diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index b499d92..0cf6ba6 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@
     order   => '02',
   }
 
+  if $pulpcore::storage_backend == 's3' {
+    $storages = {
+      'default' => {
+        'BACKEND' => 'storages.backends.s3.S3Storage',
+        'OPTIONS' => $pulpcore::storage_options,
+      },
+    }
+    concat::fragment { 'storage':
+      target  => 'pulpcore settings',
+      content => "STORAGES = ${stdlib::to_python($storages)}\n",
+      order   => '03',
+    }
+  }
+
   file { $pulpcore::user_home:
     ensure => directory,
     owner  => $pulpcore::user,
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index f80f252..4d6bfae 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@
 #   What percentage of available-workers will pulpcore use for import tasks at a time.
 #   By default, pulpcore will use all available workers.
 #
+# @param storage_backend
+#   Which storage backend to use
+#
+# @param storage_options
+#   Options to pass to the storage backend
+#
 # @example Default configuration
 #   include pulpcore
 #
@@ -268,6 +274,8 @@
   Optional[Boolean] $analytics = undef,
   Optional[Boolean] $hide_guarded_distributions = undef,
   Optional[Integer[1,100]] $import_workers_percent = undef,
+  Enum['file', 's3'] $storage_backend = 'file',
+  Hash[String[1], Any] $storage_options = {},
 ) {
   $settings_file = "${config_dir}/settings.py"
   $certs_dir = "${config_dir}/certs"
diff --git a/manifests/install.pp b/manifests/install.pp
index 3201d8b..2b087ff 100644
--- a/manifests/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/install.pp
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
     }
   }
 
+  if $pulpcore::storage_backend != 'file' {
+    # TODO: better virtual for this
+    package { 'python3.11-django-storages':
+      ensure => present,
+    }
+  }
+
   user { $pulpcore::user:
     ensure     => present,
     system     => true,
diff --git a/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb b/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
index 85aa396..b8781d5 100644
--- a/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
           is_expected.to contain_class('pulpcore::install')
           is_expected.to contain_package('pulpcore')
           is_expected.to contain_package('pulpcore-selinux')
+          is_expected.not_to contain_package('python3.11-django-storages')
           is_expected.to contain_user('pulp').with_gid('pulp').with_home('/var/lib/pulp')
           is_expected.to contain_group('pulp')
         end
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
                 },
             }
           LOGGING
+          is_expected.not_to contain_concat__fragment('storage')
           is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/pulp')
           is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/pulp/certs/database_fields.symmetric.key')
           is_expected.to contain_file('/var/lib/pulp')
@@ -597,6 +599,21 @@
         end
       end
 
+      context 'with s3 storage' do
+        let :params do
+          { storage_backend: 's3' }
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps }
+        it { is_expected.to contain_package('python3.11-django-storages') }
+
+        it 'configures pulpcore with setting STORAGES' do
+          is_expected.to contain_concat__fragment('storage').with_content(<<~STORAGE)
+            STORAGES = {"default": {"BACKEND": "storages.backends.s3.S3Storage", "OPTIONS": {}}}
+          STORAGE
+        end
+      end
+
       context 'with parameter worker_ttl = 60' do
         let :params do
           { worker_ttl: 60 }