diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts
index 5f4c28e327b65..ffa144a1cf2f9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts
@@ -384,6 +384,24 @@ export interface BucketProps {
    * @default No lifecycle rules
    */
   lifecycleRules?: LifecycleRule[];
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the index document (e.g. "index.html") for the website. Enables static website
+   * hosting for this bucket.
+   */
+  websiteIndexDocument?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the error document (e.g. "404.html") for the website.
+   * `websiteIndexDocument` must also be set if this is set.
+   */
+  websiteErrorDocument?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Grants public read access to all objects in the bucket.
+   * Similar to calling `bucket.grantPublicAccess()`
+   */
+  publicReadAccess?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -414,6 +432,7 @@ export class Bucket extends BucketRef {
       bucketEncryption,
       versioningConfiguration: props.versioned ? { status: 'Enabled' } : undefined,
       lifecycleConfiguration: new cdk.Token(() => this.parseLifecycleConfiguration()),
+      websiteConfiguration: this.renderWebsiteConfiguration(props)
     });
 
     cdk.applyRemovalPolicy(resource, props.removalPolicy);
@@ -431,6 +450,10 @@ export class Bucket extends BucketRef {
     // defines a BucketNotifications construct. Notice that an actual resource will only
     // be added if there are notifications added, so we don't need to condition this.
     this.notifications = new BucketNotifications(this, 'Notifications', { bucket: this });
+
+    if (props.publicReadAccess) {
+      this.grantPublicAccess();
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -598,6 +621,21 @@ export class Bucket extends BucketRef {
       }));
     }
   }
+
+  private renderWebsiteConfiguration(props: BucketProps): cloudformation.BucketResource.WebsiteConfigurationProperty | undefined {
+    if (!props.websiteErrorDocument && !props.websiteIndexDocument) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    if (props.websiteErrorDocument && !props.websiteIndexDocument) {
+      throw new Error(`"websiteIndexDocument" is required if "websiteErrorDocument" is set`);
+    }
+
+    return {
+      indexDocument: props.websiteIndexDocument,
+      errorDocument: props.websiteErrorDocument
+    };
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/test.bucket.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/test.bucket.ts
index 178e4cf051a6b..42a2c0dc85696 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/test.bucket.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/test.bucket.ts
@@ -1143,5 +1143,43 @@ export = {
       }));
       test.done();
     }
+  },
+
+  'website configuration': {
+    'only index doc'(test: Test) {
+      const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+      new s3.Bucket(stack, 'Website', {
+        websiteIndexDocument: 'index2.html'
+      });
+      expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::S3::Bucket', {
+        WebsiteConfiguration: {
+          IndexDocument: "index2.html"
+        }
+      }));
+      test.done();
+    },
+    'fails if only error doc is specified'(test: Test) {
+      const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+      test.throws(() => {
+        new s3.Bucket(stack, 'Website', {
+          websiteErrorDocument: 'error.html'
+        });
+      }, /"websiteIndexDocument" is required if "websiteErrorDocument" is set/);
+      test.done();
+    },
+    'error and index docs'(test: Test) {
+      const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+      new s3.Bucket(stack, 'Website', {
+        websiteIndexDocument: 'index2.html',
+        websiteErrorDocument: 'error.html',
+      });
+      expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::S3::Bucket', {
+        WebsiteConfiguration: {
+          IndexDocument: "index2.html",
+          ErrorDocument: "error.html"
+        }
+      }));
+      test.done();
+    }
   }
 };