diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
index b5cdd7e44e..82234a2919 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       this.httpGetOptionsConverter = httpGetOptionsConverter;
       this.contentMetadataCodec = contentMetadataCodec;
       this.ifDirectoryReturnName = ifDirectoryReturnName;
-      this.storageStrategy = checkNotNull(storageStrategy, "Storage strategy");
+      this.storageStrategy = storageStrategy;
    }
 
    /**
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
index 463de6d3a4..edf59c7e13 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ public class TransientAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
          @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService service,
          Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
          @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations,
-         Factory blobFactory, Provider<UriBuilder> uriBuilders) {
+         Factory blobFactory, LocalStorageStrategy storageStrategy,
+         Provider<UriBuilder> uriBuilders) {
       super(context, blobUtils, service, defaultLocation, locations);
       this.blobFactory = blobFactory;
       this.dateService = dateService;
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ public class TransientAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       this.httpGetOptionsConverter = httpGetOptionsConverter;
       this.contentMetadataCodec = contentMetadataCodec;
       this.ifDirectoryReturnName = ifDirectoryReturnName;
-      this.storageStrategy = new TransientStorageStrategy(defaultLocation);
+      this.storageStrategy = storageStrategy;
       this.uriBuilders = uriBuilders;
    }
 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java
index 7b506c5aa6..4022444cac 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.jclouds.blobstore;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ public class TransientStorageStrategy implements LocalStorageStrategy {
    private final ConcurrentMap<String, Location> containerToLocation = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Location>();
    private final Supplier<Location> defaultLocation;
 
-   public TransientStorageStrategy(final Supplier<Location> defaultLocation) {
-      this.defaultLocation = Preconditions.checkNotNull(defaultLocation);
+   @Inject
+   TransientStorageStrategy(final Supplier<Location> defaultLocation) {
+      this.defaultLocation = defaultLocation;
    }
 
    public Iterable<String> getAllContainerNames() {
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStoreContextModule.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStoreContextModule.java
index 659d27344b..a6d0bfc456 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStoreContextModule.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStoreContextModule.java
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ package org.jclouds.blobstore.config;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.AsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobRequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.LocalStorageStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.TransientAsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.TransientBlobRequestSigner;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.TransientStorageStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.ConsistencyModel;
 import org.jclouds.rest.config.BinderUtils;
 
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ public class TransientBlobStoreContextModule extends AbstractModule {
       install(new BlobStoreMapModule());
       bind(BlobStore.class).to(TransientBlobStore.class);
       bind(ConsistencyModel.class).toInstance(ConsistencyModel.STRICT);
+      bind(LocalStorageStrategy.class).to(TransientStorageStrategy.class);
       bind(BlobRequestSigner.class).to(TransientBlobRequestSigner.class);
    }