diff --git a/docs/configuration/storage.md b/docs/configuration/storage.md
index 697c2c88b..04873ee36 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/storage.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/storage.md
@@ -100,6 +100,19 @@ storage-s3-secret-key: ""
 # Examples: ["gts","cool-instance"]
 # Default: ""
 storage-s3-bucket: ""
+
+# String. Bucket lookup type.
+#
+# If you know what kind of bucket lookup type you need you can specify it here.
+#
+# Many providers are no longer offering path-style bucket access and only subdomain-style. Then,
+# you will need to specify "dns" here instead of the default "auto".
+#
+# If your provider only supports path-style bucket access, specify "path".
+#
+# Examples: ["path", "dns", "auto"]
+# Default: "auto"
+storage-s3-bucket-lookup: "auto"
 ```
 
 ## AWS S3 Configuration
diff --git a/example/config.yaml b/example/config.yaml
index ab9476700..c2f9667c3 100644
--- a/example/config.yaml
+++ b/example/config.yaml
@@ -749,6 +749,19 @@ storage-s3-secret-key: ""
 # Default: ""
 storage-s3-bucket: ""
 
+# String. Bucket lookup type.
+#
+# If you know what kind of bucket lookup type you need you can specify it here.
+#
+# Many providers are no longer offering path-style bucket access and only subdomain-style. Then,
+# you will need to specify "dns" here instead of the default "auto".
+#
+# If your provider only supports path-style bucket access, specify "path".
+#
+# Examples: ["path", "dns", "auto"]
+# Default: "auto"
+storage-s3-bucket-lookup: "auto"
+
 ###########################
 ##### STATUSES CONFIG #####
 ###########################
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 2c4035ecf..78068ab86 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -112,15 +112,16 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	MediaCleanupEvery        time.Duration `name:"media-cleanup-every" usage:"Period to elapse between cleanups, starting from media-cleanup-at."`
 	MediaFfmpegPoolSize      int           `name:"media-ffmpeg-pool-size" usage:"Number of instances of the embedded ffmpeg WASM binary to add to the media processing pool. 0 or less uses GOMAXPROCS."`
 
-	StorageBackend       string `name:"storage-backend" usage:"Storage backend to use for media attachments"`
-	StorageLocalBasePath string `name:"storage-local-base-path" usage:"Full path to an already-created directory where gts should store/retrieve media files. Subfolders will be created within this dir."`
-	StorageS3Endpoint    string `name:"storage-s3-endpoint" usage:"S3 Endpoint URL (e.g 'minio.example.org:9000')"`
-	StorageS3AccessKey   string `name:"storage-s3-access-key" usage:"S3 Access Key"`
-	StorageS3SecretKey   string `name:"storage-s3-secret-key" usage:"S3 Secret Key"`
-	StorageS3UseSSL      bool   `name:"storage-s3-use-ssl" usage:"Use SSL for S3 connections. Only set this to 'false' when testing locally"`
-	StorageS3BucketName  string `name:"storage-s3-bucket" usage:"Place blobs in this bucket"`
-	StorageS3Proxy       bool   `name:"storage-s3-proxy" usage:"Proxy S3 contents through GoToSocial instead of redirecting to a presigned URL"`
-	StorageS3RedirectURL string `name:"storage-s3-redirect-url" usage:"Custom URL to use for redirecting S3 media links. If set, this will be used instead of the S3 bucket URL."`
+	StorageBackend        string `name:"storage-backend" usage:"Storage backend to use for media attachments"`
+	StorageLocalBasePath  string `name:"storage-local-base-path" usage:"Full path to an already-created directory where gts should store/retrieve media files. Subfolders will be created within this dir."`
+	StorageS3Endpoint     string `name:"storage-s3-endpoint" usage:"S3 Endpoint URL (e.g 'minio.example.org:9000')"`
+	StorageS3AccessKey    string `name:"storage-s3-access-key" usage:"S3 Access Key"`
+	StorageS3SecretKey    string `name:"storage-s3-secret-key" usage:"S3 Secret Key"`
+	StorageS3UseSSL       bool   `name:"storage-s3-use-ssl" usage:"Use SSL for S3 connections. Only set this to 'false' when testing locally"`
+	StorageS3BucketName   string `name:"storage-s3-bucket" usage:"Place blobs in this bucket"`
+	StorageS3Proxy        bool   `name:"storage-s3-proxy" usage:"Proxy S3 contents through GoToSocial instead of redirecting to a presigned URL"`
+	StorageS3RedirectURL  string `name:"storage-s3-redirect-url" usage:"Custom URL to use for redirecting S3 media links. If set, this will be used instead of the S3 bucket URL."`
+	StorageS3BucketLookup string `name:"storage-s3-bucket-lookup" usage:"S3 bucket lookup type to use. Can be 'auto', 'dns' or 'path'. Defaults to 'auto'."`
 
 	StatusesMaxChars           int `name:"statuses-max-chars" usage:"Max permitted characters for posted statuses, including content warning"`
 	StatusesPollMaxOptions     int `name:"statuses-poll-max-options" usage:"Max amount of options permitted on a poll"`
diff --git a/internal/config/defaults.go b/internal/config/defaults.go
index 7e1d234f3..e3ea64592 100644
--- a/internal/config/defaults.go
+++ b/internal/config/defaults.go
@@ -87,11 +87,12 @@ var Defaults = Configuration{
 	MediaCleanupEvery:        24 * time.Hour, // 1/day.
 	MediaFfmpegPoolSize:      1,
 
-	StorageBackend:       "local",
-	StorageLocalBasePath: "/gotosocial/storage",
-	StorageS3UseSSL:      true,
-	StorageS3Proxy:       false,
-	StorageS3RedirectURL: "",
+	StorageBackend:        "local",
+	StorageLocalBasePath:  "/gotosocial/storage",
+	StorageS3UseSSL:       true,
+	StorageS3Proxy:        false,
+	StorageS3RedirectURL:  "",
+	StorageS3BucketLookup: "auto",
 
 	StatusesMaxChars:           5000,
 	StatusesPollMaxOptions:     6,
diff --git a/internal/config/helpers.gen.go b/internal/config/helpers.gen.go
index b039d26a5..2fa502084 100644
--- a/internal/config/helpers.gen.go
+++ b/internal/config/helpers.gen.go
@@ -1781,6 +1781,31 @@ func GetStorageS3RedirectURL() string { return global.GetStorageS3RedirectURL()
 // SetStorageS3RedirectURL safely sets the value for global configuration 'StorageS3RedirectURL' field
 func SetStorageS3RedirectURL(v string) { global.SetStorageS3RedirectURL(v) }
 
+// GetStorageS3BucketLookup safely fetches the Configuration value for state's 'StorageS3BucketLookup' field
+func (st *ConfigState) GetStorageS3BucketLookup() (v string) {
+	st.mutex.RLock()
+	v = st.config.StorageS3BucketLookup
+	st.mutex.RUnlock()
+	return
+}
+
+// SetStorageS3BucketLookup safely sets the Configuration value for state's 'StorageS3BucketLookup' field
+func (st *ConfigState) SetStorageS3BucketLookup(v string) {
+	st.mutex.Lock()
+	defer st.mutex.Unlock()
+	st.config.StorageS3BucketLookup = v
+	st.reloadToViper()
+}
+
+// StorageS3BucketLookupFlag returns the flag name for the 'StorageS3BucketLookup' field
+func StorageS3BucketLookupFlag() string { return "storage-s3-bucket-lookup" }
+
+// GetStorageS3BucketLookup safely fetches the value for global configuration 'StorageS3BucketLookup' field
+func GetStorageS3BucketLookup() string { return global.GetStorageS3BucketLookup() }
+
+// SetStorageS3BucketLookup safely sets the value for global configuration 'StorageS3BucketLookup' field
+func SetStorageS3BucketLookup(v string) { global.SetStorageS3BucketLookup(v) }
+
 // GetStatusesMaxChars safely fetches the Configuration value for state's 'StatusesMaxChars' field
 func (st *ConfigState) GetStatusesMaxChars() (v int) {
 	st.mutex.RLock()
diff --git a/internal/storage/storage.go b/internal/storage/storage.go
index 3e5a69734..780d2ca5d 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storage.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storage.go
@@ -315,11 +315,25 @@ func NewS3Storage() (*Driver, error) {
 	bucket := config.GetStorageS3BucketName()
 	redirectURL := config.GetStorageS3RedirectURL()
 
+	var bucketLookup minio.BucketLookupType
+	switch s := config.GetStorageS3BucketLookup(); s {
+	case "auto":
+		bucketLookup = minio.BucketLookupAuto
+	case "dns":
+		bucketLookup = minio.BucketLookupDNS
+	case "path":
+		bucketLookup = minio.BucketLookupPath
+	default:
+		log.Warnf(nil, "%s set to %s which is not recognized, defaulting to 'auto'", config.StorageS3BucketLookupFlag(), s)
+		bucketLookup = minio.BucketLookupAuto
+	}
+
 	// Open the s3 storage implementation
 	s3, err := s3.Open(endpoint, bucket, &s3.Config{
 		CoreOpts: minio.Options{
-			Creds:  credentials.NewStaticV4(access, secret, ""),
-			Secure: secure,
+			Creds:        credentials.NewStaticV4(access, secret, ""),
+			Secure:       secure,
+			BucketLookup: bucketLookup,
 		},
 		PutChunkSize: 5 * 1024 * 1024, // 5MiB
 		ListSize:     200,
diff --git a/test/envparsing.sh b/test/envparsing.sh
index 5c7d0cf04..8d79c3be9 100755
--- a/test/envparsing.sh
+++ b/test/envparsing.sh
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ EXPECT=$(cat << "EOF"
     "storage-local-base-path": "/root/store",
     "storage-s3-access-key": "minio",
     "storage-s3-bucket": "gts",
+    "storage-s3-bucket-lookup": "auto",
     "storage-s3-endpoint": "localhost:9000",
     "storage-s3-proxy": true,
     "storage-s3-redirect-url": "",
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ GTS_STORAGE_S3_ACCESS_KEY='minio' \
 GTS_STORAGE_S3_SECRET_KEY='miniostorage' \
 GTS_STORAGE_S3_ENDPOINT='localhost:9000' \
 GTS_STORAGE_S3_USE_SSL='false' \
+GTS_STORAGE_S3_BUCKET_LOOKUP='auto' \
 GTS_STORAGE_S3_PROXY='true' \
 GTS_STORAGE_S3_REDIRECT_URL='' \
 GTS_STORAGE_S3_BUCKET='gts' \