diff --git a/kedro/io/csv_s3.py b/kedro/io/csv_s3.py
index cba4730606..aadcb6b077 100644
--- a/kedro/io/csv_s3.py
+++ b/kedro/io/csv_s3.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def _load(self) -> pd.DataFrame:
         with self._s3.open(
             "{}/{}".format(self._bucket_name, load_key), mode="rb"
         ) as s3_file:
-            return pd.read_csv(s3_file)
+            return pd.read_csv(s3_file, **self._load_args)
 
     def _save(self, data: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
         save_key = self._get_save_path(
diff --git a/tests/io/test_csv_s3.py b/tests/io/test_csv_s3.py
index 123df0f031..95de65a24a 100644
--- a/tests/io/test_csv_s3.py
+++ b/tests/io/test_csv_s3.py
@@ -224,6 +224,14 @@ def test_str_representation(self, s3_data_set, save_args):
     def test_serializable(self, s3_data_set):
         ForkingPickler.dumps(s3_data_set)
 
+    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def test_load_args_propagated(self, mocker, mocked_s3_object):
+        mock = mocker.patch("kedro.io.csv_s3.pd.read_csv")
+        CSVS3DataSet(
+            FILENAME, BUCKET_NAME, AWS_CREDENTIALS, load_args=dict(custom=42)
+        ).load()
+        assert mock.call_args_list[0][1] == {"custom": 42}
+
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("mocked_s3_bucket")
 class TestCSVS3DataSetVersioned: