diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3_constants/header.go b/weed/s3api/s3_constants/header.go
index 28a2d1baf0..e415d65587 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3_constants/header.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3_constants/header.go
@@ -216,6 +216,20 @@ func GetBucketAndObject(r *http.Request) (bucket, object string) {
 	return
 }
 
+// allowBackslashInObjectKey keeps '\' a literal object-key character instead
+// of normalizing it to '/'. It is a process-wide mode set once at S3 server
+// startup; the filer only treats '/' as a path separator, so a verbatim '\'
+// stays inside one filer entry name.
+var allowBackslashInObjectKey atomic.Bool
+
+func SetAllowBackslashInObjectKey(allow bool) {
+	allowBackslashInObjectKey.Store(allow)
+}
+
+func AllowBackslashInObjectKey() bool {
+	return allowBackslashInObjectKey.Load()
+}
+
 // IsValidObjectKey rejects S3 object keys that — after normalization
 // (backslash→slash, slash collapse) — contain a `.` or `..` path segment, or
 // embed a NUL byte. Such keys are collapsed by filepath.Join inside the filer
@@ -229,7 +243,9 @@ func IsValidObjectKey(object string) bool {
 	if strings.ContainsRune(object, '\x00') {
 		return false
 	}
-	object = strings.ReplaceAll(object, "\\", "/")
+	if !allowBackslashInObjectKey.Load() {
+		object = strings.ReplaceAll(object, "\\", "/")
+	}
 	for _, seg := range strings.Split(object, "/") {
 		if seg == "." || seg == ".." {
 			return false
@@ -271,7 +287,9 @@ func NormalizeObjectKey(object string) string {
 	hasTrailingSlash := strings.HasSuffix(object, "/")
 
 	// Convert Windows-style backslashes to forward slashes
-	object = strings.ReplaceAll(object, "\\", "/")
+	if !allowBackslashInObjectKey.Load() {
+		object = strings.ReplaceAll(object, "\\", "/")
+	}
 	object = removeDuplicateSlashes(object)
 	// Remove leading slash to match S3 API format
 	object = strings.TrimPrefix(object, "/")
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3_constants/header_test.go b/weed/s3api/s3_constants/header_test.go
index 7e45882710..de780d0d51 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3_constants/header_test.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3_constants/header_test.go
@@ -123,6 +123,54 @@ func TestIsValidObjectKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNormalizeObjectKeyAllowBackslash(t *testing.T) {
+	SetAllowBackslashInObjectKey(true)
+	defer SetAllowBackslashInObjectKey(false)
+
+	normalizeTests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"backslash kept verbatim", "folder\\file.txt", "folder\\file.txt"},
+		{"nested backslash kept", "folder\\sub\\file.txt", "folder\\sub\\file.txt"},
+		{"trailing backslash kept", "folder\\", "folder\\"},
+		{"lone backslash kept", "\\", "\\"},
+		{"double backslash kept", "a\\\\b", "a\\\\b"},
+		{"mixed separators", "folder\\sub/another\\file.txt", "folder\\sub/another\\file.txt"},
+		{"duplicate slashes still collapse", "folder//sub///file.txt", "folder/sub/file.txt"},
+		{"leading slash still trimmed", "/folder\\file.txt", "folder\\file.txt"},
+		{"trailing slash preserved", "folder/", "folder/"},
+		{"windows path style", "C:\\Users\\test\\file.txt", "C:\\Users\\test\\file.txt"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range normalizeTests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := NormalizeObjectKey(tt.input); got != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("NormalizeObjectKey(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.input, got, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	validTests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+		want  bool
+	}{
+		{"backslash dotdot is one segment", "..\\evil\\test.txt", true},
+		{"backslash dotdot inside", "good\\..\\evil/test.txt", true},
+		{"nested dotdot still rejected", "good/../evil/test.txt", false},
+		{"leading dotdot still rejected", "../evil/test.txt", false},
+		{"plain backslash key", "folder\\file.txt", true},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range validTests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := IsValidObjectKey(tt.input); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("IsValidObjectKey(%q) = %v, want %v", tt.input, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIsValidBucketName(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name  string
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go
index f7c0e477cf..24d69ee82c 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ type S3ApiServerOption struct {
 	// AllowUntrustedRemoteEndpoints lets a read of a remote-only object dial a
 	// mounted endpoint that resolves to a loopback / private / metadata host.
 	AllowUntrustedRemoteEndpoints bool
+	// AllowBackslashInKey keeps '\' a literal object-key character instead of
+	// normalizing it to '/', matching AWS S3 where the two are distinct keys.
+	AllowBackslashInKey bool
 }
 
 // s3ChunkCacheChunkSizeMB is the assumed chunk size (in MiB) used to convert
@@ -176,6 +179,8 @@ func NewS3ApiServerWithStore(router *mux.Router, option *S3ApiServerOption, expl
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("at least one filer address is required")
 	}
 
+	SetAllowBackslashInObjectKey(option.AllowBackslashInKey)
+
 	startTsNs := time.Now().UnixNano()
 
 	v := util.GetViper()