diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55aab7c..51ba45d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     - Full-featured: Real-time Preview, Image (cross-domain) upload, Preformatted text/Code blocks/Tables insert, Search replace, Themes, Multi-languages;
     - Markdown Extras : Support ToC (Table of Contents), Emoji;
     - Support TeX (LaTeX expressions, Based on KaTeX), Flowchart and Sequence Diagram of Markdown extended syntax;
+    - Upports uploading images (or files) directly to AWS S3 or any other storage which compatible with S3 API.
 - Can constom Editor.md toolbar 
 - The MDTextField field is provided for the model and can be displayed directly in the django admin.
 - The MDTextFormField is provided for the Form and ModelForm.
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@
     pipenv install django-mdeditor
     # or
     pip install django-mdeditor
+    # install `django-storage` if you use upload_to_s3 function.
+    # pip install django-mdeditor django-storage
 ```
 
 - Add `mdeditor` to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:
@@ -179,12 +182,20 @@ class ExampleModelAdmin (admin.ModelAdmin):
 
 admin.site.register (demo_models.ExampleModel, ExampleModelAdmin)
 ```
+### Uploading images to S3
+
+Edit `MDEDITOR_CONFIGS` in your settings.py and set `upload_to_S3` to `True`.
+
+Note: Refer to the [django-storage documentation](https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) for `django-storage` setup.
+
 ### Customize the toolbar
 
 Add the following configuration to `settings`:
 ```python
 MDEDITOR_CONFIGS = {
     'default':{
+        'upload_to_S3': False, # upload images to s3 (using django-storage)
+        's3_check_existence': True, # check the image existence before uploading it to s3.
         'width': '90% ',  # Custom edit box width
         'height': 500,  # Custom edit box height
         'toolbar': ["undo", "redo", "|",
diff --git a/README_CN.md b/README_CN.md
index 04e178e..b4d03d3 100644
--- a/README_CN.md
+++ b/README_CN.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     - 支持实时预览、图片上传、格式化代码、搜索替换、皮肤、多语言等。
     - 支持TOC 目录和表情；
     - 支持 TeX, 流程图、时序图等图表扩展。
+    - 支持将图片上传到 AWS S3 或者其他兼容S3 API 的云图床。 
 - 可自定义 Editor.md 工具栏。 
 - 提供了 `MDTextField` 字段用来支持模型字段使用。
 - 提供了 `MDTextFormField` 字段用来支持 `Form` 和 `ModelForm`.
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@
 - 安装
 ```bash
     pip install django-mdeditor
+    # 如果使用 S3，则需要安装 `django-storage`
+    # pip install django-mdeditor django-storage
 ```
 
 - 在 `settings` 配置文件 `INSTALLED_APPS` 中添加 `mdeditor`:
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ class MDEditorModleForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = ExampleModel
         fields = '__all__'
-``` 
+```
 
 ### 在 admin 中使用 markdown 小组件
 
@@ -185,12 +188,20 @@ class ExampleModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
 admin.site.register(demo_models.ExampleModel, ExampleModelAdmin)
 ```
 
+### 将图片上传到S3
+
+在settings 中修改 `'upload_to_S3': True,` 启用图床即可。
+
+备注： 有关`django-storage` 的设置部分，请查看 [django-storage 文档](https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)。
+
 ### 自定义工具栏
 
 在 `settings` 中增加如下配置 ：
 ```python
 MDEDITOR_CONFIGS = {
 'default':{
+    'upload_to_S3': False, # 将图片直接上传到图床。(需要先设置好django-storage)
+    's3_check_existence': True, # 上传之前是否检查同名文件，若图床中已有同名文件则直接返回，不必上传。（默认为True）
     'width': '90%',  # 自定义编辑框宽度
     'heigth': 500,   # 自定义编辑框高度
     'toolbar': ["undo", "redo", "|",
diff --git a/mdeditor/views.py b/mdeditor/views.py
index 9612a59..731e2a3 100644
--- a/mdeditor/views.py
+++ b/mdeditor/views.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from .configs import MDConfig
+from storages.backends.s3boto3 import S3StaticStorage
 
 # TODO 此处获取default配置，当用户设置了其他配置时，此处无效，需要进一步完善
 MDEDITOR_CONFIGS = MDConfig('default')
@@ -60,12 +61,39 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         file_full_name = '%s_%s.%s' % (file_name,
                                        '{0:%Y%m%d%H%M%S%f}'.format(datetime.datetime.now()),
                                        file_extension)
-        with open(os.path.join(file_path, file_full_name), 'wb+') as file:
-            for chunk in upload_image.chunks():
-                file.write(chunk)
+        
+        # check editor configuration
+        if MDEDITOR_CONFIGS.get("upload_to_S3"):
+            # check if the user has uploaded the same image already exists in the S3 bucket
+            if MDEDITOR_CONFIGS.get("s3_check_existence"):
+                file_full_name_s3 = '%s.%s' % (file_name, file_extension)
+            else:
+                file_full_name_s3 = file_full_name
+            
+            s3_file_name = \
+                settings.MEDIA_URL.split('/')[1] + \
+                '/' \
+                + MDEDITOR_CONFIGS['image_folder'] + \
+                '/' \
+                + file_full_name_s3
+            
+            # get S3 configurations for boto3
+            storage = S3StaticStorage()
+
+            # file already exists
+            if storage.exists(s3_file_name):
+                url = storage.url(s3_file_name)
+            else:
+                saved = storage.save(name=s3_file_name, content=upload_image)
+                url = (settings.AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL + '/' + settings.AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME + '/' + saved)
+        else:
+            with open(os.path.join(file_path, file_full_name), 'wb+') as file:
+                for chunk in upload_image.chunks():
+                    file.write(chunk)
+            url = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_URL,
+                               MDEDITOR_CONFIGS['image_folder'],
+                               file_full_name)
 
         return JsonResponse({'success': 1,
                              'message': "上传成功！",
-                             'url': os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_URL,
-                                                 MDEDITOR_CONFIGS['image_folder'],
-                                                 file_full_name)})
+                             'url': url})