diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 88b983e4bf..1525e4ba9d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -37,11 +37,20 @@ Compute
 Storage
 ~~~~~~~
 
+- [S3] Fix ``chunk_size`` argument being ignored by
+  ``download_object_as_stream`` and ``download_object_range_as_stream``. The
+  requested chunk size is now passed through to the underlying iterator
+  instead of the hardcoded default.
+  (GITHUB-1798)
+
+  [Sanjay Santhanam - @Sanjays2402]
+
 - [Azure Blobs] Fix ``chunk_size`` argument being ignored by
   ``download_object_as_stream`` and ``download_object_range_as_stream``. The
   requested chunk size is now forwarded to the underlying iterator instead of
   always using ``AZURE_DOWNLOAD_CHUNK_SIZE``.
   (GITHUB-1698)
+
   [Sanjay Santhanam - @Sanjays2402]
 
 Changes in Apache Libcloud 3.9.1
diff --git a/libcloud/storage/drivers/s3.py b/libcloud/storage/drivers/s3.py
index bd9212ea50..4b59e2df9b 100644
--- a/libcloud/storage/drivers/s3.py
+++ b/libcloud/storage/drivers/s3.py
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ def download_object_as_stream(self, obj, chunk_size=None):
             callback=read_in_chunks,
             response=response,
             callback_kwargs={
-                "iterator": response.iter_content(CHUNK_SIZE),
+                "iterator": response.iter_content(chunk_size or CHUNK_SIZE),
                 "chunk_size": chunk_size,
             },
             success_status_code=httplib.OK,
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ def download_object_range_as_stream(self, obj, start_bytes, end_bytes=None, chun
             callback=read_in_chunks,
             response=response,
             callback_kwargs={
-                "iterator": response.iter_content(CHUNK_SIZE),
+                "iterator": response.iter_content(chunk_size or CHUNK_SIZE),
                 "chunk_size": chunk_size,
             },
             success_status_code=httplib.PARTIAL_CONTENT,
diff --git a/libcloud/test/storage/test_s3.py b/libcloud/test/storage/test_s3.py
index be70898c84..406a5fa356 100644
--- a/libcloud/test/storage/test_s3.py
+++ b/libcloud/test/storage/test_s3.py
@@ -861,6 +861,30 @@ def mock_get_object(
         finally:
             self.driver_type._get_object = old_func
 
+    def test_download_object_as_stream_uses_chunk_size(self):
+        # Regression test: the chunk_size passed by the caller must be
+        # forwarded to iter_content instead of the hardcoded CHUNK_SIZE.
+        container = Container(name="foo_bar_container", extra={}, driver=self.driver)
+        obj = Object(
+            name="foo_bar_object",
+            size=1000,
+            hash=None,
+            extra={},
+            container=container,
+            meta_data=None,
+            driver=self.driver_type,
+        )
+
+        requested_chunk_size = CHUNK_SIZE * 2
+        mock_response = Mock(name="mock response")
+        mock_response.iter_content.return_value = iter([b"a"])
+
+        with mock.patch.object(self.driver.connection, "request", return_value=mock_response):
+            with mock.patch.object(self.driver, "_get_object", side_effect=lambda **kw: kw):
+                self.driver.download_object_as_stream(obj=obj, chunk_size=requested_chunk_size)
+
+        mock_response.iter_content.assert_called_once_with(requested_chunk_size)
+
     def test_upload_object_invalid_ex_storage_class(self):
         # Invalid hash is detected on the amazon side and BAD_REQUEST is
         # returned