diff --git a/src/curl.cpp b/src/curl.cpp
index 7edcaab..f0c5cbe 100644
--- a/src/curl.cpp
+++ b/src/curl.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ static string url_to_host(const std::string &url)
 
 static string get_bucket_host()
 {
+  if(!pathrequeststyle){
     return bucket + "." + url_to_host(host);
+  }
+  return url_to_host(host) + "/" + bucket;
 }
 
 #if 0 // noused
diff --git a/src/s3fs.cpp b/src/s3fs.cpp
index a67f9d2..2121355 100644
--- a/src/s3fs.cpp
+++ b/src/s3fs.cpp
@@ -4050,9 +4050,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
-  // bucket names cannot contain upper case characters
-  if(lower(bucket) != bucket){
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s: BUCKET %s, upper case characters are not supported\n",
+  // bucket names cannot contain upper case characters in virtual-hosted style
+  if((!pathrequeststyle) && (lower(bucket) != bucket)){
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s: BUCKET %s, name not compatible with virtual-hosted style\n",
       program_name.c_str(), bucket.c_str());
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }