diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b43be7e..33967f13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Evaporate is a JS library for uploading files from a browser to
 AWS S3, using parallel S3's multipart uploads with MD5 checksum support
 and control over pausing / resuming the upload.
 
+## This branch allows to use Custom port for S3 endpoint
+
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/bikeath1337/EvaporateJS.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/bikeath1337/EvaporateJS)
 [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/TTLabs/EvaporateJS/badges/gpa.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/TTLabs/EvaporateJS)
 
diff --git a/evaporate.js b/evaporate.js
index 3a22cd13..ce424880 100644
--- a/evaporate.js
+++ b/evaporate.js
@@ -1016,7 +1016,17 @@
     this.started = defer();
 
     this.awsUrl = awsUrl(this.con);
-    this.awsHost = uri(this.awsUrl).host;
+
+    this.awsHost = uri(this.awsUrl).hostname;
+      /*
+       * ShreeDee : for compatibility with S3 clones, that are hosted on a non std port. Add the port number
+       */
+      const port = uri(this.awsUrl).port;
+      
+      if (!!port && 80 != port && 443 != port) {
+          this.awsHost += (':' + port ); 
+      }
+
 
     var r = extend({}, request);
     if (fileUpload.contentType) {