diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/171-s3_bucket-public_access.yml b/changelogs/fragments/171-s3_bucket-public_access.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a179a21e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/171-s3_bucket-public_access.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- s3_bucket - Add support for managing the ``public_access`` settings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/171).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py b/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
index 2cc9021b6b5..f04a6fb4a18 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
@@ -89,6 +89,37 @@
     description: KMS master key ID to use for the default encryption. This parameter is allowed if encryption is aws:kms. If
                  not specified then it will default to the AWS provided KMS key.
     type: str
+  public_access:
+    description:
+      - Configure public access block for S3 bucket
+      - This option cannot be used together with 'delete_public_access'
+    suboptions:
+      block_public_acls:
+        description: Sets BlockPublicAcls value
+        type: bool
+        default: False
+      block_public_policy:
+        description: Sets BlockPublicPolicy value
+        type: bool
+        default: False
+      ignore_public_acls:
+        description: Sets IgnorePublicAcls value
+        type: bool
+        default: False
+      restrict_public_buckets:
+        description: Sets RestrictPublicAcls value
+        type: bool
+        default: False
+    type: dict
+    version_added: 1.3.0
+  delete_public_access:
+    description:
+      - Delete public access block configuration from bucket
+      - This option cannot be used together with 'public_access' definition
+    default: false
+    type: bool
+    version_added: 1.3.0
+
 extends_documentation_fragment:
 - amazon.aws.aws
 - amazon.aws.ec2
@@ -153,6 +184,23 @@
     name: mys3bucket
     state: present
     encryption: "aws:kms"
+
+# Create a bucket with public policy block configuration
+- amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
+    name: mys3bucket
+    state: present
+    public_access:
+        BlockPublicAcls: true
+        IgnorePublicAcls: true
+        ## keys == 'false' can be ommited, undefined keys defaults to 'false'
+        # BlockPublicPolicy: false
+        # RestrictPublicBuckets: false
+
+# Delete public policy block from bucket
+- amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
+    name: mys3bucket
+    state: present
+    delete_public_access: true
 '''
 
 import json
@@ -176,6 +224,7 @@
 from ..module_utils.ec2 import boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict
 from ..module_utils.ec2 import compare_policies
 from ..module_utils.ec2 import get_aws_connection_info
+from ..module_utils.ec2 import snake_dict_to_camel_dict
 
 
 def create_or_update_bucket(s3_client, module, location):
@@ -188,6 +237,8 @@ def create_or_update_bucket(s3_client, module, location):
     versioning = module.params.get("versioning")
     encryption = module.params.get("encryption")
     encryption_key_id = module.params.get("encryption_key_id")
+    public_access = module.params.get("public_access")
+    delete_public_access = module.params.get("delete_public_access")
     changed = False
     result = {}
 
@@ -356,6 +407,39 @@ def create_or_update_bucket(s3_client, module, location):
 
         result['encryption'] = current_encryption
 
+    # Public access clock configuration
+    current_public_access = {}
+
+    # -- Create / Update public access block
+    if public_access is not None:
+        try:
+            current_public_access = get_bucket_public_access(s3_client, name)
+        except (ClientError, BotoCoreError) as err_public_access:
+            module.fail_json_aws(err_public_access, msg="Failed to get bucket public access configuration")
+        camel_public_block = snake_dict_to_camel_dict(public_access, capitalize_first=True)
+
+        if current_public_access == camel_public_block:
+            result['public_access_block'] = current_public_access
+        else:
+            put_bucket_public_access(s3_client, name, camel_public_block)
+            changed = True
+            result['public_access_block'] = camel_public_block
+
+    # -- Delete public access block
+    if delete_public_access:
+        try:
+            current_public_access = get_bucket_public_access(s3_client, name)
+        except (ClientError, BotoCoreError) as err_public_access:
+            module.fail_json_aws(err_public_access, msg="Failed to get bucket public access configuration")
+
+        if current_public_access == {}:
+            result['public_access_block'] = current_public_access
+        else:
+            delete_bucket_public_access(s3_client, name)
+            changed = True
+            result['public_access_block'] = {}
+
+    # Module exit
     module.exit_json(changed=changed, name=name, **result)
 
 
@@ -487,6 +571,22 @@ def delete_bucket(s3_client, bucket_name):
         pass
 
 
+@AWSRetry.exponential_backoff(max_delay=120, catch_extra_error_codes=['NoSuchBucket', 'OperationAborted'])
+def put_bucket_public_access(s3_client, bucket_name, public_acces):
+    '''
+    Put new public access block to S3 bucket
+    '''
+    s3_client.put_public_access_block(Bucket=bucket_name, PublicAccessBlockConfiguration=public_acces)
+
+
+@AWSRetry.exponential_backoff(max_delay=120, catch_extra_error_codes=['NoSuchBucket', 'OperationAborted'])
+def delete_bucket_public_access(s3_client, bucket_name):
+    '''
+    Delete public access block from S3 bucket
+    '''
+    s3_client.delete_public_access_block(Bucket=bucket_name)
+
+
 def wait_policy_is_applied(module, s3_client, bucket_name, expected_policy, should_fail=True):
     for dummy in range(0, 12):
         try:
@@ -580,6 +680,17 @@ def get_current_bucket_tags_dict(s3_client, bucket_name):
     return boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict(current_tags)
 
 
+def get_bucket_public_access(s3_client, bucket_name):
+    '''
+    Get current bucket public access block
+    '''
+    try:
+        bucket_public_access_block = s3_client.get_public_access_block(Bucket=bucket_name)
+        return bucket_public_access_block['PublicAccessBlockConfiguration']
+    except is_boto3_error_code('NoSuchPublicAccessBlockConfiguration'):
+        return {}
+
+
 def paginated_list(s3_client, **pagination_params):
     pg = s3_client.get_paginator('list_objects_v2')
     for page in pg.paginate(**pagination_params):
@@ -691,15 +802,25 @@ def main():
         versioning=dict(type='bool'),
         ceph=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
         encryption=dict(choices=['none', 'AES256', 'aws:kms']),
-        encryption_key_id=dict()
+        encryption_key_id=dict(),
+        public_access=dict(type='dict', options=dict(
+            block_public_acls=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            ignore_public_acls=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            block_public_policy=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            restrict_public_buckets=dict(type='bool', default=False))),
+        delete_public_access=dict(type='bool', default=False)
     )
 
     required_by = dict(
         encryption_key_id=('encryption',),
     )
 
+    mutually_exclusive = [
+        ['public_access', 'delete_public_access']
+    ]
+
     module = AnsibleAWSModule(
-        argument_spec=argument_spec, required_by=required_by
+        argument_spec=argument_spec, required_by=required_by, mutually_exclusive=mutually_exclusive
     )
 
     region, ec2_url, aws_connect_kwargs = get_aws_connection_info(module, boto3=True)
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/inventory b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/inventory
index 2968f764cfa..59a2423acdd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/inventory
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/inventory
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dotted
 tags
 encryption_kms
 encryption_sse
+public_access
 
 [all:vars]
 ansible_connection=local
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/public_access.yml b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/public_access.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7bc19846e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/public_access.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+---
+- module_defaults:
+    group/aws:
+      aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"
+      aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"
+      security_token: "{{ security_token | default(omit) }}"
+      region: "{{ aws_region }}"
+  block:
+
+    # ============================================================
+
+    - name: 'Create a simple bucket with public access block configuration'
+      s3_bucket:
+        name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+        state: present
+        public_access:
+          block_public_acls: true
+          block_public_policy: true
+          ignore_public_acls: true
+          restrict_public_buckets: true
+      register: output
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - output.changed
+          - output.public_access_block
+          - output.public_access_block.BlockPublicAcls
+          - output.public_access_block.BlockPublicPolicy
+          - output.public_access_block.IgnorePublicAcls
+          - output.public_access_block.RestrictPublicBuckets
+
+    - name: 'Re-configure public access block configuration'
+      s3_bucket:
+        name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+        state: present
+        public_access:
+          block_public_acls: true
+          block_public_policy: false
+          ignore_public_acls: true
+          restrict_public_buckets: false
+      register: output
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - output.changed
+          - output.public_access_block
+          - output.public_access_block.BlockPublicAcls
+          - not output.public_access_block.BlockPublicPolicy
+          - output.public_access_block.IgnorePublicAcls
+          - not output.public_access_block.RestrictPublicBuckets
+
+    - name: 'Re-configure public access block configuration (idempotency)'
+      s3_bucket:
+        name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+        state: present
+        public_access:
+          block_public_acls: true
+          block_public_policy: false
+          ignore_public_acls: true
+          restrict_public_buckets: false
+      register: output
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - output is not changed
+          - output.public_access_block
+          - output.public_access_block.BlockPublicAcls
+          - not output.public_access_block.BlockPublicPolicy
+          - output.public_access_block.IgnorePublicAcls
+          - not output.public_access_block.RestrictPublicBuckets
+
+    - name: 'Delete public access block configuration'
+      s3_bucket:
+        name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+        state: present
+        delete_public_access: true
+      register: output
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - output is changed
+          - not output.public_access_block|bool
+
+    - name: 'Delete public access block configuration (idempotency)'
+      s3_bucket:
+        name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+        state: present
+        delete_public_access: true
+      register: output
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - output is not changed
+          - not output.public_access_block|bool
+
+    # ============================================================
+
+    - name: Delete testing s3 bucket
+      s3_bucket:
+        name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+        state: absent
+      register: output
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - output.changed
+
+  # ============================================================
+  always:
+    - name: Ensure all buckets are deleted
+      s3_bucket:
+        name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+        state: absent
+      ignore_errors: yes
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/simple.yml b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/simple.yml
index 3c39c5b4cb4..5b445bd5ee1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/simple.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/simple.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
           - output is changed
           - output.name == '{{ bucket_name }}'
           - not output.requester_pays
+          - output.public_access is undefined
 
     # ============================================================
     - name: 'Try to update the simple bucket with the same values'
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@
           - output is changed
 
     # ============================================================
-    - name: 'Re-delete the simple s3_bucket (idemoptency)'
+    - name: 'Re-delete the simple s3_bucket (idempotency)'
       s3_bucket:
         name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
         state: absent