diff --git a/src/connectors/s3.js b/src/connectors/s3.js
index d7468d1..2993a2d 100644
--- a/src/connectors/s3.js
+++ b/src/connectors/s3.js
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ class Connector {
       .then(async (response) => ({ ...response, Body: await response.Body.transformToString() }));
   }
 
+  getObjectAsByteArray(inputParams, ctx) {
+    const params = {
+      Bucket: this.bucketName,
+      ...inputParams,
+    };
+
+    return this._sendCommand(new GetObjectCommand(params), ctx)
+      .then(async (response) => ({ ...response, Body: await response.Body.transformToByteArray() }));
+  }
+
   getObjectStream(inputParams, ctx) {
     const params = {
       Bucket: this.bucketName,
diff --git a/src/queries/s3.js b/src/queries/s3.js
index dc3683d..00d296e 100644
--- a/src/queries/s3.js
+++ b/src/queries/s3.js
@@ -80,6 +80,35 @@ export const getObjectFromS3AsStream = ({
     .flatMap(getObject);
 };
 
+export const getObjectFromS3AsByteArray = ({
+  id: pipelineId,
+  debug = d('s3'),
+  bucketName = process.env.BUCKET_NAME,
+  getRequestField = 'getRequest',
+  getResponseField = 'getResponse',
+  parallel = Number(process.env.S3_PARALLEL) || Number(process.env.PARALLEL) || 8,
+  step = 'get',
+  ...opt
+} = {}) => {
+  const connector = new Connector({
+    pipelineId, debug, bucketName, ...opt,
+  });
+
+  const getObject = (uow) => {
+    if (!uow[getRequestField]) return _(Promise.resolve(uow));
+
+    const p = () => connector.getObjectAsByteArray(uow[getRequestField], uow)
+      .then((getResponse) => ({ ...uow, [getResponseField]: getResponse })) // TODO decompress
+      .catch(rejectWithFault(uow));
+
+    return _(uow.metrics?.w(p, step) || p()); // wrap promise in a stream
+  };
+
+  return (s) => s
+    .map(getObject)
+    .parallel(parallel);
+};
+
 export const splitS3Object = ({
   delimiter = '\n',
   getResponseField = 'getResponse',
diff --git a/test/unit/connectors/s3.test.js b/test/unit/connectors/s3.test.js
index e12b4c6..baf11be 100644
--- a/test/unit/connectors/s3.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/connectors/s3.test.js
@@ -95,6 +95,26 @@ describe('connectors/s3.js', () => {
     });
     expect(data).to.deep.equal({ Body: 'b' });
   });
+  it('should get object as byte array', async () => {
+    const arr = new Uint8Array([104, 101, 108, 108, 111]);
+    const spy = sinon.spy(() => ({ Body: sdkStreamMixin(Readable.from('hello')) }));
+    mockS3.on(GetObjectCommand).callsFake(spy);
+
+    const inputParams = {
+      Key: 'k1',
+    };
+
+    const data = await new Connector({
+      debug: debug('s3'),
+      bucketName: 'b1',
+    }).getObjectAsByteArray(inputParams);
+
+    expect(spy).to.have.been.calledWith({
+      Bucket: 'b1',
+      Key: 'k1',
+    });
+    expect(data).to.deep.equal({ Body: arr });
+  });
 
   it('should get object as stream', (done) => {
     const spy = sinon.spy(() => ({ Body: sdkStreamMixin(Readable.from(Buffer.from('data'))) }));
diff --git a/test/unit/queries/s3.test.js b/test/unit/queries/s3.test.js
index c44cb56..4251599 100644
--- a/test/unit/queries/s3.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/queries/s3.test.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   toGetObjectRequest2,
   getObjectFromS3AsStream,
   headS3Object,
+  getObjectFromS3AsByteArray,
 } from '../../../src/queries/s3';
 
 import Connector from '../../../src/connectors/s3';
@@ -54,6 +55,63 @@ describe('queries/s3.js', () => {
       .done(done);
   });
 
+  it('should get object as byte array', (done) => {
+    const hello = new Uint8Array([104, 101, 108, 108, 111]);
+    const stub = sinon.stub(Connector.prototype, 'getObjectAsByteArray').resolves({
+      Body: hello,
+    });
+
+    const uows = [{
+      getRequest: {
+        Key: 'k1',
+      },
+    }];
+
+    _(uows)
+      .through(getObjectFromS3AsByteArray())
+      .collect()
+      .tap((collected) => {
+        // console.log(JSON.stringify(collected, null, 2));
+
+        expect(stub).to.have.been.calledWith({
+          Key: 'k1',
+        });
+
+        expect(collected.length).to.equal(1);
+        expect(collected[0]).to.deep.equal({
+          getRequest: {
+            Key: 'k1',
+          },
+          getResponse: {
+            Body: hello,
+          },
+        });
+      })
+      .done(done);
+  });
+  it('should get object as byte array - missing get request field', (done) => {
+    const hello = new Uint8Array([104, 101, 108, 108, 111]);
+    const stub = sinon.stub(Connector.prototype, 'getObjectAsByteArray').resolves({
+      Body: hello,
+    });
+
+    const uows = [{
+      // missing get request
+    }];
+
+    _(uows)
+      .through(getObjectFromS3AsByteArray())
+      .collect()
+      .tap((collected) => {
+        // console.log(JSON.stringify(collected, null, 2));
+
+        expect(stub).to.have.not.been.called;
+        expect(collected.length).to.equal(1);
+        expect(collected[0]).to.deep.equal({});
+      })
+      .done(done);
+  });
+
   it('should get and split object', (done) => {
     sinon.stub(Connector.prototype, 'getObject').resolves(GET_RESPONSE);