diff --git a/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst b/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
index 4c634ace5..41beebe98 100644
--- a/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@ policy::
 
 For more information, see `canned ACLs`_ in the Amazon S3 Developer Guide.
 
+Because Scrapy uses ``boto`` / ``botocore`` internally you can also use other S3-like storages. Storages like
+self-hosted `Minio`_ or `s3.scality`_. All you need to do is set endpoint option in you Scrapy settings::
+
+    AWS_ENDPOINT_URL = 'http://minio.example.com:9000'
+
+For self-hosting you also might feel the need not to use SSL and not to verify SSL connection::
+
+    AWS_USE_SSL = False # or True (None by default)
+    AWS_VERIFY = False # or True (None by default)
+
+.. _Minio: https://github.com/minio/minio
+.. _s3.scality: https://s3.scality.com/
 .. _canned ACLs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
 
 Google Cloud Storage
diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.rst b/docs/topics/settings.rst
index afa666659..076dc6bfd 100644
--- a/docs/topics/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/settings.rst
@@ -180,6 +180,34 @@ such as the :ref:`S3 feed storage backend <topics-feed-storage-s3>`.
 
 .. setting:: BOT_NAME
 
+AWS_ENDPOINT_URL
+----------------
+
+Default: ``None``
+
+Endpoint URL used for S3-like self-hosted storage. Storage like Minio or s3.scality.
+
+.. setting:: AWS_ENDPOINT_URL
+
+AWS_USE_SSL
+-----------
+
+Default: ``None``
+
+Use this option if you want to disable SSL connection for communication with S3 or S3-like storage.
+By default SSL will be used.
+
+.. setting:: AWS_USE_SSL
+
+AWS_VERIFY
+----------
+
+Default: ``None``
+
+Verify SSL connection between Scrapy and S3 or S3-like storage. By default SSL verification will occur.
+
+.. setting:: AWS_VERIFY
+
 BOT_NAME
 --------
 
diff --git a/scrapy/pipelines/files.py b/scrapy/pipelines/files.py
index 9f1faa313..ab18a727d 100644
--- a/scrapy/pipelines/files.py
+++ b/scrapy/pipelines/files.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class FileException(Exception):
 
 
 class FSFilesStore(object):
-
     def __init__(self, basedir):
         if '://' in basedir:
             basedir = basedir.split('://', 1)[1]
@@ -79,9 +78,12 @@ class FSFilesStore(object):
 
 
 class S3FilesStore(object):
-
     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = None
     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = None
+    AWS_ENDPOINT_URL = None
+    AWS_REGION_NAME = None
+    AWS_USE_SSL = None
+    AWS_VERIFY = None
 
     POLICY = 'private'  # Overriden from settings.FILES_STORE_S3_ACL in
                         # FilesPipeline.from_settings.
@@ -95,8 +97,14 @@ class S3FilesStore(object):
             import botocore.session
             session = botocore.session.get_session()
             self.s3_client = session.create_client(
-                's3', aws_access_key_id=self.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
-                aws_secret_access_key=self.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
+                's3',
+                aws_access_key_id=self.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+                aws_secret_access_key=self.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
+                endpoint_url=self.AWS_ENDPOINT_URL,
+                region_name=self.AWS_REGION_NAME,
+                use_ssl=self.AWS_USE_SSL,
+                verify=self.AWS_VERIFY
+            )
         else:
             from boto.s3.connection import S3Connection
             self.S3Connection = S3Connection
@@ -181,7 +189,7 @@ class S3FilesStore(object):
             'X-Amz-Grant-Read': 'GrantRead',
             'X-Amz-Grant-Read-ACP': 'GrantReadACP',
             'X-Amz-Grant-Write-ACP': 'GrantWriteACP',
-            })
+        })
         extra = {}
         for key, value in six.iteritems(headers):
             try:
@@ -298,6 +306,10 @@ class FilesPipeline(MediaPipeline):
         s3store = cls.STORE_SCHEMES['s3']
         s3store.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = settings['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID']
         s3store.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = settings['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']
+        s3store.AWS_ENDPOINT_URL = settings['AWS_ENDPOINT_URL']
+        s3store.AWS_REGION_NAME = settings['AWS_REGION_NAME']
+        s3store.AWS_USE_SSL = settings['AWS_USE_SSL']
+        s3store.AWS_VERIFY = settings['AWS_VERIFY']
         s3store.POLICY = settings['FILES_STORE_S3_ACL']
 
         gcs_store = cls.STORE_SCHEMES['gs']
@@ -468,4 +480,5 @@ class FilesPipeline(MediaPipeline):
     # deprecated
     def file_key(self, url):
         return self.file_path(url)
+
     file_key._base = True