diff --git a/tests/streaming/test_downloader.py b/tests/streaming/test_downloader.py
index 7c79afe5..7a835a5f 100644
--- a/tests/streaming/test_downloader.py
+++ b/tests/streaming/test_downloader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from unittest import mock
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 from litdata.streaming.downloader import (
     AzureDownloader,
@@ -21,6 +21,62 @@ def test_s3_downloader_fast(tmpdir, monkeypatch):
     popen_mock.wait.assert_called()
 
 
+@patch("os.system")
+@patch("subprocess.Popen")
+def test_s3_downloader_with_s5cmd_no_storage_options(popen_mock, system_mock, tmpdir):
+    system_mock.return_value = 0  # Simulates s5cmd being available
+    process_mock = MagicMock()
+    popen_mock.return_value = process_mock
+
+    # Initialize the S3Downloader without storage options
+    downloader = S3Downloader("s3://test_bucket", str(tmpdir), [])
+
+    # Action: Call the download_file method
+    remote_filepath = "s3://test_bucket/sample_file.txt"
+    local_filepath = os.path.join(tmpdir, "sample_file.txt")
+    downloader.download_file(remote_filepath, local_filepath)
+
+    # Assertion: Verify subprocess.Popen was called with correct arguments and no env variables
+    popen_mock.assert_called_once_with(  # noqa: S604
+        f"s5cmd cp {remote_filepath} {local_filepath}",
+        shell=True,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        env=None,
+    )
+    process_mock.wait.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@patch("os.system")
+@patch("subprocess.Popen")
+def test_s3_downloader_with_s5cmd_with_storage_options(popen_mock, system_mock, tmpdir):
+    system_mock.return_value = 0  # Simulates s5cmd being available
+    process_mock = MagicMock()
+    popen_mock.return_value = process_mock
+
+    storage_options = {"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "dummy_key", "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "dummy_secret"}
+
+    # Initialize the S3Downloader with storage options
+    downloader = S3Downloader("s3://test_bucket", str(tmpdir), [], storage_options)
+
+    # Action: Call the download_file method
+    remote_filepath = "s3://test_bucket/sample_file.txt"
+    local_filepath = os.path.join(tmpdir, "sample_file.txt")
+    downloader.download_file(remote_filepath, local_filepath)
+
+    # Create expected environment variables by merging the current env with storage_options
+    expected_env = os.environ.copy()
+    expected_env.update(storage_options)
+
+    # Assertion: Verify subprocess.Popen was called with the correct arguments and environment variables
+    popen_mock.assert_called_once_with(  # noqa: S604
+        f"s5cmd cp {remote_filepath} {local_filepath}",
+        shell=True,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        env=expected_env,
+    )
+    process_mock.wait.assert_called_once()
+
+
 @mock.patch("litdata.streaming.downloader._GOOGLE_STORAGE_AVAILABLE", True)
 def test_gcp_downloader(tmpdir, monkeypatch, google_mock):
     # Create mock objects