diff --git a/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/config/S3Configuration.java b/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/config/S3Configuration.java
index a188c85046..f4930e9c0b 100644
--- a/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/config/S3Configuration.java
+++ b/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/config/S3Configuration.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 import com.netflix.conductor.core.utils.IDGenerator;
 import com.netflix.conductor.s3.storage.S3PayloadStorage;
 
+import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3;
+import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3ClientBuilder;
+
 @Configuration
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(S3Properties.class)
 @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "conductor.external-payload-storage.type", havingValue = "s3")
@@ -28,7 +31,16 @@ public class S3Configuration {
 
     @Bean
     public ExternalPayloadStorage s3ExternalPayloadStorage(
-            IDGenerator idGenerator, S3Properties properties) {
-        return new S3PayloadStorage(idGenerator, properties);
+            IDGenerator idGenerator, S3Properties properties, AmazonS3 s3Client) {
+        return new S3PayloadStorage(idGenerator, properties, s3Client);
+    }
+
+    @ConditionalOnProperty(
+            name = "conductor.external-payload-storage.s3.use_default_client",
+            havingValue = "true",
+            matchIfMissing = true)
+    @Bean
+    public AmazonS3 amazonS3() {
+        return AmazonS3ClientBuilder.standard().withRegion(region).build();
     }
 }
diff --git a/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/storage/S3PayloadStorage.java b/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/storage/S3PayloadStorage.java
index 8ac530ea54..32bbf55a0c 100644
--- a/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/storage/S3PayloadStorage.java
+++ b/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/storage/S3PayloadStorage.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import com.amazonaws.HttpMethod;
 import com.amazonaws.SdkClientException;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3;
-import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3ClientBuilder;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.*;
 
 /**
@@ -52,12 +51,12 @@ public class S3PayloadStorage implements ExternalPayloadStorage {
     private final String bucketName;
     private final long expirationSec;
 
-    public S3PayloadStorage(IDGenerator idGenerator, S3Properties properties) {
+    public S3PayloadStorage(IDGenerator idGenerator, S3Properties properties, AmazonS3 s3Client) {
         this.idGenerator = idGenerator;
+        this.s3Client = s3Client;
         bucketName = properties.getBucketName();
         expirationSec = properties.getSignedUrlExpirationDuration().getSeconds();
         String region = properties.getRegion();
-        s3Client = AmazonS3ClientBuilder.standard().withRegion(region).build();
     }
 
     /**