diff --git a/.env.local.example b/.env.local.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40e9437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.local.example
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Local Development MinIO Configuration
+# Copy to .env.local and update with your MinIO credentials
+
+# MinIO credentials (get from your production server)
+MINIO_KEY=your_minio_root_user
+MINIO_SECRET=your_minio_root_password
diff --git a/.env.minio.example b/.env.minio.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b24dd3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.minio.example
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# MinIO S3 Storage Configuration
+# Add these to your production .env file
+
+# MinIO Endpoint (internal Docker network)
+MINIO_ENDPOINT=http://crew-minio-prod:9000
+
+# MinIO Credentials (get from /var/www/apps/minio-storage/.env)
+MINIO_KEY=your_minio_root_user
+MINIO_SECRET=your_minio_root_password
+
+# Bucket name
+MINIO_BUCKET=crewsportswear
+
+# Region (required for S3 compatibility)
+MINIO_REGION=us-east-1
+
+# Use path-style endpoint (required for MinIO)
+MINIO_USE_PATH_STYLE=true
+
+# Public URL for accessing files (use your actual domain)
+MINIO_URL=https://minio.crewsportswear.app
diff --git a/app/helpers.php b/app/helpers.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12db958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+if (!function_exists('minio_url')) {
+    /**
+     * Generate MinIO URL for a file
+     *
+     * @param string $path File path relative to bucket
+     * @return string Full MinIO URL
+     */
+    function minio_url($path)
+    {
+        $bucket = env('MINIO_BUCKET', 'crewsportswear');
+        $baseUrl = env('MINIO_URL', 'https://minio.crewsportswear.app');
+        
+        // Remove leading slash if present
+        $path = ltrim($path, '/');
+        
+        return $baseUrl . '/' . $bucket . '/' . $path;
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('minio_image_url')) {
+    /**
+     * Generate MinIO URL for an image in uploads/images/
+     *
+     * @param string $filename Image filename
+     * @return string Full MinIO URL
+     */
+    function minio_image_url($filename)
+    {
+        return minio_url('uploads/images/' . $filename);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f3fff5b..0faf394 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "~5.0",
         "google/recaptcha": "~1.1",
         "spatie/laravel-analytics": "^1.4",
-        "league/flysystem-sftp": "^1.0"
+        "league/flysystem-sftp": "^1.0",
+        "aws/aws-sdk-php": "~3.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.0",
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@
         ],
         "psr-4": {
             "App\\": "app/"
-        }
+        },
+        "files": [
+            "app/helpers.php"
+        ]
     },
     "autoload-dev": {
         "classmap": [
diff --git a/config/filesystems.php b/config/filesystems.php
index 3e7e6cf..e01d24a 100644
--- a/config/filesystems.php
+++ b/config/filesystems.php
@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ return [
 			'driver' => 'local',
 			'root'   => '/var/www/html/uploads/images',
 		],
+
+		'minio' => [
+			'driver' => 's3',
+			'key'    => env('MINIO_KEY'),
+			'secret' => env('MINIO_SECRET'),
+			'region' => env('MINIO_REGION', 'us-east-1'),
+			'bucket' => env('MINIO_BUCKET', 'crewsportswear'),
+			'endpoint' => env('MINIO_ENDPOINT'),
+			'use_path_style_endpoint' => env('MINIO_USE_PATH_STYLE', true),
+			'url' => env('MINIO_URL', 'https://minio.crewsportswear.app'),
+		],
+
 	],
 
-];
+];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.local.yml b/docker-compose.local.yml
index 3f37cf0..d582ece 100644
--- a/docker-compose.local.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.local.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ services:
       - ANALYTICS_SITE_ID=
       - ANALYTICS_CLIENT_ID=
       - ANALYTICS_SERVICE_EMAIL=
+      # MinIO S3 Storage (connect to production MinIO for testing)
+      - MINIO_ENDPOINT=https://minio.crewsportswear.app
+      - MINIO_KEY=${MINIO_KEY:-minioadmin}
+      - MINIO_SECRET=${MINIO_SECRET:-minioadmin}
+      - MINIO_BUCKET=crewsportswear
+      - MINIO_REGION=us-east-1
+      - MINIO_USE_PATH_STYLE=false
+      - MINIO_URL=https://minio.crewsportswear.app
     volumes:
       - ./:/var/www/html
       - ./storage:/var/www/html/storage