diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 4f4ef23..b4d0dec 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ export class Smarts3 {
     }
   }
 
+  public async createBucket(bucketNameArg: string) {
+    const smartbucketInstance = new plugins.smartbucket.SmartBucket(await this.getS3Descriptor());
+    const bucket = await smartbucketInstance.createBucket(bucketNameArg);
+    return bucket;
+  }
+
   public async stop() {
     await this.s3Instance.close();
   }