diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
index 14c391ca53..32bc71c513 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ use std::{
     fmt::Debug,
     num::{NonZeroU32, NonZeroUsize},
     pin::Pin,
+    str::FromStr,
     sync::Arc,
     time::{Duration, SystemTime},
 };
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
+use aws_sdk_s3::types::StorageClass;
 use camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf};
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
@@ -563,6 +565,7 @@ pub struct S3Config {
     /// See [`DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_S3_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT`] for more details.
     pub concurrency_limit: NonZeroUsize,
     pub max_keys_per_list_response: Option<i32>,
+    pub upload_storage_class: Option<StorageClass>,
 }
 
 impl Debug for S3Config {
@@ -691,6 +694,18 @@ impl RemoteStorageConfig {
                     endpoint,
                     concurrency_limit,
                     max_keys_per_list_response,
+                    upload_storage_class: toml
+                        .get("upload_storage_class")
+                        .map(|prefix_in_bucket| -> anyhow::Result<_> {
+                            let s = parse_toml_string("upload_storage_class", prefix_in_bucket)?;
+                            let storage_class = StorageClass::from_str(&s).expect("infallible");
+                            #[allow(deprecated)]
+                            if matches!(storage_class, StorageClass::Unknown(_)) {
+                                bail!("Specified storage class unknown to SDK: '{s}'. Allowed values: {:?}", StorageClass::values());
+                            }
+                            Ok(storage_class)
+                        })
+                        .transpose()?,
                 })
             }
             (_, _, _, Some(_), None) => {
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
index 8091681221..c0b89cee2a 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use aws_sdk_s3::{
     config::{AsyncSleep, Builder, IdentityCache, Region, SharedAsyncSleep},
     error::SdkError,
     operation::get_object::GetObjectError,
-    types::{Delete, DeleteMarkerEntry, ObjectIdentifier, ObjectVersion},
+    types::{Delete, DeleteMarkerEntry, ObjectIdentifier, ObjectVersion, StorageClass},
     Client,
 };
 use aws_smithy_async::rt::sleep::TokioSleep;
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ pub struct S3Bucket {
     bucket_name: String,
     prefix_in_bucket: Option<String>,
     max_keys_per_list_response: Option<i32>,
+    upload_storage_class: Option<StorageClass>,
     concurrency_limiter: ConcurrencyLimiter,
     // Per-request timeout. Accessible for tests.
     pub timeout: Duration,
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ impl S3Bucket {
             max_keys_per_list_response: aws_config.max_keys_per_list_response,
             prefix_in_bucket,
             concurrency_limiter: ConcurrencyLimiter::new(aws_config.concurrency_limit.get()),
+            upload_storage_class: aws_config.upload_storage_class.clone(),
             timeout,
         })
     }
@@ -582,6 +584,7 @@ impl RemoteStorage for S3Bucket {
             .bucket(self.bucket_name.clone())
             .key(self.relative_path_to_s3_object(to))
             .set_metadata(metadata.map(|m| m.0))
+            .set_storage_class(self.upload_storage_class.clone())
             .content_length(from_size_bytes.try_into()?)
             .body(bytes_stream)
             .send();
@@ -633,6 +636,7 @@ impl RemoteStorage for S3Bucket {
             .copy_object()
             .bucket(self.bucket_name.clone())
             .key(self.relative_path_to_s3_object(to))
+            .set_storage_class(self.upload_storage_class.clone())
             .copy_source(copy_source)
             .send();
 
@@ -890,6 +894,7 @@ impl RemoteStorage for S3Bucket {
                                     .copy_object()
                                     .bucket(self.bucket_name.clone())
                                     .key(key)
+                                    .set_storage_class(self.upload_storage_class.clone())
                                     .copy_source(&source_id)
                                     .send();
 
@@ -1073,6 +1078,7 @@ mod tests {
                 endpoint: None,
                 concurrency_limit: NonZeroUsize::new(100).unwrap(),
                 max_keys_per_list_response: Some(5),
+                upload_storage_class: None,
             };
             let storage =
                 S3Bucket::new(&config, std::time::Duration::ZERO).expect("remote storage init");
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_s3.rs b/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_s3.rs
index 01f6a532d6..a273abe867 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_s3.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_s3.rs
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ fn create_s3_client(
             endpoint: None,
             concurrency_limit: NonZeroUsize::new(100).unwrap(),
             max_keys_per_list_response,
+            upload_storage_class: None,
         }),
         timeout: RemoteStorageConfig::DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
     };
diff --git a/pageserver/src/config.rs b/pageserver/src/config.rs
index e10db2b853..10d5a22797 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/config.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/config.rs
@@ -1557,6 +1557,7 @@ broker_endpoint = '{broker_endpoint}'
                         endpoint: Some(endpoint.clone()),
                         concurrency_limit: s3_concurrency_limit,
                         max_keys_per_list_response: None,
+                        upload_storage_class: None,
                     }),
                     timeout: RemoteStorageConfig::DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
                 },
diff --git a/proxy/src/context/parquet.rs b/proxy/src/context/parquet.rs
index e061216d15..9600321937 100644
--- a/proxy/src/context/parquet.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/context/parquet.rs
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ mod tests {
                     )
                     .unwrap(),
                     max_keys_per_list_response: DEFAULT_MAX_KEYS_PER_LIST_RESPONSE,
+                    upload_storage_class: None,
                 }),
                 timeout: RemoteStorageConfig::DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
             })