diff --git a/cloud/amazon/s3.py b/cloud/amazon/s3.py
index 9bec312294a..ecf35d00f5d 100644
--- a/cloud/amazon/s3.py
+++ b/cloud/amazon/s3.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ options:
     version_added: "1.6"
   mode:
     description:
-      - Switches the module behaviour between put (upload), get (download), geturl (return download url (Ansible 1.3+), getstr (download object as string (1.3+)), create (bucket), delete (bucket), and delobj (delete object).
+      - Switches the module behaviour between put (upload), get (download), geturl (return download url (Ansible 1.3+), getstr (download object as string (1.3+)), list (list keys), create (bucket), delete (bucket), and delobj (delete object).
     required: true
     default: null
     aliases: []
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 # PUT/upload with metadata
 - s3: bucket=mybucket object=/my/desired/key.txt src=/usr/local/myfile.txt mode=put metadata='Content-Encoding=gzip,Cache-Control=no-cache'
 
+# List keys simple
+- s3: bucket=mybucket mode=list
+
+# List keys all options
+- s3: bucket=mybucket mode=list prefix=/my/desired/ marker=/my/desired/0023.txt max_keys=472
+
 # Create an empty bucket
 - s3: bucket=mybucket mode=create
 
@@ -204,6 +210,19 @@ def create_bucket(module, s3, bucket, location=None):
     if bucket:
         return True
 
+def get_bucket(module, s3, bucket):
+    try:
+        return s3.lookup(bucket)
+    except s3.provider.storage_response_error, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg= str(e))
+
+def list_keys(module, bucket_object, prefix, marker, max_keys):
+    all_keys = bucket_object.get_all_keys(prefix=prefix, marker=marker, max_keys=max_keys)
+
+    keys = map((lambda x: x.key), all_keys)
+
+    module.exit_json(msg="LIST operation complete", s3_keys=keys)
+
 def delete_bucket(module, s3, bucket):
     try:
         bucket = s3.lookup(bucket)
@@ -329,11 +348,14 @@ def main():
             dest           = dict(default=None),
             encrypt        = dict(default=True, type='bool'),
             expiry         = dict(default=600, aliases=['expiration']),
+            marker         = dict(default=None),
+            max_keys       = dict(default=1000),
             metadata       = dict(type='dict'),
-            mode           = dict(choices=['get', 'put', 'delete', 'create', 'geturl', 'getstr', 'delobj'], required=True),
+            mode           = dict(choices=['get', 'put', 'delete', 'create', 'geturl', 'getstr', 'delobj', 'list'], required=True),
             object         = dict(),
             version        = dict(default=None),
             overwrite      = dict(aliases=['force'], default='always'),
+            prefix         = dict(default=None),
             retries        = dict(aliases=['retry'], type='int', default=0),
             s3_url         = dict(aliases=['S3_URL']),
             src            = dict(),
@@ -349,11 +371,14 @@ def main():
     expiry = int(module.params['expiry'])
     if module.params.get('dest'):
         dest = os.path.expanduser(module.params.get('dest'))
+    marker = module.params.get('marker')
+    max_keys = module.params.get('max_keys')
     metadata = module.params.get('metadata')
     mode = module.params.get('mode')
     obj = module.params.get('object')
     version = module.params.get('version')
     overwrite = module.params.get('overwrite')
+    prefix = module.params.get('prefix')
     retries = module.params.get('retries')
     s3_url = module.params.get('s3_url')
     src = module.params.get('src')
@@ -537,6 +562,16 @@ def main():
         else:
             module.fail_json(msg="Bucket parameter is required.", failed=True)
 
+    # Support for listing a set of keys
+    if mode == 'list':
+        bucket_object = get_bucket(module, s3, bucket)
+
+        # If the bucket does not exist then bail out
+        if bucket_object is None:
+            module.fail_json(msg="Target bucket (%s) cannot be found"% bucket, failed=True)
+
+        list_keys(module, bucket_object, prefix, marker, max_keys)
+
     # Need to research how to create directories without "populating" a key, so this should just do bucket creation for now.
     # WE SHOULD ENABLE SOME WAY OF CREATING AN EMPTY KEY TO CREATE "DIRECTORY" STRUCTURE, AWS CONSOLE DOES THIS.
     if mode == 'create':