diff --git a/storage/s3/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/s3/S3StorageConfig.java b/storage/s3/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/s3/S3StorageConfig.java
index dc7e3c727..5a733bd6e 100644
--- a/storage/s3/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/s3/S3StorageConfig.java
+++ b/storage/s3/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/s3/S3StorageConfig.java
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ public class S3StorageConfig extends AbstractConfig {
             + "Use with caution and always only in a test environment, as disabling certificate lead the storage "
             + "to be vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.";
 
+    public static final String AWS_CHECKSUM_CHECK_ENABLED_CONFIG = "aws.checksum.check.enabled";
+    private static final String AWS_CHECKSUM_CHECK_ENABLED_DOC =
+        "This property is used to enable checksum validation done by AWS library. "
+            + "When set to \"false\", there will be no validation. "
+            + "It is disabled by default as Kafka already validates integrity of the files.";
+
 
     private static final ConfigDef CONFIG;
 
@@ -166,6 +172,12 @@ public class S3StorageConfig extends AbstractConfig {
                 true,
                 ConfigDef.Importance.LOW,
                 AWS_CERTIFICATE_CHECK_ENABLED_DOC
+            )
+            .define(AWS_CHECKSUM_CHECK_ENABLED_CONFIG,
+                ConfigDef.Type.BOOLEAN,
+                false,
+                ConfigDef.Importance.MEDIUM,
+                AWS_CHECKSUM_CHECK_ENABLED_DOC
             );
     }
 
@@ -218,6 +230,8 @@ S3Client s3Client() {
             );
         }
 
+        s3ClientBuilder.serviceConfiguration(builder -> builder.checksumValidationEnabled(checksumCheckEnabled()));
+
         final AwsCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = credentialsProvider();
         if (credentialsProvider != null) {
             s3ClientBuilder.credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider);
@@ -267,6 +281,10 @@ public Boolean certificateCheckEnabled() {
         return getBoolean(AWS_CERTIFICATE_CHECK_ENABLED_CONFIG);
     }
 
+    public Boolean checksumCheckEnabled() {
+        return getBoolean(AWS_CHECKSUM_CHECK_ENABLED_CONFIG);
+    }
+
     public String bucketName() {
         return getString(S3_BUCKET_NAME_CONFIG);
     }
diff --git a/storage/s3/src/test/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/s3/S3StorageConfigTest.java b/storage/s3/src/test/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/s3/S3StorageConfigTest.java
index b61e0f7ee..32df124f0 100644
--- a/storage/s3/src/test/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/s3/S3StorageConfigTest.java
+++ b/storage/s3/src/test/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/s3/S3StorageConfigTest.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ void minimalConfig() {
         assertThat(config.pathStyleAccessEnabled()).isNull();
         assertThat(config.uploadPartSize()).isEqualTo(S3_MULTIPART_UPLOAD_PART_SIZE_DEFAULT);
         assertThat(config.certificateCheckEnabled()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(config.checksumCheckEnabled()).isFalse();
         verifyClientConfiguration(config.s3Client(), null);
     }
 
@@ -110,7 +111,8 @@ void configWithStaticCredentials() {
             "s3.endpoint.url", MINIO_URL,
             "aws.access.key.id", username,
             "aws.secret.access.key", password,
-            "aws.certificate.check.enabled", "false");
+            "aws.certificate.check.enabled", "false",
+            "aws.checksum.check.enabled", "true");
 
         final var config = new S3StorageConfig(configs);
 
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ void configWithStaticCredentials() {
         assertThat(config.getPassword("aws.access.key.id").value()).isEqualTo(username);
         assertThat(config.getPassword("aws.secret.access.key").value()).isEqualTo(password);
         assertThat(config.certificateCheckEnabled()).isFalse();
+        assertThat(config.checksumCheckEnabled()).isTrue();
 
         final AwsCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = config.credentialsProvider();
         assertThat(credentialsProvider).isInstanceOf(StaticCredentialsProvider.class);