diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1797d20194..8e2031ed85 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ gem 'rake'
 gem 'byebug'
 
 gem 'sqlite3'
+gem 'httparty'
 
 gem 'aws-sdk', require: false
 gem 'google-cloud-storage', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c4f3d9fd89..797996cdc3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.11)
       os (~> 0.9)
       signet (~> 0.7)
+    httparty (0.15.5)
+      multi_xml (>= 0.5.2)
     httpclient (2.8.3)
     i18n (0.8.4)
     jmespath (1.3.1)
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ GEM
     mini_portile2 (2.1.0)
     minitest (5.10.2)
     multi_json (1.12.1)
+    multi_xml (0.6.0)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
     nokogiri (1.7.2)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.1.0)
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   bundler (~> 1.15)
   byebug
   google-cloud-storage
+  httparty
   rake
   sqlite3
 
diff --git a/lib/active_storage/blob.rb b/lib/active_storage/blob.rb
index 26c116712b..3336c4ebc3 100644
--- a/lib/active_storage/blob.rb
+++ b/lib/active_storage/blob.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ class ActiveStorage::Blob < ActiveRecord::Base
     def create_after_upload!(io:, filename:, content_type: nil, metadata: nil)
       build_after_upload(io: io, filename: filename, content_type: content_type, metadata: metadata).tap(&:save!)
     end
+
+    def create_before_direct_upload!(filename:, byte_size:, checksum:, content_type: nil, metadata: nil)
+      create! filename: filename, byte_size: byte_size, checksum: checksum, content_type: content_type, metadata: metadata
+    end
   end
 
   # We can't wait until the record is first saved to have a key for it
@@ -40,6 +44,10 @@ class ActiveStorage::Blob < ActiveRecord::Base
     service.url key, expires_in: expires_in, disposition: disposition, filename: filename
   end
 
+  def url_for_direct_upload(expires_in: 5.minutes)
+    service.url_for_direct_upload key, expires_in: expires_in, content_type: content_type, content_length: byte_size
+  end
+
 
   def upload(io)
     self.checksum  = compute_checksum_in_chunks(io)
diff --git a/lib/active_storage/direct_uploads_controller.rb b/lib/active_storage/direct_uploads_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99ff27f903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/active_storage/direct_uploads_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require "action_controller"
+require "active_storage/blob"
+
+class ActiveStorage::DirectUploadsController < ActionController::Base
+  def create
+    blob = ActiveStorage::Blob.create_before_direct_upload!(blob_args)
+    render json: { url: blob.url_for_direct_upload, sgid: blob.to_sgid.to_param }
+  end
+
+  private
+    def blob_args
+      params.require(:blob).permit(:filename, :byte_size, :checksum, :content_type, :metadata).to_h.symbolize_keys
+    end
+end
diff --git a/lib/active_storage/engine.rb b/lib/active_storage/engine.rb
index adcf42ee58..c251f522c6 100644
--- a/lib/active_storage/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/active_storage/engine.rb
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ module ActiveStorage
 
     initializer "active_storage.routes" do
       require "active_storage/disk_controller"
+      require "active_storage/direct_uploads_controller"
 
       config.after_initialize do |app|
         app.routes.prepend do
-          get "/rails/blobs/:encoded_key/*filename" => "active_storage/disk#show", as: :rails_disk_blob
+          eval(File.read(File.expand_path("../routes.rb", __FILE__)))
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/active_storage/routes.rb b/lib/active_storage/routes.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..748427a776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/active_storage/routes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+get  "/rails/active_storage/disk/:encoded_key/*filename" => "active_storage/disk#show", as: :rails_disk_blob
+post "/rails/active_storage/direct_uploads" => "active_storage/direct_uploads#create", as: :rails_direct_uploads
diff --git a/lib/active_storage/service.rb b/lib/active_storage/service.rb
index f50849b694..d0d4362006 100644
--- a/lib/active_storage/service.rb
+++ b/lib/active_storage/service.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ class ActiveStorage::Service
     raise NotImplementedError
   end
 
+  def url_for_direct_upload(key, expires_in:, content_type:, content_length:)
+    raise NotImplementedError
+  end
+
   private
     def instrument(operation, key, payload = {}, &block)
       ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument(
diff --git a/lib/active_storage/service/disk_service.rb b/lib/active_storage/service/disk_service.rb
index e2d9191189..87fc06c799 100644
--- a/lib/active_storage/service/disk_service.rb
+++ b/lib/active_storage/service/disk_service.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ActiveStorage::Service::DiskService < ActiveStorage::Service
         if defined?(Rails) && defined?(Rails.application)
           Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.rails_disk_blob_path(verified_key_with_expiration, disposition: disposition, filename: filename)
         else
-          "/rails/blobs/#{verified_key_with_expiration}/#{filename}?disposition=#{disposition}"
+          "/rails/active_storage/disk/#{verified_key_with_expiration}/#{filename}?disposition=#{disposition}"
         end
 
       payload[:url] = generated_url
diff --git a/lib/active_storage/service/s3_service.rb b/lib/active_storage/service/s3_service.rb
index 53890751ee..c3b6688bb9 100644
--- a/lib/active_storage/service/s3_service.rb
+++ b/lib/active_storage/service/s3_service.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ class ActiveStorage::Service::S3Service < ActiveStorage::Service
     end
   end
 
+  def url_for_direct_upload(key, expires_in:, content_type:, content_length:)
+    instrument :url, key do |payload|
+      generated_url = object_for(key).presigned_url :put, expires_in: expires_in,
+        content_type: content_type, content_length: content_length
+      
+      payload[:url] = generated_url
+      
+      generated_url
+    end
+  end
+
   private
     def object_for(key)
       bucket.object(key)
diff --git a/test/blob_test.rb b/test/blob_test.rb
index ac9ca37487..60cf5426a8 100644
--- a/test/blob_test.rb
+++ b/test/blob_test.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ class ActiveStorage::BlobTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
   private
     def expected_url_for(blob, disposition: :inline)
-      "/rails/blobs/#{ActiveStorage::VerifiedKeyWithExpiration.encode(blob.key, expires_in: 5.minutes)}/#{blob.filename}?disposition=#{disposition}"
+      "/rails/active_storage/disk/#{ActiveStorage::VerifiedKeyWithExpiration.encode(blob.key, expires_in: 5.minutes)}/#{blob.filename}?disposition=#{disposition}"
     end
 end
diff --git a/test/direct_uploads_controller_test.rb b/test/direct_uploads_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bed985148e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/direct_uploads_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+require "test_helper"
+require "database/setup"
+
+require "action_controller"
+require "action_controller/test_case"
+
+require "active_storage/direct_uploads_controller"
+
+if SERVICE_CONFIGURATIONS[:s3]
+  class ActiveStorage::DirectUploadsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
+    setup do
+      @blob = create_blob
+      @routes = Routes
+      @controller = ActiveStorage::DirectUploadsController.new
+
+      @old_service = ActiveStorage::Blob.service
+      ActiveStorage::Blob.service = ActiveStorage::Service.configure(:s3, SERVICE_CONFIGURATIONS)
+    end
+
+    teardown do
+      ActiveStorage::Blob.service = @old_service
+    end
+
+    test "creating new direct upload" do
+      post :create, params: { blob: {
+          filename: "hello.txt", byte_size: 6, checksum: Digest::MD5.base64digest("Hello"), content_type: "text/plain" } }
+
+      details = JSON.parse(@response.body)
+
+      assert_match /rails-activestorage\.s3.amazonaws\.com/, details["url"]
+      assert_equal "hello.txt", GlobalID::Locator.locate_signed(details["sgid"]).filename.to_s
+    end
+  end
+else
+  puts "Skipping Direct Upload tests because no S3 configuration was supplied"
+end
diff --git a/test/disk_controller_test.rb b/test/disk_controller_test.rb
index 119ee5828f..834ad1bfd9 100644
--- a/test/disk_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/disk_controller_test.rb
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 require "test_helper"
 require "database/setup"
 
-require "action_controller"
-require "action_controller/test_case"
-
 require "active_storage/disk_controller"
 require "active_storage/verified_key_with_expiration"
 
 class ActiveStorage::DiskControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
-  Routes = ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet.new.tap do |routes|
-    routes.draw do
-      get "/rails/blobs/:encoded_key/*filename" => "active_storage/disk#show", as: :rails_disk_blob
-    end
-  end
-
   setup do
     @blob = create_blob
     @routes = Routes
diff --git a/test/service/disk_service_test.rb b/test/service/disk_service_test.rb
index c5404f55e6..565acbf516 100644
--- a/test/service/disk_service_test.rb
+++ b/test/service/disk_service_test.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class ActiveStorage::Service::DiskServiceTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   include ActiveStorage::Service::SharedServiceTests
 
   test "url generation" do
-    assert_match /rails\/blobs\/.*\/avatar\.png\?disposition=inline/,
+    assert_match /rails\/active_storage\/disk\/.*\/avatar\.png\?disposition=inline/,
       @service.url(FIXTURE_KEY, expires_in: 5.minutes, disposition: :inline, filename: "avatar.png")    
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/service/s3_service_test.rb b/test/service/s3_service_test.rb
index 3e1838e393..167aa78a17 100644
--- a/test/service/s3_service_test.rb
+++ b/test/service/s3_service_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 require "service/shared_service_tests"
+require "httparty"
+require "uri"
 
 if SERVICE_CONFIGURATIONS[:s3]
   class ActiveStorage::Service::S3ServiceTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
@@ -6,6 +8,35 @@ if SERVICE_CONFIGURATIONS[:s3]
 
     include ActiveStorage::Service::SharedServiceTests
 
+    test "direct upload" do
+      # FIXME: This test is failing because of a mismatched request signature, but it works in the browser.
+      skip
+
+      begin
+        key  = SecureRandom.base58(24)
+        data = "Something else entirely!"
+        direct_upload_url = @service.url_for_direct_upload(key, expires_in: 5.minutes, content_type: "text/plain", content_length: data.size)
+        
+        url   = URI.parse(direct_upload_url).to_s.split("?").first
+        query = CGI::parse(URI.parse(direct_upload_url).query).collect { |(k, v)| [ k, v.first ] }.to_h
+
+        HTTParty.post(
+          url,
+          query: query,
+          body: data,
+          headers: {
+            "Content-Type": "text/plain",
+            "Origin": "http://localhost:3000"
+          },
+          debug_output: STDOUT
+        )
+        
+        assert_equal data, @service.download(key)
+      ensure
+        @service.delete key
+      end
+    end
+    
     test "signed URL generation" do
       assert_match /rails-activestorage\.s3\.amazonaws\.com.*response-content-disposition=inline.*avatar\.png/,
         @service.url(FIXTURE_KEY, expires_in: 5.minutes, disposition: :inline, filename: "avatar.png")    
diff --git a/test/service/shared_service_tests.rb b/test/service/shared_service_tests.rb
index e799c24c35..ad6a9dea7f 100644
--- a/test/service/shared_service_tests.rb
+++ b/test/service/shared_service_tests.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 require "test_helper"
 require "active_support/core_ext/securerandom"
-require "yaml"
-
-SERVICE_CONFIGURATIONS = begin
-  YAML.load_file(File.expand_path("../configurations.yml", __FILE__)).deep_symbolize_keys
-rescue Errno::ENOENT
-  puts "Missing service configuration file in test/service/configurations.yml"
-  {}
-end
 
 module ActiveStorage::Service::SharedServiceTests
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index b67296a659..ca1e0cad7e 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ require "active_support/testing/autorun"
 require "byebug"
 
 require "active_storage"
+
+require "active_storage/service"
+require "yaml"
+SERVICE_CONFIGURATIONS = begin
+  YAML.load_file(File.expand_path("../service/configurations.yml", __FILE__)).deep_symbolize_keys
+rescue Errno::ENOENT
+  puts "Missing service configuration file in test/service/configurations.yml"
+  {}
+end
+
+
 require "active_storage/service/disk_service"
 ActiveStorage::Blob.service = ActiveStorage::Service::DiskService.new(root: File.join(Dir.tmpdir, "active_storage"))
 ActiveStorage::Service.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT)
@@ -19,6 +30,16 @@ class ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
 end
 
+require "action_controller"
+require "action_controller/test_case"
+
+class ActionController::TestCase
+  Routes = ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet.new.tap do |routes|
+    routes.draw do
+      eval(File.read(File.expand_path("../../lib/active_storage/routes.rb", __FILE__)))
+    end
+  end
+end
 
 require "active_storage/attached"
 ActiveRecord::Base.send :extend, ActiveStorage::Attached::Macros
@@ -26,3 +47,4 @@ ActiveRecord::Base.send :extend, ActiveStorage::Attached::Macros
 require "global_id"
 GlobalID.app = "ActiveStorageExampleApp"
 ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, GlobalID::Identification
+SignedGlobalID.verifier = ActiveStorage::VerifiedKeyWithExpiration.verifier
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