diff --git a/awscli/customizations/s3/subcommands.py b/awscli/customizations/s3/subcommands.py
index 9e3692d979bb..06422d6c2004 100644
--- a/awscli/customizations/s3/subcommands.py
+++ b/awscli/customizations/s3/subcommands.py
@@ -249,11 +249,11 @@
 
 STORAGE_CLASS = {'name': 'storage-class',
                  'choices': ['STANDARD', 'REDUCED_REDUNDANCY', 'STANDARD_IA',
-                             'ONEZONE_IA'],
+                             'ONEZONE_IA', 'INTELLIGENT_TIERING'],
                  'help_text': (
                      "The type of storage to use for the object. "
                      "Valid choices are: STANDARD | REDUCED_REDUNDANCY "
-                     "| STANDARD_IA | ONEZONE_IA. "
+                     "| STANDARD_IA | ONEZONE_IA | INTELLIGENT_TIERING. "
                      "Defaults to 'STANDARD'")}
 
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/s3/test_cp_command.py b/tests/functional/s3/test_cp_command.py
index 644fe51b69b4..eadff9641c54 100644
--- a/tests/functional/s3/test_cp_command.py
+++ b/tests/functional/s3/test_cp_command.py
@@ -99,6 +99,21 @@ def test_upload_expires(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.operations_called[0][1]['Bucket'], 'bucket')
         self.assertEqual(self.operations_called[0][1]['Expires'], '90')
 
+    def test_upload_standard_ia(self):
+        full_path = self.files.create_file('foo.txt', 'mycontent')
+        cmdline = ('%s %s s3://bucket/key.txt --storage-class STANDARD_IA' %
+                   (self.prefix, full_path))
+        self.parsed_responses = \
+            [{'ETag': '"c8afdb36c52cf4727836669019e69222"'}]
+        self.run_cmd(cmdline, expected_rc=0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.operations_called), 1,
+                         self.operations_called)
+        self.assertEqual(self.operations_called[0][0].name, 'PutObject')
+        args = self.operations_called[0][1]
+        self.assertEqual(args['Key'], 'key.txt')
+        self.assertEqual(args['Bucket'], 'bucket')
+        self.assertEqual(args['StorageClass'], 'STANDARD_IA')
+
     def test_upload_onezone_ia(self):
         full_path = self.files.create_file('foo.txt', 'mycontent')
         cmdline = ('%s %s s3://bucket/key.txt --storage-class ONEZONE_IA' %
@@ -114,6 +129,21 @@ def test_upload_onezone_ia(self):
         self.assertEqual(args['Bucket'], 'bucket')
         self.assertEqual(args['StorageClass'], 'ONEZONE_IA')
 
+    def test_upload_intelligent_tiering(self):
+        full_path = self.files.create_file('foo.txt', 'mycontent')
+        cmdline = ('%s %s s3://bucket/key.txt --storage-class INTELLIGENT_TIERING' %
+                   (self.prefix, full_path))
+        self.parsed_responses = \
+            [{'ETag': '"c8afdb36c52cf4727836669019e69222"'}]
+        self.run_cmd(cmdline, expected_rc=0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.operations_called), 1,
+                         self.operations_called)
+        self.assertEqual(self.operations_called[0][0].name, 'PutObject')
+        args = self.operations_called[0][1]
+        self.assertEqual(args['Key'], 'key.txt')
+        self.assertEqual(args['Bucket'], 'bucket')
+        self.assertEqual(args['StorageClass'], 'INTELLIGENT_TIERING')
+
     def test_operations_used_in_download_file(self):
         self.parsed_responses = [
             {"ContentLength": "100", "LastModified": "00:00:00Z"},