diff --git a/docs/service_configuration.rst b/docs/service_configuration.rst
index 50ab969..0faf21f 100644
--- a/docs/service_configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/service_configuration.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Common Karton configuration fields are listed below:
  [s3]           address           S3 API address
  [s3]           access_key        S3 API access key (username)
  [s3]           secret_key        S3 API secret key (password)
+ [s3]           iam_auth          S3 IAM configuration (default: False)
  [s3]           bucket            Default bucket name for storing produced resources
  [redis]        host              Redis server hostname
  [redis]        port              Redis server port
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ Common Karton configuration fields are listed below:
  [signaling]    status            Turns on producing of 'karton.signaling.status' tasks, signalling the task start and finish events by Karton service (default: 0, off)
 ============   ===============   =======================================================================================================================================
 
+Note that if both ``iam_auth = True`` and the ``access_key``, ``secret_key`` pair are provided in the configuration file, Karton will first try to load secrets via IAM provider and
+will fallback to the provided pair otherwise. More information about credential loading can be found `here <https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html#configuring-credentials>`_.
 
 Karton System configuration
 ---------------------------
diff --git a/karton/core/backend.py b/karton/core/backend.py
index 0de208d..b235c0d 100644
--- a/karton/core/backend.py
+++ b/karton/core/backend.py
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@
 from typing import IO, Any, Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
 
 import boto3
+from botocore.credentials import (
+    ContainerProvider,
+    InstanceMetadataFetcher,
+    InstanceMetadataProvider,
+)
 from redis import AuthenticationError, StrictRedis
 from redis.client import Pipeline
 from urllib3.response import HTTPResponse
 
+from .config import Config
 from .exceptions import InvalidIdentityError
 from .task import Task, TaskPriority, TaskState
 from .utils import chunks, chunks_iter
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ def parse_client_name(
 class KartonBackend:
     def __init__(
         self,
-        config,
+        config: Config,
         identity: Optional[str] = None,
         service_info: Optional[KartonServiceInfo] = None,
     ) -> None:
@@ -113,11 +119,51 @@ def __init__(
         self.redis = self.make_redis(
             config, identity=identity, service_info=service_info
         )
+
+        session_token = None
+        endpoint = config.get("s3", "address")
+        access_key = config.get("s3", "access_key")
+        secret_key = config.get("s3", "secret_key")
+        iam_auth = config.getboolean("s3", "iam_auth")
+
+        if not endpoint:
+            raise RuntimeError("Attempting to get S3 client without an endpoint set")
+
+        if access_key and secret_key and iam_auth:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Warning: iam is turned on and both S3 access key and secret key are"
+                " provided"
+            )
+
+        if iam_auth:
+            iam_providers = [
+                ContainerProvider(),
+                InstanceMetadataProvider(
+                    iam_role_fetcher=InstanceMetadataFetcher(
+                        timeout=1000, num_attempts=2
+                    )
+                ),
+            ]
+
+            for provider in iam_providers:
+                creds = provider.load()
+                if creds:
+                    access_key = creds.access_key
+                    secret_key = creds.secret_key
+                    session_token = creds.token
+                    break
+
+        if access_key is None or secret_key is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Attempting to get S3 client without an access_key/secret_key set"
+            )
+
         self.s3 = boto3.client(
             "s3",
-            endpoint_url=config["s3"]["address"],
-            aws_access_key_id=config["s3"]["access_key"],
-            aws_secret_access_key=config["s3"]["secret_key"],
+            endpoint_url=endpoint,
+            aws_access_key_id=access_key,
+            aws_secret_access_key=secret_key,
+            aws_session_token=session_token,
         )
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7b1b60..36e6f50 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ line_length = 88
 lint-version = "2"
 source = "karton/"
 # Temporary workaround for Union[Awaitable[T]], T] mess in Redis typing
-extra-requirements = "redis<5.0.0"
+extra-requirements = "redis<5.0.0 botocore-stubs"