diff --git a/wrapanapi/systems/ec2.py b/wrapanapi/systems/ec2.py
index f8ec74b9..dc35d909 100644
--- a/wrapanapi/systems/ec2.py
+++ b/wrapanapi/systems/ec2.py
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.sqs_connection = boto3client('sqs', **connection_kwargs)
         self.elb_connection = boto3client('elb', **connection_kwargs)
         self.s3_connection = boto3resource('s3', **connection_kwargs)
+        self.s3_client = boto3client('s3', **connection_kwargs)
         self.ec2_connection = boto3client('ec2', **connection_kwargs)
         self.ec2_resource = boto3resource('ec2', **connection_kwargs)
         self.ecr_connection = boto3client('ecr', **connection_kwargs)