diff --git a/conf/zeppelin-env.cmd.template b/conf/zeppelin-env.cmd.template
index 5fc3acfc2d4..1bbde86e4fb 100644
--- a/conf/zeppelin-env.cmd.template
+++ b/conf/zeppelin-env.cmd.template
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ REM set ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_USER              REM User in bucket where notebook
 REM set ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_ENDPOINT          REM Endpoint of the bucket
 REM set ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_KMS_KEY_ID        REM AWS KMS key ID
 REM set ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_KMS_KEY_REGION    REM AWS KMS key region
+REM set ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_SSE               REM Server-side encryption enabled for notebooks
 REM set ZEPPELIN_IDENT_STRING   		REM A string representing this instance of zeppelin. $USER by default.
 REM set ZEPPELIN_NICENESS       		REM The scheduling priority for daemons. Defaults to 0.
 REM set ZEPPELIN_INTERPRETER_LOCALREPO         REM Local repository for interpreter's additional dependency loading
diff --git a/conf/zeppelin-env.sh.template b/conf/zeppelin-env.sh.template
index 7e777b66e4a..46fd4810dc8 100644
--- a/conf/zeppelin-env.sh.template
+++ b/conf/zeppelin-env.sh.template
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 # export ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_USER          # User in bucket where notebook saved. For example bucket/user/notebook/2A94M5J1Z/note.json
 # export ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_KMS_KEY_ID    # AWS KMS key ID
 # export ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_KMS_KEY_REGION      # AWS KMS key region
+# export ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_SSE      # Server-side encryption enabled for notebooks
 # export ZEPPELIN_IDENT_STRING   		# A string representing this instance of zeppelin. $USER by default.
 # export ZEPPELIN_NICENESS       		# The scheduling priority for daemons. Defaults to 0.
 # export ZEPPELIN_INTERPRETER_LOCALREPO         # Local repository for interpreter's additional dependency loading
diff --git a/conf/zeppelin-site.xml.template b/conf/zeppelin-site.xml.template
index f4ce5cd4836..7051a0cd76b 100755
--- a/conf/zeppelin-site.xml.template
+++ b/conf/zeppelin-site.xml.template
@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@
 </property>
 -->
 
+<!-- Server-side encryption enabled for notebooks -->
+<!--
+<property>
+  <name>zeppelin.notebook.s3.sse</name>
+  <value>true</value>
+  <description>Server-side encryption enabled for notebooks</description>
+</property>
+-->
 
 <!-- If using Azure for storage use the following settings -->
 <!--
diff --git a/docs/install/configuration.md b/docs/install/configuration.md
index 56f6404ae75..a8cc2d97c94 100644
--- a/docs/install/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/install/configuration.md
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ If both are defined, then the **environment variables** will take priority.
     <td></td>
     <td>Class name of a custom S3 encryption materials provider implementation to use for encrypting data in S3 (optional)</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_SSE</td>
+    <td>zeppelin.notebook.s3.sse</td>
+    <td>false</td>
+    <td>Save notebooks to S3 with server-side encryption enabled</td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_AZURE_CONNECTION_STRING</td>
     <td>zeppelin.notebook.azure.connectionString</td>
diff --git a/docs/storage/storage.md b/docs/storage/storage.md
index 0ab01daf805..73388da3d4f 100644
--- a/docs/storage/storage.md
+++ b/docs/storage/storage.md
@@ -165,6 +165,24 @@ Or using the following setting in **zeppelin-site.xml**:
   <description>Custom encryption materials provider used to encrypt notebook data in S3</description>
 ```   
 
+#### Enable server-side encryption
+
+To request server-side encryption of notebooks, set the following environment variable in the file **zeppelin-env.sh**:
+
+```
+export ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_SSE = true
+```
+
+Or using the following setting in **zeppelin-site.xml**:
+
+```
+<property>
+  <name>zeppelin.notebook.s3.sse</name>
+  <value>true</value>
+  <description>Server-side encryption enabled for notebooks</description>
+</property>
+```
+
 </br>
 ## Notebook Storage  in Azure <a name="Azure"></a>
 
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
index c0cae077efd..62d41f3f1b3 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ public String getS3EncryptionMaterialsProviderClass() {
     return getString(ConfVars.ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_EMP);
   }
 
+  public boolean isS3ServerSideEncryption() {
+    return getBoolean(ConfVars.ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_SSE);
+  }
+
   public String getInterpreterListPath() {
     return getRelativeDir(String.format("%s/interpreter-list", getConfDir()));
   }
@@ -588,6 +592,7 @@ public static enum ConfVars {
     ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_EMP("zeppelin.notebook.s3.encryptionMaterialsProvider", null),
     ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_KMS_KEY_ID("zeppelin.notebook.s3.kmsKeyID", null),
     ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_KMS_KEY_REGION("zeppelin.notebook.s3.kmsKeyRegion", null),
+    ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_S3_SSE("zeppelin.notebook.s3.sse", false),
     ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_AZURE_CONNECTION_STRING("zeppelin.notebook.azure.connectionString", null),
     ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_AZURE_SHARE("zeppelin.notebook.azure.share", "zeppelin"),
     ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_AZURE_USER("zeppelin.notebook.azure.user", "user"),
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/repo/S3NotebookRepo.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/repo/S3NotebookRepo.java
index 26781b80700..bd7fe1a7bd4 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/repo/S3NotebookRepo.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/repo/S3NotebookRepo.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.KMSEncryptionMaterialsProvider;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.ListObjectsRequest;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.ObjectListing;
+import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.ObjectMetadata;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.PutObjectRequest;
 import com.amazonaws.regions.Region;
 import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
@@ -86,12 +87,14 @@ public class S3NotebookRepo implements NotebookRepo {
   private final AmazonS3 s3client;
   private final String bucketName;
   private final String user;
+  private final boolean useServerSideEncryption;
   private final ZeppelinConfiguration conf;
 
   public S3NotebookRepo(ZeppelinConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
     this.conf = conf;
     bucketName = conf.getBucketName();
     user = conf.getUser();
+    useServerSideEncryption = conf.isS3ServerSideEncryption();
 
     // always use the default provider chain
     AWSCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = new DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain();
@@ -234,7 +237,17 @@ public void save(Note note, AuthenticationInfo subject) throws IOException {
       Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(file));
       writer.write(json);
       writer.close();
-      s3client.putObject(new PutObjectRequest(bucketName, key, file));
+
+      PutObjectRequest putRequest = new PutObjectRequest(bucketName, key, file);
+
+      if (useServerSideEncryption) {
+        // Request server-side encryption.
+        ObjectMetadata objectMetadata = new ObjectMetadata();
+        objectMetadata.setSSEAlgorithm(ObjectMetadata.AES_256_SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION);
+        putRequest.setMetadata(objectMetadata);
+      }
+
+      s3client.putObject(putRequest);
     }
     catch (AmazonClientException ace) {
       throw new IOException("Unable to store note in S3: " + ace, ace);