diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index e08aa61..c33d4cc 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { AWSSignerV4 } from "../deps.ts";
-import type { CreateBucketOptions } from "./types.ts";
+import type {
+  CreateBucketOptions,
+  HeadBucketOptions,
+  HeadBucketResponse,
+} from "./types.ts";
 import { S3Error } from "./error.ts";
 import { S3Bucket } from "./bucket.ts";
 import { doRequest, encoder } from "./request.ts";
@@ -28,6 +32,37 @@ export class S3 {
     this.#config = { ...config };
   }
 
+  async headBucket(
+    bucket: string,
+    options?: HeadBucketOptions,
+  ): Promise<HeadBucketResponse> {
+    const headers: Params = {};
+
+    if (options?.expectedBucketOwner) {
+      headers["x-amz-expected-bucket-owner "] = options.expectedBucketOwner;
+    }
+
+    const resp = await doRequest({
+      host: this.#host,
+      signer: this.#signer,
+      path: bucket,
+      method: "HEAD",
+      headers,
+    });
+
+    if (resp.status !== 200) {
+      throw new S3Error(
+        `Failed to get bucket "${bucket}": ${resp.status} ${resp.statusText}`,
+        await resp.text(),
+      );
+    }
+
+    return {
+      bucketRegion: resp.headers.get("x-amz-bucket-region") ?? undefined,
+      accessPointAlias: resp.headers.get("x-amz-access-point-alias") === "true",
+    };
+  }
+
   async createBucket(
     bucket: string,
     options?: CreateBucketOptions,
diff --git a/src/client_test.ts b/src/client_test.ts
index 3fbf76d..0f0fcb5 100644
--- a/src/client_test.ts
+++ b/src/client_test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,29 @@ const s3 = new S3({
   endpointURL: Deno.env.get("S3_ENDPOINT_URL"),
 });
 
+Deno.test({
+  name: "[client] should get a bucket",
+  async fn() {
+    const resp = await s3.headBucket("test");
+    assertEquals(resp, {
+      bucketRegion: undefined,
+      accessPointAlias: false,
+    });
+  },
+});
+
+Deno.test({
+  name:
+    "[client] should throw when getting a bucket if the bucket does not exist",
+  async fn() {
+    await assertThrowsAsync(
+      () => s3.headBucket("not-existing-bucket"),
+      S3Error,
+      'Failed to get bucket "not-existing-bucket": 404 Not Found',
+    );
+  },
+});
+
 Deno.test({
   name: "[client] should create a new bucket",
   async fn() {
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index babb30b..fb19ea8 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -537,6 +537,15 @@ export interface DeleteObjectResponse {
   deleteMarker: boolean;
 }
 
+export interface HeadBucketOptions {
+  expectedBucketOwner?: string;
+}
+
+export interface HeadBucketResponse {
+  bucketRegion?: string;
+  accessPointAlias: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface CreateBucketOptions {
   /** The canned ACL to apply to the bucket */
   acl?: