diff --git a/templates/root/ephemeral-hdfs/conf/core-site.xml b/templates/root/ephemeral-hdfs/conf/core-site.xml
index 65f030dd..fdf2a4a7 100644
--- a/templates/root/ephemeral-hdfs/conf/core-site.xml
+++ b/templates/root/ephemeral-hdfs/conf/core-site.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@
     <value>{{aws_secret_access_key}}</value>
   </property>
 
+  <property>
+    <name>fs.s3a.impl</name>
+    <value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3AFileSystem</value>
+  </property>
+
+  <property>
+    <name>fs.s3a.access.key</name>
+    <value>{{aws_access_key_id}}</value>
+  </property>
+  
+  <property>
+    <name>fs.s3a.secret.key</name>
+    <value>{{aws_secret_access_key}}</value>
+  </property>
+
   <property>
     <name>hadoop.security.group.mapping</name>
     <value>org.apache.hadoop.security.ShellBasedUnixGroupsMapping</value>
diff --git a/templates/root/persistent-hdfs/conf/core-site.xml b/templates/root/persistent-hdfs/conf/core-site.xml
index 2c254986..fd7b30b0 100644
--- a/templates/root/persistent-hdfs/conf/core-site.xml
+++ b/templates/root/persistent-hdfs/conf/core-site.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@
     <value>{{aws_secret_access_key}}</value>
   </property>
 
+  <property>
+    <name>fs.s3a.impl</name>
+    <value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3AFileSystem</value>
+  </property>
+
+  <property>
+    <name>fs.s3a.access.key</name>
+    <value>{{aws_access_key_id}}</value>
+  </property>
+  
+  <property>
+    <name>fs.s3a.secret.key</name>
+    <value>{{aws_secret_access_key}}</value>
+  </property>
+
   <property>
     <name>hadoop.security.group.mapping</name>
     <value>org.apache.hadoop.security.ShellBasedUnixGroupsMapping</value>