diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 215b236a..5424a2f1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ development source code and as such may not be routinely kept up to date.
 
 # __NEXT__
 
+## Improvements
+
+* Snakemake's storage support downloaded files (stored in `.snakemake/storage/`)
+  are now downloaded from AWS Batch builds by default.
+
+  The runtime image used must be at least `nextstrain/base:build-20250721T201347Z`
+  for these Snakemake storage files to be available for download from the AWS
+  Batch job.
+  ([#460](https://github.com/nextstrain/cli/pull/460))
 
 # 10.2.1.post1 (1 July 2025)
 
diff --git a/doc/changes.md b/doc/changes.md
index 9ba2d8ad..74d99443 100644
--- a/doc/changes.md
+++ b/doc/changes.md
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ development source code and as such may not be routinely kept up to date.
 (v-next)=
 ## __NEXT__
 
+(v-next-improvements)=
+### Improvements
+
+* Snakemake's storage support downloaded files (stored in `.snakemake/storage/`)
+  are now downloaded from AWS Batch builds by default.
+
+  The runtime image used must be at least `nextstrain/base:build-20250721T201347Z`
+  for these Snakemake storage files to be available for download from the AWS
+  Batch job.
+  ([#460](https://github.com/nextstrain/cli/pull/460))
 
 (v10-2-1-post1)=
 ## 10.2.1.post1 (1 July 2025)
diff --git a/nextstrain/cli/command/build.py b/nextstrain/cli/command/build.py
index 5e15b178..0aa35d7a 100644
--- a/nextstrain/cli/command/build.py
+++ b/nextstrain/cli/command/build.py
@@ -297,6 +297,14 @@ def run(opts):
                     based on its --memory option.  This may or may not be what you expect.
                     """ % (snakemake_opts["--resources"][0],)))
 
+        if opts.__runner__ is runner.aws_batch and snakemake_opts["--local-storage-prefix"]:
+            warn(dedent("""
+                Warning: The explicit %s option passed to Snakemake overrides the
+                default prefix (.snakemake/storage/) expected for the AWS Batch
+                runtime. This may prevent you from downloading the storage files
+                that were downloaded during the remote build.
+                """ % (snakemake_opts["--local-storage-prefix"][0],)))
+
     return runner.run(opts, working_volume = working_volume, cpus = opts.cpus, memory = opts.memory)
 
 
@@ -441,19 +449,22 @@ def parse_snakemake_args(args):
     their presence or absence in our invocation.
 
     >>> sorted(parse_snakemake_args(["--cores"]).items())
-    [('--cores', ['--cores']), ('--resources', [])]
+    [('--cores', ['--cores']), ('--local-storage-prefix', []), ('--resources', [])]
+
+    >>> sorted(parse_snakemake_args(["--local-storage-prefix=.snakemake/foo"]).items())
+    [('--cores', []), ('--local-storage-prefix', ['--local-storage-prefix']), ('--resources', [])]
 
     >>> sorted(parse_snakemake_args(["--resources=mem_mb=100"]).items())
-    [('--cores', []), ('--resources', ['--resources'])]
+    [('--cores', []), ('--local-storage-prefix', []), ('--resources', ['--resources'])]
 
     >>> sorted(parse_snakemake_args(["-j", "8", "--res", "mem_mb=100"]).items())
-    [('--cores', ['-j']), ('--resources', ['--res'])]
+    [('--cores', ['-j']), ('--local-storage-prefix', []), ('--resources', ['--res'])]
 
     >>> sorted(parse_snakemake_args(["-j8"]).items())
-    [('--cores', ['-j']), ('--resources', [])]
+    [('--cores', ['-j']), ('--local-storage-prefix', []), ('--resources', [])]
 
     >>> sorted(parse_snakemake_args([]).items())
-    [('--cores', []), ('--resources', [])]
+    [('--cores', []), ('--local-storage-prefix', []), ('--resources', [])]
     """
     opts = {
         "-j" if re.search(r"^-j\d+$", arg) else arg
@@ -480,7 +491,25 @@ def parse_snakemake_args(args):
         "--res", # documented
     }
 
+    storage_prefix = {
+        "--local-storage-prefix", # documented
+        "--local-storage-prefi",
+        "--local-storage-pref",
+        "--local-storage-pre",
+        "--local-storage-pr",
+        "--local-storage-p",
+        "--local-storage-",
+        "--local-storage",
+        "--local-storag",
+        "--local-stora",
+        "--local-stor",
+        "--local-sto",
+        "--local-st",
+        "--local-s",
+    }
+
     return {
         "--cores": list(cores & opts),
         "--resources": list(resources & opts),
+        "--local-storage-prefix": list(storage_prefix & opts),
     }
diff --git a/nextstrain/cli/runner/aws_batch/s3.py b/nextstrain/cli/runner/aws_batch/s3.py
index 1a084bcd..b06303e8 100644
--- a/nextstrain/cli/runner/aws_batch/s3.py
+++ b/nextstrain/cli/runner/aws_batch/s3.py
@@ -141,8 +141,21 @@ def download_workdir(remote_workdir: S3Object, workdir: Path, patterns: List[str
         ".snakemake/log/",
 
         # …and the input/output metadata Snakemake tracks (akin to mtimes,
-        # which we also preserve).
+        # which we also preserve)…
         ".snakemake/metadata/",
+
+        # …and the remote files downloaded via Snakemake's storage support.
+        # Note this is the default path used by Snakemake, but the storage path
+        # is configurable via `--local-storage-prefix`.¹ So if someone configures
+        # the storage path to a custom path within `.snakemake`, e.g. `.snakemake/foo`,
+        # then it would not be available in their downloaded workdir.
+        # I'm not even sure it's possible to configure the path in entrypoint-aws-batch
+        # for the docker-base image, so I've added a warning against using the
+        # Snakemake option when using aws-batch runtimes.
+        #   -Jover, 18 July 2025
+        #
+        # ¹ <https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake/blob/v9.6.3/src/snakemake/cli.py#L1456-L1462>
+        ".snakemake/storage/",
     ])
 
     if patterns: