diff --git a/cmd/api-resources.go b/cmd/api-resources.go
index 13f79fb34..d3f1eaa92 100644
--- a/cmd/api-resources.go
+++ b/cmd/api-resources.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 )
@@ -86,11 +87,19 @@ func getListObjectsV2Args(values url.Values) (prefix, token, startAfter, delimit
 	}
 
 	prefix = values.Get("prefix")
-	token = values.Get("continuation-token")
 	startAfter = values.Get("start-after")
 	delimiter = values.Get("delimiter")
 	fetchOwner = values.Get("fetch-owner") == "true"
 	encodingType = values.Get("encoding-type")
+
+	if token = values.Get("continuation-token"); token != "" {
+		decodedToken, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(token)
+		if err != nil {
+			errCode = ErrIncorrectContinuationToken
+			return
+		}
+		token = string(decodedToken)
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/api-resources_test.go b/cmd/api-resources_test.go
index 9b0c98799..81aee118f 100644
--- a/cmd/api-resources_test.go
+++ b/cmd/api-resources_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestListObjectsV2Resources(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			values: url.Values{
 				"prefix":             []string{"photos/"},
-				"continuation-token": []string{"token"},
+				"continuation-token": []string{"dG9rZW4="},
 				"start-after":        []string{"start-after"},
 				"delimiter":          []string{SlashSeparator},
 				"fetch-owner":        []string{"true"},
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestListObjectsV2Resources(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			values: url.Values{
 				"prefix":             []string{"photos/"},
-				"continuation-token": []string{"token"},
+				"continuation-token": []string{"dG9rZW4="},
 				"start-after":        []string{"start-after"},
 				"delimiter":          []string{SlashSeparator},
 				"fetch-owner":        []string{"true"},
diff --git a/cmd/api-response.go b/cmd/api-response.go
index 088307b6c..24f86567f 100644
--- a/cmd/api-response.go
+++ b/cmd/api-response.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -498,8 +499,8 @@ func generateListObjectsV2Response(bucket, prefix, token, nextToken, startAfter,
 	data.Delimiter = s3EncodeName(delimiter, encodingType)
 	data.Prefix = s3EncodeName(prefix, encodingType)
 	data.MaxKeys = maxKeys
-	data.ContinuationToken = s3EncodeName(token, encodingType)
-	data.NextContinuationToken = s3EncodeName(nextToken, encodingType)
+	data.ContinuationToken = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(token))
+	data.NextContinuationToken = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(nextToken))
 	data.IsTruncated = isTruncated
 	for _, prefix := range prefixes {
 		var prefixItem = CommonPrefix{}