diff --git a/constants.go b/constants.go
index ff9356f2b63d6..7dd7e6b14bbe5 100644
--- a/constants.go
+++ b/constants.go
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ const (
 	// SSEKMSKey is an optional switch to use an KMS CMK key for S3 SSE.
 	SSEKMSKey = "sse_kms_key"
 
+	// S3UsePathStyle is an optional switch to use an path style access for S3 buckets
+	S3UsePathStyle = "use_s3_path_style"
+
 	// SchemeFile configures local disk-based file storage for audit events
 	SchemeFile = "file"
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/reference/backends.mdx b/docs/pages/reference/backends.mdx
index 662f03c3a9b64..5ab4353ffb2e2 100644
--- a/docs/pages/reference/backends.mdx
+++ b/docs/pages/reference/backends.mdx
@@ -651,6 +651,10 @@ Service reads these parameters to configure its interactions with S3:
 - `use_fips_endpoint=true` -  [Configure S3 FIPS
   endpoints](#configuring-aws-fips-endpoints)
 
+- `use_s3_path_style` - Whether to use path-style instead of virtual-host-style URLs for the
+  bucket. Only applies when a custom endpoint is set. Defaults to true when unset. If used
+  without a custom endpoint set, this option has no effect.
+
 ### S3 IAM policy
 
 (!docs/pages/includes/s3-iam-policy.mdx!)
diff --git a/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler.go b/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler.go
index f4492d27337a9..0cd94f6d6301f 100644
--- a/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler.go
+++ b/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler.go
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Insecure bool
 	// DisableServerSideEncryption is an optional switch to opt out of SSE in case the provider does not support it
 	DisableServerSideEncryption bool
+
+	UsePathStyle *bool
 }
 
 // SetFromURL sets values on the Config from the supplied URI
@@ -147,6 +149,18 @@ func (s *Config) SetFromURL(in *url.URL, inRegion string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if val := in.Query().Get(teleport.S3UsePathStyle); val != "" {
+		usePathStyle, err := strconv.ParseBool(val)
+		if err != nil {
+			return trace.BadParameter(boolErrorTemplate, in.String(), teleport.S3UsePathStyle, val)
+		}
+		s.UsePathStyle = &usePathStyle
+	} else {
+		// Default path style to true for backwards compatibility
+		usePathStyle := true
+		s.UsePathStyle = &usePathStyle
+	}
+
 	s.Region = region
 	s.Bucket = in.Host
 	s.Path = in.Path
@@ -163,6 +177,12 @@ func (s *Config) CheckAndSetDefaults() error {
 		s.Endpoint = endpoint.CreateURI(s.Endpoint, s.Insecure)
 	}
 
+	// Default path style to true for backwards compatibility
+	if s.UsePathStyle == nil {
+		pathStyle := true
+		s.UsePathStyle = &pathStyle
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -224,7 +244,7 @@ func NewHandler(ctx context.Context, cfg Config) (*Handler, error) {
 		opts = append(opts, config.WithBaseEndpoint(cfg.Endpoint))
 
 		s3Opts = append(s3Opts, func(options *s3.Options) {
-			options.UsePathStyle = true
+			options.UsePathStyle = *cfg.UsePathStyle
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler_config_test.go b/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler_config_test.go
index d6af6a6df109b..2e2fa6346c845 100644
--- a/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler_config_test.go
+++ b/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler_config_test.go
@@ -115,6 +115,27 @@ func TestConfig_SetFromURL(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Equal(t, types.ClusterAuditConfigSpecV2_FIPS_DISABLED, config.UseFIPSEndpoint)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "path style addressing enabled via url",
+			url:  "s3://path/bucket/adit?use_s3_path_style=true",
+			cfgAssertion: func(t *testing.T, config Config) {
+				require.True(t, *config.UsePathStyle)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "path style addressing enabled by default",
+			url:  "s3://path/bucket/audit",
+			cfgAssertion: func(t *testing.T, config Config) {
+				require.True(t, *config.UsePathStyle)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "path style addressing disable via url",
+			url:  "s3://path/bucket/audit?use_s3_path_style=false",
+			cfgAssertion: func(t *testing.T, config Config) {
+				require.False(t, *config.UsePathStyle)
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range cases {