diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/davidmoten/aws/maven/S3Deployer.java b/src/main/java/com/github/davidmoten/aws/maven/S3Deployer.java
index cd16ede..ec8cd96 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/davidmoten/aws/maven/S3Deployer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/davidmoten/aws/maven/S3Deployer.java
@@ -26,12 +26,16 @@ final class S3Deployer {
         this.s3Client = s3Client;
     }
 
-    void deploy(String inputDirectory, String bucketName, String outputBasePath, boolean publicRead) {
+    void deploy(String inputDirectory, String bucketName, String outputBasePath, boolean publicRead, boolean create) {
         if (inputDirectory == null) {
             throw new RuntimeException("must specify inputDirectory parameter in configuration");
         }
 
         final Path root = new File(inputDirectory).toPath().toAbsolutePath();
+        
+        if (!s3Client.doesBucketExistV2(bucketName)) {
+            s3Client.createBucket(bucketName);
+        }
 
         try {
             Files.walkFileTree(root, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/davidmoten/aws/maven/S3DeployerMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/github/davidmoten/aws/maven/S3DeployerMojo.java
index 54664a4..eb2c81d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/davidmoten/aws/maven/S3DeployerMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/davidmoten/aws/maven/S3DeployerMojo.java
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ public final class S3DeployerMojo extends AbstractDeployAwsMojo<AmazonS3ClientBu
 
     @Parameter(property = "publicRead", defaultValue = "true")
     private boolean publicRead;
+    
+    @Parameter(property="create", defaultValue="true")
+    private boolean create;
 
     public S3DeployerMojo() {
         super(AmazonS3ClientBuilder.standard());
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ public S3DeployerMojo() {
     @Override
     protected void execute(AmazonS3 s3Client) {
         S3Deployer deployer = new S3Deployer(getLog(), s3Client);
-        deployer.deploy(inputDirectory, bucketName, outputBasePath, publicRead);
+        deployer.deploy(inputDirectory, bucketName, outputBasePath, publicRead, create);
     }
 
 }