diff --git a/src/s3fs.cpp b/src/s3fs.cpp
index 2851086..b64716c 100644
--- a/src/s3fs.cpp
+++ b/src/s3fs.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ static bool is_s3fs_uid           = false;// default does not set.
 static bool is_s3fs_gid           = false;// default does not set.
 static bool is_s3fs_umask         = false;// default does not set.
 static bool is_remove_cache       = false;
+static bool create_bucket         = false;
 
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Static functions : prototype
@@ -782,6 +783,16 @@ static int s3fs_readlink(const char* path, char* buf, size_t size)
   return 0;
 }
 
+static int do_create_bucket(void)
+{
+  FPRNNN("/");
+
+  headers_t meta;
+
+  S3fsCurl s3fscurl(true);
+  return s3fscurl.PutRequest("/", meta, -1);    // fd=-1 means for creating zero byte object.
+}
+
 // common function for creation of a plain object
 static int create_file_object(const char* path, mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
 {
@@ -2682,6 +2693,10 @@ static void* s3fs_init(struct fuse_conn_info* conn)
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
+  if (create_bucket){
+    do_create_bucket();
+  }
+
   // Check Bucket
   // If the network is up, check for valid credentials and if the bucket
   // exists. skip check if mounting a public bucket
@@ -3862,6 +3877,10 @@ static int my_fuse_opt_proc(void* data, const char* arg, int key, struct fuse_ar
       S3fsCurl::SetSignatureV4(false);
       return 0;
     }
+    if(0 == strcmp(arg, "createbucket")){
+      create_bucket = true;
+      return 0;
+    }
     if(0 == STR2NCMP(arg, "endpoint=")){
       endpoint              = strchr(arg, '=') + sizeof(char);
       is_specified_endpoint = true;
diff --git a/test/integration-test-common.sh b/test/integration-test-common.sh
index 96a09a9..c856250 100644
--- a/test/integration-test-common.sh
+++ b/test/integration-test-common.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 S3FS=../src/s3fs
 
-S3FS_CREDENTIALS_FILE=$(eval echo ~${SUDO_USER}/.passwd-s3fs)
+S3FS_CREDENTIALS_FILE="passwd-s3fs"
 
-TEST_BUCKET_1=${SUDO_USER}-s3fs-integration-test
+TEST_BUCKET_1="s3fs-integration-test"
 TEST_BUCKET_MOUNT_POINT_1=${TEST_BUCKET_1}
 
 if [ ! -f "$S3FS_CREDENTIALS_FILE" ]
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ then
 	echo "Missing credentials file: $S3FS_CREDENTIALS_FILE"
 	exit 1
 fi
+
+S3PROXY_VERSION="1.3.0"
+S3PROXY_BINARY="s3proxy-${S3PROXY_VERSION}-jar-with-dependencies.jar"
+if [ ! -e "${S3PROXY_BINARY}" ]; then
+    wget "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/gaul/s3proxy/${S3PROXY_VERSION}/${S3PROXY_BINARY}"
+fi
diff --git a/test/passwd-s3fs b/test/passwd-s3fs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f90d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/passwd-s3fs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+local-identity:local-credential
diff --git a/test/s3proxy.conf b/test/s3proxy.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27f9bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/s3proxy.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+s3proxy.endpoint=http://127.0.0.1:8080
+s3proxy.authorization=aws-v2
+s3proxy.identity=local-identity
+s3proxy.credential=local-credential
+
+jclouds.provider=transient
+jclouds.identity=remote-identity
+jclouds.credential=remote-credential
diff --git a/test/small-integration-test.sh b/test/small-integration-test.sh
index ef1da1e..75e8484 100755
--- a/test/small-integration-test.sh
+++ b/test/small-integration-test.sh
@@ -3,16 +3,39 @@
 # Require root
 REQUIRE_ROOT=require-root.sh
 #source $REQUIRE_ROOT
+source integration-test-common.sh
+
+java -jar "$S3PROXY_BINARY" --properties s3proxy.conf &
+S3PROXY_PID="$?"
+
+# wait for S3Proxy to start
+for i in $(seq 30);
+do
+    if exec 3<>"/dev/tcp/localhost/8080";
+    then
+        exec 3<&-  # Close for read
+        exec 3>&-  # Close for write
+        break
+    fi
+    sleep 1
+done
 
 # Mount the bucket
 if [ ! -d $TEST_BUCKET_MOUNT_POINT_1 ]
 then
 	mkdir -p $TEST_BUCKET_MOUNT_POINT_1
 fi
-$S3FS $TEST_BUCKET_1 $TEST_BUCKET_MOUNT_POINT_1 -o passwd_file=$S3FS_CREDENTIALS_FILE
+$S3FS $TEST_BUCKET_1 $TEST_BUCKET_MOUNT_POINT_1 \
+    -o createbucket \
+    -o passwd_file=$S3FS_CREDENTIALS_FILE \
+    -o sigv2 \
+    -o url=http://127.0.0.1:8080 \
+    -o use_path_request_style
 
 ./integration-test-main.sh $TEST_BUCKET_MOUNT_POINT_1
 
 umount $TEST_BUCKET_MOUNT_POINT_1
 
+kill $S3PROXY_PID
+
 echo "All tests complete."