diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts
index 2f9c8a04ba6f9..ad09adace9bad 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts
@@ -796,6 +796,13 @@ export interface BucketProps {
    */
   readonly websiteRedirect?: RedirectTarget;
 
+  /**
+   * Specifies a canned ACL that grants predefined permissions to the bucket.
+   *
+   * @default BucketAccessControl.PRIVATE
+   */
+  readonly accessControl?: BucketAccessControl;
+
   /**
    * Grants public read access to all objects in the bucket.
    * Similar to calling `bucket.grantPublicAccess()`
@@ -933,7 +940,8 @@ export class Bucket extends BucketBase {
       websiteConfiguration: this.renderWebsiteConfiguration(props),
       publicAccessBlockConfiguration: props.blockPublicAccess,
       metricsConfigurations: Lazy.anyValue({ produce: () => this.parseMetricConfiguration() }),
-      corsConfiguration: Lazy.anyValue({ produce: () => this.parseCorsConfiguration() })
+      corsConfiguration: Lazy.anyValue({ produce: () => this.parseCorsConfiguration() }),
+      accessControl: props.accessControl,
     });
 
     resource.applyRemovalPolicy(props.removalPolicy);
@@ -1426,6 +1434,57 @@ export interface OnCloudTrailBucketEventOptions extends events.OnEventOptions {
   readonly paths?: string[];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Default bucket access control types.
+ *
+ * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html
+ */
+export enum BucketAccessControl {
+  /**
+   * Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. No one else has access rights.
+   */
+  PRIVATE = 'Private',
+
+  /**
+   * Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AllUsers group gets READ access.
+   */
+  PUBLIC_READ = 'PublicRead',
+
+  /**
+   * Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AllUsers group gets READ and WRITE access.
+   * Granting this on a bucket is generally not recommended.
+   */
+  PUBLIC_READ_WRITE = 'PublicReadWrite',
+
+  /**
+   * Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AuthenticatedUsers group gets READ access.
+   */
+  AUTHENTICATED_READ = 'AuthenticatedRead',
+
+  /**
+   * The LogDelivery group gets WRITE and READ_ACP permissions on the bucket.
+   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/ServerLogs.html
+   */
+  LOG_DELIVERY_WRITE = 'LogDeliveryWrite',
+
+  /**
+   * Object owner gets FULL_CONTROL. Bucket owner gets READ access.
+   * If you specify this canned ACL when creating a bucket, Amazon S3 ignores it.
+   */
+  BUCKET_OWNER_READ = 'BucketOwnerRead',
+
+  /**
+   * Both the object owner and the bucket owner get FULL_CONTROL over the object.
+   * If you specify this canned ACL when creating a bucket, Amazon S3 ignores it.
+   */
+  BUCKET_OWNER_FULL_CONTROL = 'BucketOwnerFullControl',
+
+  /**
+   * Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. Amazon EC2 gets READ access to GET an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) bundle from Amazon S3.
+   */
+  AWS_EXEC_READ = 'AwsExecRead',
+}
+
 function mapOrUndefined<T, U>(list: T[] | undefined, callback: (element: T) => U): U[] | undefined {
   if (!list || list.length === 0) {
     return undefined;
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/test.bucket.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/test.bucket.ts
index 6224fa57416ff..a1c23a77c9024 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/test.bucket.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/test.bucket.ts
@@ -432,6 +432,27 @@ export = {
     test.done();
   },
 
+  'bucket with custom canned access control'(test: Test) {
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+    new s3.Bucket(stack, 'MyBucket', {
+      accessControl: s3.BucketAccessControl.LOG_DELIVERY_WRITE
+    });
+
+    expect(stack).toMatch({
+      "Resources": {
+        "MyBucketF68F3FF0": {
+          "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket",
+          "Properties": {
+            "AccessControl": "LogDeliveryWrite"
+          },
+          "DeletionPolicy": "Retain",
+          "UpdateReplacePolicy": "Retain",
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    test.done();
+  },
+
   'permissions': {
 
     'addPermission creates a bucket policy'(test: Test) {