diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 672f1095dc..5209f4d3dc 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -1200,13 +1200,13 @@ class FetchData(object):
             self.sha256_name = "sha256sum"
         if self.md5_name in self.parm:
             self.md5_expected = self.parm[self.md5_name]
-        elif self.type not in ["http", "https", "ftp", "ftps", "sftp"]:
+        elif self.type not in ["http", "https", "ftp", "ftps", "sftp", "s3"]:
             self.md5_expected = None
         else:
             self.md5_expected = d.getVarFlag("SRC_URI", self.md5_name)
         if self.sha256_name in self.parm:
             self.sha256_expected = self.parm[self.sha256_name]
-        elif self.type not in ["http", "https", "ftp", "ftps", "sftp"]:
+        elif self.type not in ["http", "https", "ftp", "ftps", "sftp", "s3"]:
             self.sha256_expected = None
         else:
             self.sha256_expected = d.getVarFlag("SRC_URI", self.sha256_name)
@@ -1791,6 +1791,7 @@ from . import svn
 from . import wget
 from . import ssh
 from . import sftp
+from . import s3
 from . import perforce
 from . import bzr
 from . import hg
@@ -1808,6 +1809,7 @@ methods.append(gitannex.GitANNEX())
 methods.append(cvs.Cvs())
 methods.append(ssh.SSH())
 methods.append(sftp.SFTP())
+methods.append(s3.S3())
 methods.append(perforce.Perforce())
 methods.append(bzr.Bzr())
 methods.append(hg.Hg())
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/s3.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/s3.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27993aacfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/s3.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+"""
+BitBake 'Fetch' implementation for Amazon AWS S3.
+
+Class for fetching files from Amazon S3 using the AWS Command Line Interface.
+The aws tool must be correctly installed and configured prior to use.
+
+"""
+
+# Copyright (C) 2017, Andre McCurdy <armccurdy@gmail.com>
+#
+# Based in part on bb.fetch2.wget:
+#    Copyright (C) 2003, 2004  Chris Larson
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# Based on functions from the base bb module, Copyright 2003 Holger Schurig
+
+import os
+import bb
+import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error
+from bb.fetch2 import FetchMethod
+from bb.fetch2 import FetchError
+from bb.fetch2 import runfetchcmd
+
+class S3(FetchMethod):
+    """Class to fetch urls via 'aws s3'"""
+
+    def supports(self, ud, d):
+        """
+        Check to see if a given url can be fetched with s3.
+        """
+        return ud.type in ['s3']
+
+    def recommends_checksum(self, urldata):
+        return True
+
+    def urldata_init(self, ud, d):
+        if 'downloadfilename' in ud.parm:
+            ud.basename = ud.parm['downloadfilename']
+        else:
+            ud.basename = os.path.basename(ud.path)
+
+        ud.localfile = d.expand(urllib.parse.unquote(ud.basename))
+
+    def download(self, ud, d):
+        """
+        Fetch urls
+        Assumes localpath was called first
+        """
+
+        cmd = 'aws s3 cp s3://%s%s %s' % (ud.host, ud.path, ud.localpath)
+        bb.fetch2.check_network_access(d, cmd, ud.url)
+        runfetchcmd(cmd, d)
+
+        # Additional sanity checks copied from the wget class (although there
+        # are no known issues which mean these are required, treat the aws cli
+        # tool with a little healthy suspicion).
+
+        if not os.path.exists(ud.localpath):
+            raise FetchError("The aws cp command returned success for s3://%s%s but %s doesn't exist?!" % (ud.host, ud.path, ud.localpath))
+
+        if os.path.getsize(ud.localpath) == 0:
+            os.remove(ud.localpath)
+            raise FetchError("The aws cp command for s3://%s%s resulted in a zero size file?! Deleting and failing since this isn't right." % (ud.host, ud.path))
+
+        return True
+
+    def checkstatus(self, fetch, ud, d):
+        """
+        Check the status of a URL
+        """
+
+        cmd = 'aws s3 ls s3://%s%s' % (ud.host, ud.path)
+        bb.fetch2.check_network_access(d, cmd, ud.url)
+        output = runfetchcmd(cmd, d)
+
+        # "aws s3 ls s3://mybucket/foo" will exit with success even if the file
+        # is not found, so check output of the command to confirm success.
+
+        if not output:
+            raise FetchError("The aws ls command for s3://%s%s gave empty output" % (ud.host, ud.path))
+
+        return True