diff --git a/lib/events/dynamoevents/dynamoevents.go b/lib/events/dynamoevents/dynamoevents.go
index 992c0b6118016..d17c8895709ac 100644
--- a/lib/events/dynamoevents/dynamoevents.go
+++ b/lib/events/dynamoevents/dynamoevents.go
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// CredentialsProvider if supplied is used to override the credentials source.
 	CredentialsProvider aws.CredentialsProvider
+
+	// Insecure is an optional switch to opt out of https connections
+	Insecure bool
 }
 
 // SetFromURL sets values on the Config from the supplied URI
@@ -205,6 +208,8 @@ func (cfg *Config) CheckAndSetDefaults() error {
 		cfg.UIDGenerator = utils.NewRealUID()
 	}
 
+	cfg.Endpoint = endpoint.CreateURI(cfg.Endpoint, cfg.Insecure)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/events/dynamoevents/dynamoevents_test.go b/lib/events/dynamoevents/dynamoevents_test.go
index c8aabdf39c497..8d8c2b5050da9 100644
--- a/lib/events/dynamoevents/dynamoevents_test.go
+++ b/lib/events/dynamoevents/dynamoevents_test.go
@@ -640,10 +640,14 @@ func TestEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Cleanup(server.Close)
 
 			b, err := New(context.Background(), Config{
-				Region:          "us-west-1",
-				Tablename:       "teleport-test",
-				UIDGenerator:    utils.NewFakeUID(),
-				Endpoint:        server.URL,
+				Region:       "us-west-1",
+				Tablename:    "teleport-test",
+				UIDGenerator: utils.NewFakeUID(),
+				// The prefix is intentionally removed to validate that a scheme
+				// is applied automatically. This validates backwards compatible behavior
+				// with existing configurations and the behavior change from aws-sdk-go to aws-sdk-go-v2.
+				Endpoint:        strings.TrimPrefix(server.URL, "http://"),
+				Insecure:        true,
 				UseFIPSEndpoint: fips,
 				CredentialsProvider: aws.CredentialsProviderFunc(func(ctx context.Context) (aws.Credentials, error) {
 					return aws.Credentials{}, nil
diff --git a/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler.go b/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler.go
index e29056806a484..97605db6dfbad 100644
--- a/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler.go
+++ b/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler.go
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ func (s *Config) CheckAndSetDefaults() error {
 		return trace.BadParameter("missing parameter Bucket")
 	}
 
+	s.Endpoint = endpoint.CreateURI(s.Endpoint, s.Insecure)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler_config_test.go b/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler_config_test.go
index 3689f35229f43..d6af6a6df109b 100644
--- a/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler_config_test.go
+++ b/lib/events/s3sessions/s3handler_config_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -190,10 +191,13 @@ func TestEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Cleanup(server.Close)
 
 			handler, err := NewHandler(context.Background(), Config{
-				Region:          "us-west-1",
-				Path:            "/test/",
-				Bucket:          "teleport-unit-tests",
-				Endpoint:        server.URL,
+				Region: "us-west-1",
+				Path:   "/test/",
+				Bucket: "teleport-unit-tests",
+				// The prefix is intentionally removed to validate that a scheme
+				// is applied automatically. This validates backwards compatible behavior
+				// with existing configurations and the behavior change from aws-sdk-go to aws-sdk-go-v2.
+				Endpoint:        strings.TrimPrefix(server.URL, "http://"),
 				UseFIPSEndpoint: fips,
 				Insecure:        true,
 				CredentialsProvider: aws.CredentialsProviderFunc(func(ctx context.Context) (aws.Credentials, error) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/aws/endpoint/endpoint.go b/lib/utils/aws/endpoint/endpoint.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..22fddea4e5bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/aws/endpoint/endpoint.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Teleport
+// Copyright (C) 2024 Gravitational, Inc.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package endpoint
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+var schemeRegex = regexp.MustCompile("^([^:]+)://")
+
+// CreateURI ensures that the provided endpoint is a valid
+// URI and contains a scheme. This is primarily to preserve
+// backward compatible behavior when changing between
+// aws-sdk-go and aws-sdk-go/v2. The legacy sdk automatically
+// applied the scheme to custom endpoints, while the new sdk
+// does not, and will return an error if the URI is invalid.
+// To allow existing configurations to continue to work with
+// a custom service endpoint, this performs applies the same
+// behavior that the legacy sdk did.
+func CreateURI(endpoint string, insecure bool) string {
+	if !schemeRegex.MatchString(endpoint) {
+		scheme := "https"
+		if insecure {
+			scheme = "http"
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s", scheme, endpoint)
+	}
+
+	return endpoint
+}
diff --git a/lib/utils/aws/endpoint/endpoint_test.go b/lib/utils/aws/endpoint/endpoint_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1b5b89236a682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/aws/endpoint/endpoint_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Teleport
+// Copyright (C) 2024 Gravitational, Inc.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package endpoint_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/utils/aws/endpoint"
+)
+
+func TestCreateURI(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		endpoint string
+		insecure bool
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "valid endpoint",
+			endpoint: "https://test.example.com",
+			expected: "https://test.example.com",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "invalid insecure endpoint",
+			endpoint: "test.example.com",
+			insecure: true,
+			expected: "http://test.example.com",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "invalid secure endpoint",
+			endpoint: "test.example.com",
+			expected: "https://test.example.com",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			out := endpoint.CreateURI(test.endpoint, test.insecure)
+			require.Equal(t, test.expected, out)
+		})
+	}
+}