diff --git a/common/etc/nginx/include/s3gateway.js b/common/etc/nginx/include/s3gateway.js
index b1be836a..486db09b 100644
--- a/common/etc/nginx/include/s3gateway.js
+++ b/common/etc/nginx/include/s3gateway.js
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ const FOUR_O_FOUR_ON_EMPTY_BUCKET = utils.parseBoolean(process.env['FOUR_O_FOUR_
  * @type {string}
  * */
 const S3_STYLE = process.env['S3_STYLE'];
+/**
+ * Prefix to be prepended to all object names, allowing the serving of a
+ * subset of a bucket. Default ''.
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+const S3_OBJECT_PREFIX = process.env['S3_OBJECT_PREFIX'] || '';
 /**
  * Additional header prefixes to strip from the response before sending to the
  * client. This is useful for removing headers that may contain sensitive
@@ -285,6 +291,10 @@ function s3uri(r) {
     const basePath = s3BaseUri(r);
     let path;
 
+    if (S3_OBJECT_PREFIX) {
+        uriPath = S3_OBJECT_PREFIX + uriPath
+    }
+
     // Create query parameters only if directory listing is enabled.
     if (ALLOW_LISTING && !utils.parseBoolean(r.variables.forIndexPage)) {
         const queryParams = _s3DirQueryParams(uriPath, r.method);
diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md
index 5e24732f..e04cb45e 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.md
+++ b/docs/getting_started.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ running as a Container or as a Systemd service.
 | `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`               | Yes       |                              |           | Secret access key                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 | `AWS_SESSION_TOKEN`                   | No        |                              |           | Session token.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `S3_BUCKET_NAME`                      | Yes       |                              |           | Name of S3 bucket to proxy requests to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `S3_OBJECT_PREFIX`                    | No        |                              |           | Prefix to prepend to all S3 object paths                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
 | `S3_REGION`                           | Yes       |                              |           | Region associated with API                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 | `S3_SERVER_PORT`                      | Yes       |                              |           | SSL/TLS port to connect to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 | `S3_SERVER_PROTO`                     | Yes       | `http`, `https`              |           | Protocol to used connect to S3 server                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |