diff --git a/doc/radosgw/lua-scripting.rst b/doc/radosgw/lua-scripting.rst
index 728a8514f1c..8541ed4d9cb 100644
--- a/doc/radosgw/lua-scripting.rst
+++ b/doc/radosgw/lua-scripting.rst
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ Request Fields
 +----------------------------------------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+----------+-----------+----------+
 | ``Request.HTTP.Metadata``                          | table    | string to string metadata map                                | yes      | yes       | no       |
 +----------------------------------------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+----------+-----------+----------+
+| ``Request.HTTP.StorageClass``                      | string   | storage class                                                | no       | yes       | yes      |
++----------------------------------------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+----------+-----------+----------+
 | ``Request.HTTP.Host``                              | string   | host name                                                    | no       | no        | no       |
 +----------------------------------------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+----------+-----------+----------+
 | ``Request.HTTP.Method``                            | string   | HTTP method                                                  | no       | no        | no       |
diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_lua_request.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_lua_request.cc
index 7d6d72e0368..2e971c329c8 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_lua_request.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_lua_request.cc
@@ -639,11 +639,26 @@ struct HTTPMetaTable : public EmptyMetaTable {
       pushstring(L, info->request_params);
     } else if (strcasecmp(index, "Domain") == 0) {
       pushstring(L, info->domain);
+    } else if (strcasecmp(index, "StorageClass") == 0) {
+      pushstring(L, info->storage_class);
     } else {
       return error_unknown_field(L, index, TableName());
     }
     return ONE_RETURNVAL;
   }
+
+  static int NewIndexClosure(lua_State* L) {
+    auto info = reinterpret_cast<req_info*>(lua_touserdata(L, lua_upvalueindex(1)));
+
+    const char* index = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
+
+    if (strcasecmp(index, "StorageClass") == 0) {
+      info->storage_class = luaL_checkstring(L, 3);
+   } else {
+      return error_unknown_field(L, index, TableName());
+   }
+    return NO_RETURNVAL;
+  }
 };
 
 struct CopyFromMetaTable : public EmptyMetaTable {