diff --git a/minio/helpers.py b/minio/helpers.py
index b955d8790..c57515314 100644
--- a/minio/helpers.py
+++ b/minio/helpers.py
@@ -512,9 +512,9 @@ def virtual_style_flag(self, flag):
         """Check to use virtual style or not."""
         self._virtual_style_flag = flag
 
-    def build(
-            self, method, region,
-            bucket_name=None, object_name=None, query_params=None,
+    def build(  # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
+        self, method, region,
+        bucket_name=None, object_name=None, query_params=None, path=None
     ):
         """Build URL for given information."""
 
@@ -523,6 +523,11 @@ def build(
                 f"empty bucket name for object name {object_name}",
             )
 
+        if path and bucket_name:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "path and bucket name can't be set at the same time"
+            )
+
         query = []
         for key, values in sorted((query_params or {}).items()):
             values = values if isinstance(values, (list, tuple)) else [values]
@@ -535,6 +540,8 @@ def build(
 
         if not bucket_name:
             url = url_replace(url, path="/")
+            if path:
+                url = url_replace(url, path=path)
             return (
                 url_replace(url, netloc="s3." + region + "." + host)
                 if self._is_aws_host else url
diff --git a/tests/unit/minio_test.py b/tests/unit/minio_test.py
index 38d9312a2..7268c0af2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/minio_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/minio_test.py
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ def test_url_build(self):
             ),
             'http://localhost:9000/bucket-name/path/to/objectName/',
         )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            urlunsplit(
+                url.build("GET", 'us-east-1', path='some/method/path'),
+            ),
+            'http://localhost:9000/some/method/path',
+        )
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, url.build, "GET", 'us-east-1',
+                          bucket_name='bucket-name', path='some/method/path')
 
         # S3 urls.
         url = BaseURL('https://s3.amazonaws.com', None)
@@ -106,6 +114,12 @@ def test_url_build(self):
             "https://bucket-name.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
             "/objectName?versionId=uuid",
         )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            urlunsplit(
+                url.build("GET", 'us-east-1', path='some/method/path'),
+            ),
+            'https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/some/method/path',
+        )
 
     def test_minio_requires_string(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, Minio, 10)