diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/README.md
index 988b360c01d3c..e34dd8067f0ef 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/README.md
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ const bucket = new s3.Bucket(this, 'MyBucket', {
     }],
     objectSizeGreaterThan: 500, 
     prefix: 'prefix',
+    objectSizeLessThan: 10000, 
     transitions: [{
       storageClass: s3.StorageClass.GLACIER,
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts
index d51d79165f61c..d2be56356ae7f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts
@@ -1923,6 +1923,7 @@ export class Bucket extends BucketBase {
         })),
         expiredObjectDeleteMarker: rule.expiredObjectDeleteMarker,
         tagFilters: self.parseTagFilters(rule.tagFilters),
+        objectSizeLessThan: rule.objectSizeLessThan,
         objectSizeGreaterThan: rule.objectSizeGreaterThan,
       };
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/rule.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/rule.ts
index b79af075ed848..943130c1a20f9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/rule.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/rule.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,13 @@ export interface LifecycleRule {
   readonly expiredObjectDeleteMarker?: boolean;
 
   /**
-   * Specifies the minimum object size in bytes for this rule to apply to.
+   * Specifies the maximum object size in bytes for this rule to apply to.
+   *
+   * @default - No rule
+   */
+  readonly objectSizeLessThan?: number;
+
+  /** Specifies the minimum object size in bytes for this rule to apply to.
    *
    * @default - No rule
    */
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/integ.lifecycle.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/integ.lifecycle.ts
index 0fe92eda9a7eb..973a0e562232c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/integ.lifecycle.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/integ.lifecycle.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ new Bucket(stack, 'MyBucket', {
       expirationDate: new Date('2019-10-01'),
     },
     {
+      objectSizeLessThan: 500,
       objectSizeGreaterThan: 500,
     },
   ],
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/lifecycle.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-s3.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/lifecycle.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-s3.template.json
index df2d4d718d3cf..d811988919f3f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/lifecycle.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-s3.template.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/lifecycle.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-s3.template.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
        "Status": "Enabled"
       },
       {
+       "ObjectSizeLessThan": "500",
        "ObjectSizeGreaterThan": "500",
        "Status": "Enabled"
       }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/rules.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/rules.test.ts
index 5be1225ebc4d1..b327494d19267 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/rules.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/test/rules.test.ts
@@ -292,13 +292,14 @@ describe('rules', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  test('Bucket with objectSizeGreaterThan', () => {
+  test('Bucket with object size rules', () => {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = new Stack();
 
     // WHEN
     new Bucket(stack, 'Bucket', {
       lifecycleRules: [{
+        objectSizeLessThan: 0,
         objectSizeGreaterThan: 0,
       }],
     });
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ describe('rules', () => {
     Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::S3::Bucket', {
       LifecycleConfiguration: {
         Rules: [{
+          ObjectSizeLessThan: 0,
           ObjectSizeGreaterThan: 0,
           Status: 'Enabled',
         }],