diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/src/env.ts b/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/src/env.ts
index 3d85a197b7add..6bee25489a2bc 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/src/env.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/src/env.ts
@@ -1613,6 +1613,16 @@ const variables: Record<string, (...args: any) => any> = {
     ]
   ),
 
+   duckdbS3UseCredentialChain: ({
+      dataSource
+    }: {
+      dataSource: string,
+    }) => (
+      process.env[
+        keyByDataSource('CUBEJS_DB_DUCKDB_S3_USE_CREDENTIAL_CHAIN', dataSource)
+      ]
+    ),
+
   /**
    * Presto catalog.
    */
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/src/DuckDBDriver.ts b/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/src/DuckDBDriver.ts
index 9eeba91b27ac1..4e392337ff222 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/src/DuckDBDriver.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/src/DuckDBDriver.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export type DuckDBDriverConfiguration = {
   dataSource?: string,
   initSql?: string,
   schema?: string,
+  duckdbS3UseCredentialChain?: boolean,
 };
 
 type InitPromise = {
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ export class DuckDBDriver extends BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
         value: getEnv('duckdbS3SessionToken', this.config),
       }
     ];
-    
+
     for (const { key, value } of configuration) {
       if (value) {
         try {
@@ -159,6 +160,17 @@ export class DuckDBDriver extends BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
         }
       }
     }
+    const useCredentialChain = getEnv('duckdbS3UseCredentialChain', this.config);
+    if (useCredentialChain === 'true' || useCredentialChain === true) {
+      try {
+        await execAsync('CREATE SECRET (TYPE S3, PROVIDER \'CREDENTIAL_CHAIN\')');
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (this.logger) {
+          console.error('DuckDB - error on creating S3 credential chain secret', { e });
+        }
+        throw e;
+      }
+    }
 
     if (this.config.initSql) {
       try {
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/test/DuckDBDriver.test.ts b/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/test/DuckDBDriver.test.ts
index b31bfc17af272..17f8244b7b049 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/test/DuckDBDriver.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/test/DuckDBDriver.test.ts
@@ -73,4 +73,23 @@ describe('DuckDBDriver', () => {
       { id: '3', created: '2020-03-03T03:03:03.333Z', created_date: '2020-03-03T00:00:00.000Z', price: '300' }
     ]);
   });
+
+  test('should execute CREATE SECRET when duckdbS3UseCredentialChain is set', async () => {
+    process.env.duckdbS3UseCredentialChain = 'true';
+
+    // Create a new driver instance to pick up the environment variable
+    const driverWithCredentialChain = new DuckDBDriver({});
+
+    // Mock the execAsync method to spy on it
+    const execAsyncSpy = jest.spyOn((driverWithCredentialChain as any), 'execAsync');
+
+    await driverWithCredentialChain.testConnection();
+
+    expect(execAsyncSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`CREATE SECRET (TYPE S3, PROVIDER 'CREDENTIAL_CHAIN')`);
+
+    // Clean up
+    delete process.env.duckdbS3UseCredentialChain;
+    execAsyncSpy.mockRestore();
+    await driverWithCredentialChain.release();
+  });
 });