diff --git a/docs/production/upload-backends.md b/docs/production/upload-backends.md
index 7fe1c65e1e..b3609b7484 100644
--- a/docs/production/upload-backends.md
+++ b/docs/production/upload-backends.md
@@ -206,3 +206,38 @@ Congratulations! Your uploaded files are now migrated to S3.
 
 **Caveat**: The current version of this tool does not migrate an
 uploaded organization avatar or logo.
+
+## S3 data storage class
+
+In general, uploaded files in Zulip are accessed frequently at first, and then
+age out of frequent access. The S3 backend provides the [S3
+Intelligent-Tiering][s3-it] [storage class][s3-storage-class] which provides
+cheaper storage for less frequently accessed objects, and may provide overall
+cost savings for large deployments.
+
+You can configure Zulip to store uploaded files using Intelligent-Tiering by
+setting `S3_UPLOADS_STORAGE_CLASS` to `INTELLIGENT_TIERING` in `settings.py`.
+This setting can take any of the following [storage class
+value][s3-storage-class-constant] values:
+
+- `STANDARD`
+- `STANDARD_IA`
+- `ONEZONE_IA`
+- `REDUCED_REDUNDANCY`
+- `GLACIER_IR`
+- `INTELLIGENT_TIERING`
+
+Setting `S3_UPLOADS_STORAGE_CLASS` does not affect the storage class of existing
+objects. In order to change those, for example to `INTELLIGENT_TIERING`, perform
+an in-place copy:
+
+    aws s3 cp --storage-class INTELLIGENT_TIERING --recursive \
+        s3://your-bucket-name/ s3://your-bucket-name/
+
+Note that changing the lifecycle of existing objects will incur a [one-time
+lifecycle transition cost][s3-pricing].
+
+[s3-it]: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/intelligent-tiering/
+[s3-storage-class]: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/
+[s3-storage-class-constant]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutObject.html#AmazonS3-PutObject-request-header-StorageClass
+[s3-pricing]: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/
diff --git a/zerver/lib/transfer.py b/zerver/lib/transfer.py
index e5dfc1cce9..e80709f28b 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/transfer.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/transfer.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def _transfer_message_files_to_s3(attachment: Attachment) -> None:
                 guessed_type,
                 attachment.owner,
                 f.read(),
+                settings.S3_UPLOADS_STORAGE_CLASS,
             )
             logging.info("Uploaded message file in path %s", file_path)
     except FileNotFoundError:  # nocoverage
diff --git a/zerver/lib/upload/s3.py b/zerver/lib/upload/s3.py
index af9e484863..669f4e3eea 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/upload/s3.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/upload/s3.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import secrets
 import urllib
 from datetime import datetime
 from mimetypes import guess_type
-from typing import IO, Any, BinaryIO, Callable, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import IO, Any, BinaryIO, Callable, Iterator, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple
 
 import boto3
 import botocore
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ def upload_image_to_s3(
     content_type: Optional[str],
     user_profile: UserProfile,
     contents: bytes,
+    storage_class: Literal[
+        "GLACIER_IR",
+        "INTELLIGENT_TIERING",
+        "ONEZONE_IA",
+        "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY",
+        "STANDARD",
+        "STANDARD_IA",
+    ] = "STANDARD",
 ) -> None:
     key = bucket.Object(file_name)
     metadata = {
@@ -89,6 +97,7 @@ def upload_image_to_s3(
         Metadata=metadata,
         ContentType=content_type,
         ContentDisposition=content_disposition,
+        StorageClass=storage_class,
     )
 
 
@@ -224,6 +233,7 @@ class S3UploadBackend(ZulipUploadBackend):
             content_type,
             user_profile,
             file_data,
+            settings.S3_UPLOADS_STORAGE_CLASS,
         )
 
         create_attachment(
diff --git a/zproject/default_settings.py b/zproject/default_settings.py
index 7523a97fbe..15d5513b39 100644
--- a/zproject/default_settings.py
+++ b/zproject/default_settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from email.headerregistry import Address
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple
 
 from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import deport
 from zproject.settings_types import JwtAuthKey, OIDCIdPConfigDict, SAMLIdPConfigDict
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ S3_AUTH_UPLOADS_BUCKET = ""
 S3_REGION: Optional[str] = None
 S3_ENDPOINT_URL: Optional[str] = None
 S3_SKIP_PROXY = True
+S3_UPLOADS_STORAGE_CLASS: Literal[
+    "GLACIER_IR",
+    "INTELLIGENT_TIERING",
+    "ONEZONE_IA",
+    "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY",
+    "STANDARD",
+    "STANDARD_IA",
+] = "STANDARD"
 LOCAL_UPLOADS_DIR: Optional[str] = None
 LOCAL_AVATARS_DIR: Optional[str] = None
 LOCAL_FILES_DIR: Optional[str] = None
diff --git a/zproject/prod_settings_template.py b/zproject/prod_settings_template.py
index fd13e9aab3..80b16de867 100644
--- a/zproject/prod_settings_template.py
+++ b/zproject/prod_settings_template.py
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ LOCAL_UPLOADS_DIR = "/home/zulip/uploads"
 # S3_REGION = None
 # S3_ENDPOINT_URL = None
 # S3_SKIP_PROXY = True
+# S3_UPLOADS_STORAGE_CLASS = "STANDARD"
 
 ## Maximum allowed size of uploaded files, in megabytes.  This value is
 ## capped at 80MB in the nginx configuration, because the file upload