diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 9899ac8..e562d14 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -88,11 +88,20 @@ Here's how you specify credentials with the constructor::
         aws_secret_access_key=<secret key>
     )
 
+
 .. note::
 
     Amazon recommends against specifying credentials explicitly like
     this in production.
 
+Another posibility is using `profile_name`, which will read the credentials 
+for said profile from the standard configuration files::
+
+    s3fs = S3FS(
+        'mybucket'
+        profile_name=<profile_name>
+    )
+
 
 S3 Info
 =======
diff --git a/fs_s3fs/_s3fs.py b/fs_s3fs/_s3fs.py
index d7f98e2..f660938 100644
--- a/fs_s3fs/_s3fs.py
+++ b/fs_s3fs/_s3fs.py
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ class S3FS(FS):
     :param str endpoint_url: Alternative endpoint url (``None`` to use
         default).
     :param str aws_session_token:
+    :param str profile_name: The name of the profile_name from which credentials 
+        should be taken (read from standard configuration files). Can be used instead 
+        of passing access key id and secret access key for non-default profiles.
     :param str region: Optional S3 region.
     :param str delimiter: The delimiter to separate folders, defaults to
         a forward slash.
@@ -269,6 +272,8 @@ def __init__(
         aws_access_key_id=None,
         aws_secret_access_key=None,
         aws_session_token=None,
+        profile_name
+        profile_name=None,
         endpoint_url=None,
         region=None,
         delimiter="/",
@@ -279,11 +284,20 @@ def __init__(
         download_args=None,
     ):
         _creds = (aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key)
+        if any(_creds) and profile_name
+        profile_name:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "profile_name
+                "profile_name and aws_access_key/secret cannot be used together"
+            )
         if any(_creds) and not all(_creds):
             raise ValueError(
                 "aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key "
                 "must be set together if specified"
             )
+        if profile_name:
+            credentials = boto3.session.Session(profile_name=profile_name).get_credentials()
+            aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key = credentials.access_key, credentials.secret_key
         self._bucket_name = bucket_name
         self.dir_path = dir_path
         self._prefix = relpath(normpath(dir_path)).rstrip("/")