3Sink) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration, prefix string
 		configuration.GetString(prefix+"bucket"),
 		configuration.GetString(prefix+"directory"),
 		configuration.GetString(prefix+"endpoint"),
+		configuration.GetString(prefix+"acl"),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -67,11 +70,12 @@ func (s3sink *S3Sink) SetSourceFiler(s *source.FilerSource) {
 	s3sink.filerSource = s
 }
 
-func (s3sink *S3Sink) initialize(awsAccessKeyId, awsSecretAccessKey, region, bucket, dir, endpoint string) error {
+func (s3sink *S3Sink) initialize(awsAccessKeyId, awsSecretAccessKey, region, bucket, dir, endpoint, acl string) error {
 	s3sink.region = region
 	s3sink.bucket = bucket
 	s3sink.dir = dir
 	s3sink.endpoint = endpoint
+	s3sink.acl = acl
 
 	config := &aws.Config{
 		Region:                        aws.String(s3sink.region),
diff --git a/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_write.go b/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_write.go
index 3dde52616..7d8932fb0 100644
--- a/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_write.go
+++ b/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_write.go
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ func (s3sink *S3Sink) createMultipartUpload(key string, entry *filer_pb.Entry) (
 		Key:         aws.String(key),
 		ContentType: aws.String(entry.Attributes.Mime),
 	}
+	if s3sink.acl != "" {
+		input.ACL = aws.String(s3sink.acl)
+	}
 
 	result, err := s3sink.conn.CreateMultipartUpload(input)