diff --git a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.js b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.js
index bcdc94c4..c5f56760 100644
--- a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.js
+++ b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.js
@@ -588,6 +588,25 @@ function getS3ObjectPermissions(action, state) {
   const prefix = state.Parameters.Prefix;
   let arn;
 
+  if (action === 's3:listObjectsV2') {
+    return [
+      {
+        action: 's3:Get*',
+        resource: [
+          `arn:aws:s3:::${bucket}`,
+          `arn:aws:s3:::${bucket}/*`,
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        action: 's3:List*',
+        resource: [
+          `arn:aws:s3:::${bucket}`,
+          `arn:aws:s3:::${bucket}/*`,
+        ],
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+
   if (prefix) {
     arn = `arn:aws:s3:::${bucket}/${prefix}/${key}`;
   } else if (bucket === '*' && key === '*') {
@@ -737,6 +756,9 @@ function getIamPermissions(taskStates) {
       case 'arn:aws:states:::s3:putObject':
       case 'arn:aws:states:::aws-sdk:s3:putObject':
         return getS3ObjectPermissions('s3:PutObject', state);
+      case 'arn:aws:states:::s3:listObjectsV2':
+      case 'arn:aws:states:::aws-sdk:s3:listObjectsV2':
+        return getS3ObjectPermissions('s3:listObjectsV2', state);
 
       default:
         if (isIntrinsic(state.Resource) || !!state.Resource.match(/arn:aws(-[a-z]+)*:lambda/)) {
diff --git a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.test.js b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.test.js
index 16eb6449..ab17a4a7 100644
--- a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.test.js
+++ b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.test.js
@@ -3804,4 +3804,57 @@ describe('#compileIamRole', () => {
       .PermissionsBoundary;
     expect(boundary).to.equal('arn:aws:iam::myAccount:policy/permission_boundary');
   });
+
+
+  it('should handle permissions listObjectsV2', () => {
+    const myBucket = 'myBucket';
+    serverless.service.stepFunctions = {
+      stateMachines: {
+        myStateMachine1: {
+          id: 'StateMachine1',
+          definition: {
+            StartAt: 'A',
+            States: {
+              A: {
+                Type: 'Map',
+                ItemProcessor: {
+                  ProcessorConfig: {
+                    Mode: 'DISTRIBUTED',
+                  },
+                },
+                StartAt: 'B',
+                States: {
+                  B: {
+                    Type: 'Task',
+                    Resource: 'arn:aws:lambda:#{AWS::Region}:#{AWS::AccountId}:function:hello',
+                    End: true,
+                  },
+                },
+                ItemReader: {
+                  Resource: 'arn:aws:states:::s3:listObjectsV2',
+                  Parameters: {
+                    Bucket: myBucket,
+                    Prefix: 'hello',
+                  },
+                },
+                End: true,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    serverlessStepFunctions.compileIamRole();
+    const statements = serverlessStepFunctions.serverless.service.provider
+      .compiledCloudFormationTemplate.Resources.StateMachine1Role.Properties.Policies[0]
+      .PolicyDocument.Statement;
+
+    expect(statements).to.have.lengthOf(4);
+    expect(statements[3].Effect).to.equal('Allow');
+    expect(statements[3].Action[0]).to.equal('s3:Get*');
+    expect(statements[3].Action[1]).to.equal('s3:List*');
+    expect(statements[3].Resource[0]).to.equal(`arn:aws:s3:::${myBucket}`);
+    expect(statements[3].Resource[1]).to.equal(`arn:aws:s3:::${myBucket}/*`);
+  });
 });