diff --git a/docs/src/main/paradox/s3.md b/docs/src/main/paradox/s3.md
index 3dd15d48ee..b7e7ab7a8d 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/paradox/s3.md
+++ b/docs/src/main/paradox/s3.md
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ Scala
 Java
 : @@snip (../../../../s3/src/test/java/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/javadsl/S3ClientTest.java) { #download }
 
+In order to download a range of a file's data you can use overloaded method which 
+additionally takes `ByteRange` as argument.
+
+Scala
+: @@snip (../../../../s3/src/test/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3SourceSpec.scala) { #rangedDownload }
+
+Java
+: @@snip (../../../../s3/src/test/java/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/javadsl/S3ClientTest.java) { #rangedDownload }
+
 ### Running the example code
 
 The code in this guide is part of runnable tests of this project. You are welcome to edit the code and run it in sbt.
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/impl/S3Stream.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/impl/S3Stream.scala
index 88c039b497..332d419ed9 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/impl/S3Stream.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/impl/S3Stream.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import akka.NotUsed
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import akka.http.scaladsl.Http
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model._
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers.ByteRange
 import akka.http.scaladsl.unmarshalling.{Unmarshal, Unmarshaller}
 import akka.stream.Materializer
 import akka.stream.alpakka.s3.acl.CannedAcl
@@ -59,13 +60,18 @@ private[alpakka] final class S3Stream(credentials: AWSCredentials,
   val MinChunkSize = 5242880 //in bytes
   val signingKey = SigningKey(credentials, CredentialScope(LocalDate.now(), region, "s3"))
 
-  def download(s3Location: S3Location): Source[ByteString, NotUsed] = {
+  def download(s3Location: S3Location, range: Option[ByteRange] = None): Source[ByteString, NotUsed] = {
     import mat.executionContext
-    Source.fromFuture(request(s3Location).flatMap(entityForSuccess).map(_.dataBytes)).flatMapConcat(identity)
+    Source.fromFuture(request(s3Location, range).flatMap(entityForSuccess).map(_.dataBytes)).flatMapConcat(identity)
   }
 
-  def request(s3Location: S3Location): Future[HttpResponse] =
-    signAndGet(getDownloadRequest(s3Location, region))
+  def request(s3Location: S3Location, rangeOption: Option[ByteRange] = None): Future[HttpResponse] = {
+    val downloadRequest = getDownloadRequest(s3Location, region)
+    signAndGet(rangeOption match {
+      case Some(range) => downloadRequest.withHeaders(headers.Range(range))
+      case _ => downloadRequest
+    })
+  }
 
   /**
    * Uploads a stream of ByteStrings to a specified location as a multipart upload.
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/javadsl/S3Client.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/javadsl/S3Client.scala
index 8254be58f0..6796a004a5 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/javadsl/S3Client.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/javadsl/S3Client.scala
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage
 import akka.NotUsed
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import akka.http.impl.model.JavaUri
+import akka.http.javadsl.model.headers.ByteRange
 import akka.http.javadsl.model.{ContentType, HttpResponse, Uri}
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model.{ContentTypes, ContentType => ScalaContentType}
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers.{ByteRange => ScalaByteRange}
 import akka.stream.Materializer
 import akka.stream.alpakka.s3.auth.AWSCredentials
 import akka.stream.alpakka.s3.impl.{CompleteMultipartUploadResult, MetaHeaders, S3Location, S3Stream}
@@ -34,6 +36,11 @@ final class S3Client(credentials: AWSCredentials, region: String, system: ActorS
   def download(bucket: String, key: String): Source[ByteString, NotUsed] =
     impl.download(S3Location(bucket, key)).asJava
 
+  def download(bucket: String, key: String, range: ByteRange): Source[ByteString, NotUsed] = {
+    val scalaRange = range.asInstanceOf[ScalaByteRange]
+    impl.download(S3Location(bucket, key), Some(scalaRange)).asJava
+  }
+
   def multipartUpload(bucket: String,
                       key: String,
                       contentType: ContentType,
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3Client.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3Client.scala
index c3f33fb9de..f77e7a549a 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3Client.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3Client.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package akka.stream.alpakka.s3.scaladsl
 import akka.NotUsed
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model._
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers.ByteRange
 import akka.stream.Materializer
 import akka.stream.alpakka.s3.S3Settings
 import akka.stream.alpakka.s3.acl.CannedAcl
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ final class S3Client(credentials: AWSCredentials, region: String)(implicit syste
 
   def download(bucket: String, key: String): Source[ByteString, NotUsed] = impl.download(S3Location(bucket, key))
 
+  def download(bucket: String, key: String, range: ByteRange): Source[ByteString, NotUsed] =
+    impl.download(S3Location(bucket, key), Some(range))
+
   def multipartUpload(bucket: String,
                       key: String,
                       contentType: ContentType = ContentTypes.`application/octet-stream`,
diff --git a/s3/src/test/java/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/javadsl/S3ClientTest.java b/s3/src/test/java/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/javadsl/S3ClientTest.java
index 1c81efe998..57aa096eb9 100644
--- a/s3/src/test/java/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/javadsl/S3ClientTest.java
+++ b/s3/src/test/java/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/javadsl/S3ClientTest.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 package akka.stream.alpakka.s3.javadsl;
 
 import akka.NotUsed;
-import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
 import akka.http.javadsl.model.Uri;
+import akka.http.javadsl.model.headers.ByteRange;
 import akka.stream.ActorMaterializer;
 import akka.stream.Materializer;
 import akka.stream.alpakka.s3.auth.AWSCredentials;
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 import akka.util.ByteString;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class S3ClientTest extends S3WireMockBase {
 
@@ -63,4 +65,22 @@ public void download() throws Exception {
 
         assertEquals(body(), result);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void rangedDownload() throws Exception {
+
+        mockRangedDownload();
+
+        //#rangedDownload
+        final Source<ByteString, NotUsed> source = client.download(bucket(), bucketKey(),
+                ByteRange.createSlice(bytesRangeStart(), bytesRangeEnd()));
+        //#rangedDownload
+
+        final CompletionStage<byte[]> resultCompletionStage =
+                source.map(ByteString::toArray).runWith(Sink.head(), materializer);
+
+        byte[] result = resultCompletionStage.toCompletableFuture().get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(rangeOfBody(), result));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/s3/src/test/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3SourceSpec.scala b/s3/src/test/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3SourceSpec.scala
index 4ef2da4412..facac10733 100644
--- a/s3/src/test/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3SourceSpec.scala
+++ b/s3/src/test/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3SourceSpec.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package akka.stream.alpakka.s3.scaladsl
 
 import akka.NotUsed
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers.ByteRange
 import akka.stream.alpakka.s3.S3Exception
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.{Sink, Source}
 import akka.util.ByteString
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ class S3SourceSpec extends S3WireMockBase with S3ClientIntegrationSpec {
     mockDownload()
 
     //#download
-    val s3Source: Source[ByteString, NotUsed] = s3Client.download("testBucket", "testKey")
+    val s3Source: Source[ByteString, NotUsed] = s3Client.download(bucket, bucketKey)
     //#download
 
     val result: Future[String] = s3Source.map(_.utf8String).runWith(Sink.head)
@@ -25,6 +26,20 @@ class S3SourceSpec extends S3WireMockBase with S3ClientIntegrationSpec {
     result.futureValue shouldBe body
   }
 
+  it should "download a range of file's bytes from S3 if bytes range given" in {
+
+    mockRangedDownload()
+
+    //#rangedDownload
+    val s3Source: Source[ByteString, NotUsed] =
+      s3Client.download(bucket, bucketKey, ByteRange(bytesRangeStart, bytesRangeEnd))
+    //#rangedDownload
+
+    val result: Future[Array[Byte]] = s3Source.map(_.toArray).runWith(Sink.head)
+
+    result.futureValue shouldBe rangeOfBody
+  }
+
   it should "fail if request returns 404" in {
 
     mock404s()
diff --git a/s3/src/test/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3WireMockBase.scala b/s3/src/test/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3WireMockBase.scala
index 5c50672123..7c60017355 100644
--- a/s3/src/test/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3WireMockBase.scala
+++ b/s3/src/test/scala/akka/stream/alpakka/s3/scaladsl/S3WireMockBase.scala
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock._
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration._
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import S3WireMockBase._
+import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.matching.EqualToPattern
 
 abstract class S3WireMockBase(_system: ActorSystem, _wireMockServer: WireMockServer) extends TestKit(_system) {
 
@@ -39,15 +40,30 @@ abstract class S3WireMockBase(_system: ActorSystem, _wireMockServer: WireMockSer
   val uploadId = "VXBsb2FkIElEIGZvciA2aWWpbmcncyBteS1tb3ZpZS5tMnRzIHVwbG9hZA"
   val etag = "5b27a21a97fcf8a7004dd1d906e7a5ba"
   val url = s"http://testbucket.s3.amazonaws.com/testKey"
+  val (bytesRangeStart, bytesRangeEnd) = (2, 10)
+  val rangeOfBody = body.getBytes.slice(bytesRangeStart, bytesRangeEnd + 1)
 
   def mockDownload(): Unit =
     mock
       .register(
-        get(urlEqualTo("/testKey")).willReturn(
+        get(urlEqualTo(s"/$bucketKey")).willReturn(
           aResponse().withStatus(200).withHeader("ETag", """"fba9dede5f27731c9771645a39863328"""").withBody(body)
         )
       )
 
+  def mockRangedDownload(): Unit =
+    mock
+      .register(
+        get(urlEqualTo(s"/$bucketKey"))
+          .withHeader("Range", new EqualToPattern(s"bytes=$bytesRangeStart-$bytesRangeEnd"))
+          .willReturn(
+            aResponse()
+              .withStatus(200)
+              .withHeader("ETag", """"fba9dede5f27731c9771645a39863328"""")
+              .withBody(rangeOfBody)
+          )
+      )
+
   def mockUpload(): Unit = {
     mock
       .register(
@@ -120,8 +136,8 @@ private object S3WireMockBase {
     val s = (Thread.currentThread.getStackTrace map (_.getClassName) drop 1)
       .dropWhile(_ matches "(java.lang.Thread|.*WireMockBase.?$)")
     val reduced = s.lastIndexWhere(_ == clazz.getName) match {
-      case -1 ⇒ s
-      case z ⇒ s drop (z + 1)
+      case -1 => s
+      case z => s drop (z + 1)
     }
     reduced.head.replaceFirst(""".*\.""", "").replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z_0-9]", "_")
   }