diff --git a/aws/s3/s3.go b/aws/s3/s3.go
index 1cd6baf..c418c31 100644
--- a/aws/s3/s3.go
+++ b/aws/s3/s3.go
@@ -271,6 +271,16 @@ func (s *S3) PutWithMetadata(bucket, key string, object []byte, metadata Meta) e
 	return err
 }
 
+// checks if the given S3 bucket exists.
+func (s *S3) CheckBucketExists(bucketName string) error {
+	// Check if the bucket exists.
+	_, err := s.client.HeadBucket(context.TODO(), &s3.HeadBucketInput{
+		Bucket: aws.String(bucketName),
+	})
+
+	return err
+}
+
 // Exists checks if an object for key already exists in the bucket.
 func (s *S3) Exists(bucket, key string) (bool, error) {
 
diff --git a/aws/sqs/sqs.go b/aws/sqs/sqs.go
index bd7f21c..d02fac0 100644
--- a/aws/sqs/sqs.go
+++ b/aws/sqs/sqs.go
@@ -320,6 +320,16 @@ func (s *SQS) CreateQueue(queueName string, isFifoQueue bool) (string, error) {
 	return aws.ToString(queue.QueueUrl), err
 }
 
+// checks if the given SQS queue exists.
+func (s *SQS) CheckQueueExists(queueName string) error {
+	// Check if the queue exists.
+	_, err := s.client.GetQueueUrl(context.TODO(), &sqs.GetQueueUrlInput{
+		QueueName: aws.String(queueName),
+	})
+
+	return err
+}
+
 // DeleteQueue deletes an Amazon SQS queue.
 func (s *SQS) DeleteQueue(queueUrl string) error {
 	_, err := s.client.DeleteQueue(context.TODO(), &sqs.DeleteQueueInput{