diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientTest.java
index f260c591cb..4d58afb5ef 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientTest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3ClientTest;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object;
 import org.jclouds.s3.fallbacks.FalseIfBucketAlreadyOwnedByYouOrOperationAbortedWhenBucketExists;
+import org.jclouds.s3.filters.RequestAuthorizeSignature;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.CopyObjectOptions;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutBucketOptions;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutObjectOptions;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.reflect.Invokable;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
+import com.google.inject.Scopes;
 
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during
 // surefire
@@ -194,6 +196,12 @@ public class AWSS3ClientTest extends S3ClientTest<AWSS3Client> {
       protected String provideTimeStamp(@TimeStamp Supplier<String> cache) {
          return "2009-11-08T15:54:08.897Z";
       }
+
+      // subclass expects v2 signatures
+      @Override
+      protected void bindRequestSigner() {
+         bind(RequestAuthorizeSignature.class).to(AWSRequestAuthorizeSignature.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
+      }
    }
 
    @Override