diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/events/S3Event.java b/aws-lambda-java-events/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/events/S3Event.java
index 4ceeb5dd..c1a83ee0 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/events/S3Event.java
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/events/S3Event.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.event.S3EventNotification;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -15,6 +16,14 @@ public class S3Event extends S3EventNotification implements Serializable, Clonea
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -8094860465750962044L;
 
+    /**
+     * default constructor
+     * (Not available in v1)
+     */
+    public S3Event() {
+        super(new ArrayList<S3EventNotificationRecord>());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a new instance of S3Event
      * @param records A list of S3 event notification records