diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81ffd95ef..b91623d2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ The first argument can be either a `url` or an `options` object. The only requir
 - `auth` - a hash containing values `user` || `username`, `pass` || `password`, and `sendImmediately` (optional). See documentation above.
 - `oauth` - options for OAuth HMAC-SHA1 signing. See documentation above.
 - `hawk` - options for [Hawk signing](https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk). The `credentials` key must contain the necessary signing info, [see hawk docs for details](https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk#usage-example).
-- `aws` - `object` containing AWS signing information. Should have the properties `key`, `secret`, and optionally `session` (note that this only works for services that require session as part of the canonical string). Also requires the property `bucket`, unless you’re specifying your `bucket` as part of the path, or the request doesn’t use a bucket (i.e. GET Services). If you want to use AWS sign version 4 use the parameter `sign_version` with value `4` otherwise the default is version 2. **Note:** you need to `npm install aws4` first.
+- `aws` - `object` containing AWS signing information. Should have the properties `key`, `secret`, and optionally `session` (note that this only works for services that require session as part of the canonical string). Also requires the property `bucket`, unless you’re specifying your `bucket` as part of the path, or the request doesn’t use a bucket (i.e. GET Services). If you want to use AWS sign version 4 use the parameter `sign_version` with value `4` otherwise the default is version 2. If you are using SigV4, you can also include a `service` property that specifies the service name. **Note:** you need to `npm install aws4` first.
 - `httpSignature` - options for the [HTTP Signature Scheme](https://github.com/joyent/node-http-signature/blob/master/http_signing.md) using [Joyent's library](https://github.com/joyent/node-http-signature). The `keyId` and `key` properties must be specified. See the docs for other options.
 
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diff --git a/request.js b/request.js
index 668d9a81e..9d3fc3e92 100644
--- a/request.js
+++ b/request.js
@@ -1358,11 +1358,12 @@ Request.prototype.aws = function (opts, now) {
       host: self.uri.host,
       path: self.uri.path,
       method: self.method,
-      headers: {
-        'content-type': self.getHeader('content-type') || ''
-      },
+      headers: self.headers,
       body: self.body
     }
+    if (opts.service) {
+      options.service = opts.service
+    }
     var signRes = aws4.sign(options, {
       accessKeyId: opts.key,
       secretAccessKey: opts.secret,
diff --git a/tests/test-aws.js b/tests/test-aws.js
index 214003974..44f4f0b04 100644
--- a/tests/test-aws.js
+++ b/tests/test-aws.js
@@ -77,6 +77,45 @@ tape('aws-sign4 options with session token', function (t) {
   })
 })
 
+tape('aws-sign4 options with service', function (t) {
+  var serviceName = 'UNIQUE_SERVICE_NAME'
+  var options = {
+    url: s.url + path,
+    aws: {
+      key: 'my_key',
+      secret: 'my_secret',
+      sign_version: 4,
+      service: serviceName
+    },
+    json: true
+  }
+  request(options, function (err, res, body) {
+    t.error(err)
+    t.ok(body.authorization.includes(serviceName))
+    t.end()
+  })
+})
+
+tape('aws-sign4 with additional headers', function (t) {
+  var options = {
+    url: s.url + path,
+    headers: {
+      'X-Custom-Header': 'custom'
+    },
+    aws: {
+      key: 'my_key',
+      secret: 'my_secret',
+      sign_version: 4
+    },
+    json: true
+  }
+  request(options, function (err, res, body) {
+    t.error(err)
+    t.ok(body.authorization.includes('x-custom-header'))
+    t.end()
+  })
+})
+
 tape('cleanup', function (t) {
   s.close(function () {
     t.end()