diff --git a/test/src/unit-capi-config.cc b/test/src/unit-capi-config.cc
index ca4269d88a8..5f8abc0260d 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-capi-config.cc
+++ b/test/src/unit-capi-config.cc
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ void check_save_to_file() {
   ss << "vfs.s3.requester_pays false\n";
   ss << "vfs.s3.scheme https\n";
   ss << "vfs.s3.skip_init false\n";
+  ss << "vfs.s3.storage_class NOT_SET\n";
   ss << "vfs.s3.use_multipart_upload true\n";
   ss << "vfs.s3.use_virtual_addressing true\n";
   ss << "vfs.s3.verify_ssl true\n";
@@ -739,6 +740,7 @@ TEST_CASE("C API: Test config iter", "[capi][config]") {
   all_param_values["vfs.s3.connect_scale_factor"] = "25";
   all_param_values["vfs.s3.sse"] = "";
   all_param_values["vfs.s3.sse_kms_key_id"] = "";
+  all_param_values["vfs.s3.storage_class"] = "NOT_SET";
   all_param_values["vfs.s3.logging_level"] = "Off";
   all_param_values["vfs.s3.request_timeout_ms"] = "3000";
   all_param_values["vfs.s3.requester_pays"] = "false";
@@ -812,6 +814,7 @@ TEST_CASE("C API: Test config iter", "[capi][config]") {
   vfs_param_values["s3.connect_scale_factor"] = "25";
   vfs_param_values["s3.sse"] = "";
   vfs_param_values["s3.sse_kms_key_id"] = "";
+  vfs_param_values["s3.storage_class"] = "NOT_SET";
   vfs_param_values["s3.logging_level"] = "Off";
   vfs_param_values["s3.request_timeout_ms"] = "3000";
   vfs_param_values["s3.requester_pays"] = "false";
@@ -880,6 +883,7 @@ TEST_CASE("C API: Test config iter", "[capi][config]") {
   s3_param_values["connect_scale_factor"] = "25";
   s3_param_values["sse"] = "";
   s3_param_values["sse_kms_key_id"] = "";
+  s3_param_values["storage_class"] = "NOT_SET";
   s3_param_values["logging_level"] = "Off";
   s3_param_values["request_timeout_ms"] = "3000";
   s3_param_values["requester_pays"] = "false";
diff --git a/test/src/unit-cppapi-config.cc b/test/src/unit-cppapi-config.cc
index d84e9996b1b..b6e5d6d1151 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-cppapi-config.cc
+++ b/test/src/unit-cppapi-config.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ TEST_CASE("C++ API: Config iterator", "[cppapi][config]") {
     names.push_back(it->first);
   }
   // Check number of VFS params in default config object.
-  CHECK(names.size() == 68);
+  CHECK(names.size() == 69);
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("C++ API: Config Environment Variables", "[cppapi][config]") {
diff --git a/tiledb/api/c_api/config/config_api_external.h b/tiledb/api/c_api/config/config_api_external.h
index 5e0e8c6b312..161a5a75ae6 100644
--- a/tiledb/api/c_api/config/config_api_external.h
+++ b/tiledb/api/c_api/config/config_api_external.h
@@ -569,6 +569,22 @@ TILEDB_EXPORT void tiledb_config_free(tiledb_config_t** config) TILEDB_NOEXCEPT;
  *    The server-side encryption key to use if
  *    vfs.s3.sse == "kms" (AWS key management service). <br>
  *    **Default**: ""
+ * - `vfs.s3.storage_class` <br>
+ *    The storage class to use for the newly uploaded S3 objects. The set of
+ *    accepted values is found in the Aws::S3::Model::StorageClass enumeration.
+ *    "NOT_SET"
+ *    "STANDARD"
+ *    "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY"
+ *    "STANDARD_IA"
+ *    "ONEZONE_IA"
+ *    "INTELLIGENT_TIERING"
+ *    "GLACIER"
+ *    "DEEP_ARCHIVE"
+ *    "OUTPOSTS"
+ *    "GLACIER_IR"
+ *    "SNOW"
+ *    "EXPRESS_ONEZONE" <br>
+ *    **Default**: "NOT_SET"
  * - `vfs.s3.bucket_canned_acl` <br>
  *    Names of values found in Aws::S3::Model::BucketCannedACL enumeration.
  *    "NOT_SET"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/config/config.cc b/tiledb/sm/config/config.cc
index 69ce8565a85..4a5e677295c 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/config/config.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/config/config.cc
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ const std::string Config::VFS_S3_CONNECT_MAX_TRIES = "5";
 const std::string Config::VFS_S3_CONNECT_SCALE_FACTOR = "25";
 const std::string Config::VFS_S3_SSE = "";
 const std::string Config::VFS_S3_SSE_KMS_KEY_ID = "";
+const std::string Config::VFS_S3_STORAGE_CLASS = "NOT_SET";
 const std::string Config::VFS_S3_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = "3000";
 const std::string Config::VFS_S3_REQUESTER_PAYS = "false";
 const std::string Config::VFS_S3_PROXY_SCHEME = "http";
@@ -482,6 +483,7 @@ const std::map<std::string, std::string> default_config_values = {
         "vfs.s3.connect_scale_factor", Config::VFS_S3_CONNECT_SCALE_FACTOR),
     std::make_pair("vfs.s3.sse", Config::VFS_S3_SSE),
     std::make_pair("vfs.s3.sse_kms_key_id", Config::VFS_S3_SSE_KMS_KEY_ID),
+    std::make_pair("vfs.s3.storage_class", Config::VFS_S3_STORAGE_CLASS),
     std::make_pair(
         "vfs.s3.request_timeout_ms", Config::VFS_S3_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS),
     std::make_pair("vfs.s3.requester_pays", Config::VFS_S3_REQUESTER_PAYS),
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/config/config.h b/tiledb/sm/config/config.h
index 2fd464470e4..3dd6fa760f1 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/config/config.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/config/config.h
@@ -561,6 +561,9 @@ class Config {
   /** The S3 KMS key id for KMS server-side-encryption. */
   static const std::string VFS_S3_SSE_KMS_KEY_ID;
 
+  /** The S3 storage class to upload objects to. */
+  static const std::string VFS_S3_STORAGE_CLASS;
+
   /** Request timeout in milliseconds. */
   static const std::string VFS_S3_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS;
 
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/cpp_api/config.h b/tiledb/sm/cpp_api/config.h
index 02d8105bc59..cd1c2110ad9 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/cpp_api/config.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/cpp_api/config.h
@@ -744,6 +744,23 @@ class Config {
    *    The server-side encryption key to use if
    *    vfs.s3.sse == "kms" (AWS key management service). <br>
    *    **Default**: ""
+   * - `vfs.s3.storage_class` <br>
+   *    The storage class to use for the newly uploaded S3 objects. The set of
+   *    accepted values is found in the Aws::S3::Model::StorageClass
+   *    enumeration.
+   *    "NOT_SET"
+   *    "STANDARD"
+   *    "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY"
+   *    "STANDARD_IA"
+   *    "ONEZONE_IA"
+   *    "INTELLIGENT_TIERING"
+   *    "GLACIER"
+   *    "DEEP_ARCHIVE"
+   *    "OUTPOSTS"
+   *    "GLACIER_IR"
+   *    "SNOW"
+   *    "EXPRESS_ONEZONE" <br>
+   *    **Default**: "NOT_SET"
    * - `vfs.s3.bucket_canned_acl` <br>
    *    Names of values found in Aws::S3::Model::BucketCannedACL enumeration.
    *    "NOT_SET"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/filesystem/s3.cc b/tiledb/sm/filesystem/s3.cc
index 708716f8891..957325ba7e6 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/filesystem/s3.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/filesystem/s3.cc
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ using tiledb::common::filesystem::directory_entry;
 
 namespace {
 
+/*
+ * Functions to convert strings to AWS enums.
+ *
+ * The AWS SDK provides some enum conversion functions, but they must not be
+ * used, because they have non-deterministic behavior in certain scenarios.
+ */
+
 Aws::Utils::Logging::LogLevel aws_log_name_to_level(std::string loglevel) {
   std::transform(loglevel.begin(), loglevel.end(), loglevel.begin(), ::tolower);
   if (loglevel == "fatal")
@@ -157,6 +164,47 @@ Aws::S3::Model::BucketCannedACL S3_BucketCannedACL_from_str(
     return Aws::S3::Model::BucketCannedACL::NOT_SET;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Return a S3 enum value for any recognized string or NOT_SET if
+ * B) the string is not recognized to match any of the enum values
+ *
+ * @param storage_class_str A textual string naming one of the
+ *        Aws::S3::Model::StorageClass enum members.
+ */
+Aws::S3::Model::StorageClass S3_StorageClass_from_str(
+    const std::string& storage_class_str) {
+  using Aws::S3::Model::StorageClass;
+  if (storage_class_str.empty())
+    return StorageClass::NOT_SET;
+
+  if (storage_class_str == "NOT_SET")
+    return StorageClass::NOT_SET;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "STANDARD")
+    return StorageClass::STANDARD;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY")
+    return StorageClass::REDUCED_REDUNDANCY;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "STANDARD_IA")
+    return StorageClass::STANDARD_IA;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "ONEZONE_IA")
+    return StorageClass::ONEZONE_IA;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "INTELLIGENT_TIERING")
+    return StorageClass::INTELLIGENT_TIERING;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "GLACIER")
+    return StorageClass::GLACIER;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "DEEP_ARCHIVE")
+    return StorageClass::DEEP_ARCHIVE;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "OUTPOSTS")
+    return StorageClass::OUTPOSTS;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "GLACIER_IR")
+    return StorageClass::GLACIER_IR;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "SNOW")
+    return StorageClass::SNOW;
+  else if (storage_class_str == "EXPRESS_ONEZONE")
+    return StorageClass::EXPRESS_ONEZONE;
+  else
+    return StorageClass::NOT_SET;
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 
 using namespace tiledb::common;
@@ -200,6 +248,7 @@ S3::S3(
           s3_params_.requester_pays_ ? Aws::S3::Model::RequestPayer::requester :
                                        Aws::S3::Model::RequestPayer::NOT_SET)
     , sse_(Aws::S3::Model::ServerSideEncryption::NOT_SET)
+    , storage_class_(S3_StorageClass_from_str(s3_params_.storage_class_))
     , object_canned_acl_(
           S3_ObjectCannedACL_from_str(s3_params_.object_acl_str_))
     , bucket_canned_acl_(
@@ -511,6 +560,10 @@ void S3::touch(const URI& uri) const {
   if (!s3_params_.sse_kms_key_id_.empty())
     put_object_request.SetSSEKMSKeyId(
         Aws::String(s3_params_.sse_kms_key_id_.c_str()));
+  // TODO: These checks are not needed since AWS SDK 1.11.275
+  // https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp/pull/2875
+  if (storage_class_ != Aws::S3::Model::StorageClass::NOT_SET)
+    put_object_request.SetStorageClass(storage_class_);
   if (object_canned_acl_ != Aws::S3::Model::ObjectCannedACL::NOT_SET) {
     put_object_request.SetACL(object_canned_acl_);
   }
@@ -1562,6 +1615,8 @@ Status S3::initiate_multipart_request(
   if (!s3_params_.sse_kms_key_id_.empty())
     multipart_upload_request.SetSSEKMSKeyId(
         Aws::String(s3_params_.sse_kms_key_id_.c_str()));
+  if (storage_class_ != Aws::S3::Model::StorageClass::NOT_SET)
+    multipart_upload_request.SetStorageClass(storage_class_);
   if (object_canned_acl_ != Aws::S3::Model::ObjectCannedACL::NOT_SET) {
     multipart_upload_request.SetACL(object_canned_acl_);
   }
@@ -1756,6 +1811,8 @@ void S3::write_direct(const URI& uri, const void* buffer, uint64_t length) {
   if (!s3_params_.sse_kms_key_id_.empty())
     put_object_request.SetSSEKMSKeyId(
         Aws::String(s3_params_.sse_kms_key_id_.c_str()));
+  if (storage_class_ != Aws::S3::Model::StorageClass::NOT_SET)
+    put_object_request.SetStorageClass(storage_class_);
   if (object_canned_acl_ != Aws::S3::Model::ObjectCannedACL::NOT_SET) {
     put_object_request.SetACL(object_canned_acl_);
   }
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/filesystem/s3.h b/tiledb/sm/filesystem/s3.h
index 8c074479aee..dec4ed7e384 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/filesystem/s3.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/filesystem/s3.h
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ struct S3Parameters {
             sse_algorithm_ == "kms" ?
                 config.get<std::string>("vfs.s3.sse_kms_key_id").value() :
                 "")
+      , storage_class_(
+            config.get<std::string>("vfs.s3.storage_class", Config::must_find))
       , bucket_acl_str_(config.get<std::string>(
             "vfs.s3.bucket_canned_acl", Config::must_find))
       , object_acl_str_(config.get<std::string>(
@@ -326,6 +328,9 @@ struct S3Parameters {
   /** The server-side encryption key to use with the kms algorithm. */
   std::string sse_kms_key_id_;
 
+  /** The S3 storage class. */
+  std::string storage_class_;
+
   /** Names of values found in Aws::S3::Model::BucketCannedACL enumeration. */
   std::string bucket_acl_str_;
 
@@ -1378,6 +1383,9 @@ class S3 : FilesystemBase {
   /** The server-side encryption algorithm. */
   Aws::S3::Model::ServerSideEncryption sse_;
 
+  /** The storage class for a s3 upload request. */
+  Aws::S3::Model::StorageClass storage_class_;
+
   /** Protects file_buffers map */
   std::mutex file_buffers_mtx_;