diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 12b3a049..64c05651 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.14.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 68c7d630..f6dcfae5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.1 h1:6kaan5IFmwTNynnKKpDHe6FWHohJOHhCPchzK49dz
 github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Pz6AKMiUdngCLpeTL/RJY1M9rUuPMYujV5xJjtbRSN8=
 github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 h1:vpKXTN4ewci03Vljg/q9QvCGUDttBOGBIa15WveJJGw=
 github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0/go.mod h1:qLl+cE2AmVv+CoeAwDPye/v+N2HKCj9FbZEVFJRxO9s=
+github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
+github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.14.1 h1:jrgshOhYAUVNMAJiKbEu7EqAwgJJ2JqpQmpLJOu07cU=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.14.1/go.mod h1:gfgS7OtZj6MA4U1UrDRp04twqAjfvlZyCfX3sDjEym8=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.1 h1:TLuKupo69TCn6TQSyGxwI1EblZZEsQ0vMlAFQflz0v0=
diff --git a/minio/resource_minio_s3_object.go b/minio/resource_minio_s3_object.go
index 2a3e3539..75238aa3 100644
--- a/minio/resource_minio_s3_object.go
+++ b/minio/resource_minio_s3_object.go
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/validation"
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
-	"io"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 )
 
 func resourceMinioObject() *schema.Resource {
@@ -78,7 +84,26 @@ func minioPutObject(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 
 	var body io.ReadSeeker
 
-	if v, ok := d.GetOk("content"); ok {
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("source"); ok {
+		source := v.(string)
+		path, err := homedir.Expand(source)
+		if err != nil {
+			return NewResourceError(fmt.Sprintf("expanding homedir in source (%s)", source), d.Id(), err)
+		}
+		path = filepath.Clean(path)
+		file, err := os.Open(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return NewResourceError(fmt.Sprintf("opening S3 object source (%s)", path), d.Id(), err)
+		}
+
+		body = file
+		defer func() {
+			err := file.Close()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("[WARN] Error closing S3 object source (%s): %s", path, err)
+			}
+		}()
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOk("content"); ok {
 		content := v.(string)
 		body = bytes.NewReader([]byte(content))
 	} else if v, ok := d.GetOk("content_base64"); ok {
@@ -88,8 +113,6 @@ func minioPutObject(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 			return NewResourceError("error decoding content_base64", d.Id(), err)
 		}
 		body = bytes.NewReader(contentRaw)
-	} else if _, ok := d.GetOk("content_base64"); ok {
-		return NewResourceError("putting object failed", d.Id(), errors.New("sorry, unsupported yet"))
 	} else {
 		return NewResourceError("putting object failed", d.Id(), errors.New("one of source / content / content_base64 is not set"))
 	}