diff --git a/objects/middleware.go b/objects/middleware.go
index f19d74ed2cad11bc8e32aaaef2e7b9b1fe556f96..98de38cadf44a66e410b12f504d0312c09d8157f 100644
--- a/objects/middleware.go
+++ b/objects/middleware.go
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ 	upstream, _ := conf.Get("objects", "s3-upstream")
 	if upstream == "" {
 		return ""
 	}
-	return "https://" + upstream
+	scheme := "https://"
+	if config.GetBool(conf, "objects", "s3-insecure", false) {
+		scheme = "http://"
+	}
+	return scheme + upstream
 }
 
 func Enabled(conf ini.File) bool {