diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 40c258dc7..1e8929963 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 * Increased datetime precision to the second, for `pin_versions()` and related
   functions (#642, @tomsing1).
   
-* Pass the dots from `pin_write()` through to `s3_upload_file()` to support
-  S3 tagging, encryption options, etc for pins (#648).  
+* Pass the dots from `pin_write()` through to `s3_upload_file()` and 
+  `s3_uploade_yaml()` to support S3 tagging, encryption options, etc for 
+  pins (#648, #652, @fh-mthomson).  
 
 # pins 1.0.2
 
diff --git a/R/board_s3.R b/R/board_s3.R
index 09b7401ff..a876513ff 100644
--- a/R/board_s3.R
+++ b/R/board_s3.R
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ pin_store.pins_board_s3 <- function(board, name, paths, metadata,
   version <- version_setup(board, name, version_name(metadata), versioned = versioned)
 
   version_dir <- fs::path(name, version)
-  s3_upload_yaml(board, fs::path(version_dir, "data.txt"), metadata)
+  s3_upload_yaml(board, fs::path(version_dir, "data.txt"), metadata, ...)
   for (path in paths) {
     s3_upload_file(board, fs::path(version_dir, fs::path_file(path)), path, ...)
   }
@@ -265,12 +265,13 @@ s3_delete_dir <- function(board, dir) {
   invisible()
 }
 
-s3_upload_yaml <- function(board, key, yaml) {
+s3_upload_yaml <- function(board, key, yaml, ...) {
   body <- charToRaw(yaml::as.yaml(yaml))
   board$svc$put_object(
     Bucket = board$bucket,
     Key = paste0(board$prefix, key),
-    Body = body
+    Body = body,
+    ...
   )
 }