diff --git a/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/__tests__/object-store.service.test.ts b/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/__tests__/object-store.service.test.ts
index 86880e52514..1475fdfe83c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/__tests__/object-store.service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/__tests__/object-store.service.test.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ describe('ObjectStoreService', () => {
 			authAutoDetect: false,
 		},
 		protocol: 'https',
+		forcePathStyle: true,
+		maxAttempts: 3,
 	});
 
 	let objectStoreService: ObjectStoreService;
@@ -74,6 +76,22 @@ describe('ObjectStoreService', () => {
 				forcePathStyle: true,
 				region: mockBucket.region,
 				credentials,
+				maxAttempts: 3,
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should return client config with forcePathStyle disabled when configured', () => {
+			s3Config.host = 'example.com';
+			s3Config.forcePathStyle = false;
+
+			const clientConfig = objectStoreService.getClientConfig();
+
+			expect(clientConfig).toEqual({
+				endpoint: 'https://example.com',
+				forcePathStyle: false,
+				region: mockBucket.region,
+				credentials,
+				maxAttempts: 3,
 			});
 		});
 
@@ -85,6 +103,7 @@ describe('ObjectStoreService', () => {
 			expect(clientConfig).toEqual({
 				region: mockBucket.region,
 				credentials,
+				maxAttempts: 3,
 			});
 		});
 
@@ -95,6 +114,7 @@ describe('ObjectStoreService', () => {
 
 			expect(clientConfig).toEqual({
 				region: mockBucket.region,
+				maxAttempts: 3,
 			});
 		});
 	});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/object-store.config.ts b/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/object-store.config.ts
index f02901aebc0..d7268b1ad5e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/object-store.config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/object-store.config.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ export class ObjectStoreConfig {
 	@Env('N8N_EXTERNAL_STORAGE_S3_PROTOCOL', protocolSchema)
 	protocol: Protocol = 'https';
 
+	/** Whether to use path-style addressing for S3 requests (e.g. `https://host/bucket` instead of `https://bucket.host`) */
+	@Env('N8N_EXTERNAL_STORAGE_S3_FORCE_PATH_STYLE')
+	forcePathStyle: boolean = true;
+
+	/** Maximum number of retry attempts for S3 requests */
+	@Env('N8N_EXTERNAL_STORAGE_S3_MAX_ATTEMPTS')
+	maxAttempts: number = 3;
+
 	@Nested
 	bucket: ObjectStoreBucketConfig = {} as ObjectStoreBucketConfig;
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/object-store.service.ee.ts b/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/object-store.service.ee.ts
index c5e0cbceb9f..774294fdb71 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/object-store.service.ee.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/object-store.service.ee.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from '@aws-sdk/client-s3';
 import { Logger } from '@n8n/backend-common';
 import { Service } from '@n8n/di';
-import { UnexpectedError } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { ensureError, UnexpectedError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
 
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 
 	/** This generates the config for the S3Client to make it work in all various auth configurations */
 	getClientConfig() {
-		const { host, bucket, protocol, credentials } = this.s3Config;
+		const { host, bucket, protocol, credentials, maxAttempts } = this.s3Config;
 		const clientConfig: S3ClientConfig = {};
 		const endpoint = host ? `${protocol}://${host}` : undefined;
 		if (endpoint) {
 			clientConfig.endpoint = endpoint;
-			clientConfig.forcePathStyle = true; // Needed for non-AWS S3 compatible services
+			clientConfig.forcePathStyle = this.s3Config.forcePathStyle;
 		}
 		if (bucket.region.length) {
 			clientConfig.region = bucket.region;
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 				secretAccessKey: credentials.accessSecret,
 			};
 		}
+		clientConfig.maxAttempts = maxAttempts;
 		return clientConfig;
 	}
 
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 			const command = new HeadBucketCommand({ Bucket: this.bucket });
 			await this.s3Client.send(command);
 		} catch (e) {
-			throw new UnexpectedError('Request to S3 failed', { cause: e });
+			this.handleS3Error(e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 			const command = new PutObjectCommand(params);
 			return await this.s3Client.send(command);
 		} catch (e) {
-			throw new UnexpectedError('Request to S3 failed', { cause: e });
+			this.handleS3Error(e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 
 			return await streamToBuffer(body as Readable);
 		} catch (e) {
-			throw new UnexpectedError('Request to S3 failed', { cause: e });
+			if (e instanceof UnexpectedError) throw e;
+			this.handleS3Error(e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 
 			return headers;
 		} catch (e) {
-			throw new UnexpectedError('Request to S3 failed', { cause: e });
+			this.handleS3Error(e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 			this.logger.debug('Sending DELETE request to S3', { bucket: this.bucket, key: fileId });
 			return await this.s3Client.send(command);
 		} catch (e) {
-			throw new UnexpectedError('Request to S3 failed', { cause: e });
+			this.handleS3Error(e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 			const command = new DeleteObjectsCommand(params);
 			return await this.s3Client.send(command);
 		} catch (e) {
-			throw new UnexpectedError('Request to S3 failed', { cause: e });
+			this.handleS3Error(e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 
 			return items;
 		} catch (e) {
-			throw new UnexpectedError('Request to S3 failed', { cause: e });
+			this.handleS3Error(e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -290,7 +292,12 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 				nextContinuationToken: response.NextContinuationToken,
 			};
 		} catch (e) {
-			throw new UnexpectedError('Request to S3 failed', { cause: e });
+			this.handleS3Error(e);
 		}
 	}
+
+	private handleS3Error(e: unknown): never {
+		const error = ensureError(e);
+		throw new UnexpectedError(`Request to S3 failed: ${error.message}`, { cause: error });
+	}
 }