diff --git a/pkg/api/minioapi/api_test.go b/pkg/api/minioapi/api_test.go
index 2fc27d4cf..735fa04dc 100644
--- a/pkg/api/minioapi/api_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/minioapi/api_test.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (s *MySuite) TestEmptyObject(c *C) {
 
 	buffer := bytes.NewBufferString("")
 	storage.CreateBucket("bucket")
-	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", buffer)
+	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", "", buffer)
 
 	response, err := http.Get(testServer.URL + "/bucket/object")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (s *MySuite) TestObject(c *C) {
 
 	buffer := bytes.NewBufferString("hello world")
 	storage.CreateBucket("bucket")
-	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", buffer)
+	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", "", buffer)
 
 	response, err := http.Get(testServer.URL + "/bucket/object")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ func (s *MySuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
 	buffer3 := bytes.NewBufferString("hello three")
 
 	storage.CreateBucket("bucket")
-	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object1", "", buffer1)
-	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object2", "", buffer2)
-	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object3", "", buffer3)
+	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object1", "", "", buffer1)
+	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object2", "", "", buffer2)
+	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object3", "", "", buffer3)
 
 	// test non-existant object
 	response, err := http.Get(testServer.URL + "/bucket/object")
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (s *MySuite) TestHeader(c *C) {
 
 	buffer := bytes.NewBufferString("hello world")
 	storage.CreateBucket("bucket")
-	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", buffer)
+	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", "", buffer)
 
 	response, err = http.Get(testServer.URL + "/bucket/object")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
diff --git a/pkg/api/minioapi/object_handlers.go b/pkg/api/minioapi/object_handlers.go
index 7b678fe38..5e46a5a94 100644
--- a/pkg/api/minioapi/object_handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/minioapi/object_handlers.go
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ func (server *minioAPI) putObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 		return
 	}
 
-	err := server.storage.CreateObject(bucket, object, "", req.Body)
+	// get Content-MD5 sent by client
+	md5 := req.Header.Get("Content-MD5")
+	err := server.storage.CreateObject(bucket, object, "", md5, req.Body)
 	switch err := err.(type) {
 	case nil:
 		w.Header().Set("Server", "Minio")
@@ -200,6 +202,20 @@ func (server *minioAPI) putObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 			w.WriteHeader(error.HTTPStatusCode)
 			w.Write(writeErrorResponse(w, errorResponse, acceptsContentType))
 		}
+	case mstorage.BadDigest:
+		{
+			error := errorCodeError(BadDigest)
+			errorResponse := getErrorResponse(error, "/"+bucket+"/"+object)
+			w.WriteHeader(error.HTTPStatusCode)
+			w.Write(writeErrorResponse(w, errorResponse, acceptsContentType))
+		}
+	case mstorage.InvalidDigest:
+		{
+			error := errorCodeError(InvalidDigest)
+			errorResponse := getErrorResponse(error, "/"+bucket+"/"+object)
+			w.WriteHeader(error.HTTPStatusCode)
+			w.Write(writeErrorResponse(w, errorResponse, acceptsContentType))
+		}
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/minioapi/policy_handlers.go b/pkg/api/minioapi/policy_handlers.go
index 2ab115e96..526e5ca48 100644
--- a/pkg/api/minioapi/policy_handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/minioapi/policy_handlers.go
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ func (server *minioAPI) putBucketPolicyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.
 			w.Write(writeErrorResponse(w, errorResponse, acceptsContentType))
 		}
 	case mstorage.BackendCorrupted:
+		{
+			log.Println(err)
+			error := errorCodeError(InternalError)
+			errorResponse := getErrorResponse(error, bucket)
+			w.WriteHeader(error.HTTPStatusCode)
+			w.Write(writeErrorResponse(w, errorResponse, acceptsContentType))
+		}
 	case mstorage.ImplementationError:
 		{
 			log.Println(err)
@@ -123,6 +130,13 @@ func (server *minioAPI) getBucketPolicyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.
 			w.Write(writeErrorResponse(w, errorResponse, acceptsContentType))
 		}
 	case mstorage.BackendCorrupted:
+		{
+			log.Println(err)
+			error := errorCodeError(InternalError)
+			errorResponse := getErrorResponse(error, bucket)
+			w.WriteHeader(error.HTTPStatusCode)
+			w.Write(writeErrorResponse(w, errorResponse, acceptsContentType))
+		}
 	case mstorage.ImplementationError:
 		{
 			log.Println(err)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/encoded/encoded.go b/pkg/storage/encoded/encoded.go
index c09993288..e3a5fe6e0 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/encoded/encoded.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/encoded/encoded.go
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package encoded
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"crypto/md5"
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"sort"
@@ -27,6 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"encoding/hex"
+
 	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkg/donutbox"
 	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkg/encoding/erasure"
 	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkg/storage"
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ func beforeDelimiter(inputs []string, delim string) (results []string) {
 }
 
 // CreateObject creates a new object
-func (diskStorage StorageDriver) CreateObject(bucketKey string, objectKey string, contentType string, reader io.Reader) error {
+func (diskStorage StorageDriver) CreateObject(bucketKey, objectKey, contentType, md5sum string, reader io.Reader) error {
 	// set defaults
 	if contentType == "" {
 		contentType = "application/octet-stream"
diff --git a/pkg/storage/file/file_object.go b/pkg/storage/file/file_object.go
index 3301f5d6b..7851ee2ba 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/file/file_object.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/file/file_object.go
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 package file
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"crypto/md5"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/hex"
 
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ func (storage *Storage) GetObjectMetadata(bucket, object, prefix string) (mstora
 }
 
 // CreateObject - PUT object
-func (storage *Storage) CreateObject(bucket, key, contentType string, data io.Reader) error {
+func (storage *Storage) CreateObject(bucket, key, contentType, md5sum string, data io.Reader) error {
 	// TODO Commits should stage then move instead of writing directly
 	storage.lock.Lock()
 	defer storage.lock.Unlock()
@@ -248,15 +250,27 @@ func (storage *Storage) CreateObject(bucket, key, contentType string, data io.Re
 		return mstorage.EmbedError(bucket, key, err)
 	}
 
-	// serialize metadata to gob
-	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(file)
-	err = encoder.Encode(&Metadata{
+	metadata := &Metadata{
 		ContentType: contentType,
 		Md5sum:      h.Sum(nil),
-	})
+	}
+	// serialize metadata to gob
+	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(file)
+	err = encoder.Encode(metadata)
 	if err != nil {
 		return mstorage.EmbedError(bucket, key, err)
 	}
 
+	// Verify data received to be correct, Content-MD5 received
+	if md5sum != "" {
+		var data []byte
+		data, err = base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(md5sum)
+		if err != nil {
+			return mstorage.InvalidDigest{Bucket: bucket, Key: key, Md5: md5sum}
+		}
+		if !bytes.Equal(metadata.Md5sum, data) {
+			return mstorage.BadDigest{Bucket: bucket, Key: key, Md5: md5sum}
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/storage/memory/memory.go b/pkg/storage/memory/memory.go
index 16cf99705..ef52cc51a 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/memory/memory.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/memory/memory.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (storage *Storage) GetBucketPolicy(bucket string) (mstorage.BucketPolicy, e
 }
 
 // CreateObject - PUT object to memory buffer
-func (storage *Storage) CreateObject(bucket, key, contentType string, data io.Reader) error {
+func (storage *Storage) CreateObject(bucket, key, contentType, md5sum string, data io.Reader) error {
 	storage.lock.Lock()
 	defer storage.lock.Unlock()
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storage.go b/pkg/storage/storage.go
index 1231efd45..97feaeb8d 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storage.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type Storage interface {
 	GetPartialObject(w io.Writer, bucket, object string, start, length int64) (int64, error)
 	GetObjectMetadata(bucket string, object string, prefix string) (ObjectMetadata, error)
 	ListObjects(bucket string, resources BucketResourcesMetadata) ([]ObjectMetadata, BucketResourcesMetadata, error)
-	CreateObject(bucket string, key string, contentType string, data io.Reader) error
+	CreateObject(bucket string, key string, contentType string, md5sum string, data io.Reader) error
 }
 
 // BucketMetadata - name and create date
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storage_api_suite.go b/pkg/storage/storage_api_suite.go
index 6d1b8e14f..52b6d4bfc 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storage_api_suite.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storage_api_suite.go
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ func APITestSuite(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 	testNonExistantObjectInBucket(c, create)
 	testGetDirectoryReturnsObjectNotFound(c, create)
 	testDefaultContentType(c, create)
+	//testContentMd5Set(c, create) TODO
 }
 
 func testCreateBucket(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
-	// TODO
+	storage := create()
+	err := storage.CreateBucket("bucket")
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 }
 
 func testMultipleObjectCreation(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ func testMultipleObjectCreation(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 		}
 		key := "obj" + strconv.Itoa(i)
 		objects[key] = []byte(randomString)
-		err := storage.CreateObject("bucket", key, "", bytes.NewBufferString(randomString))
+		err := storage.CreateObject("bucket", key, "", "", bytes.NewBufferString(randomString))
 		c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 	}
 
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ func testPaging(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 	// check before paging occurs
 	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
 		key := "obj" + strconv.Itoa(i)
-		storage.CreateObject("bucket", key, "", bytes.NewBufferString(key))
+		storage.CreateObject("bucket", key, "", "", bytes.NewBufferString(key))
 		resources.Maxkeys = 5
 		objects, resources, err = storage.ListObjects("bucket", resources)
 		c.Assert(len(objects), check.Equals, i+1)
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ func testPaging(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 	// check after paging occurs pages work
 	for i := 6; i <= 10; i++ {
 		key := "obj" + strconv.Itoa(i)
-		storage.CreateObject("bucket", key, "", bytes.NewBufferString(key))
+		storage.CreateObject("bucket", key, "", "", bytes.NewBufferString(key))
 		resources.Maxkeys = 5
 		objects, resources, err = storage.ListObjects("bucket", resources)
 		c.Assert(len(objects), check.Equals, 5)
@@ -110,8 +113,8 @@ func testPaging(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 	}
 	// check paging with prefix at end returns less objects
 	{
-		storage.CreateObject("bucket", "newPrefix", "", bytes.NewBufferString("prefix1"))
-		storage.CreateObject("bucket", "newPrefix2", "", bytes.NewBufferString("prefix2"))
+		storage.CreateObject("bucket", "newPrefix", "", "", bytes.NewBufferString("prefix1"))
+		storage.CreateObject("bucket", "newPrefix2", "", "", bytes.NewBufferString("prefix2"))
 		resources.Prefix = "new"
 		resources.Maxkeys = 5
 		objects, resources, err = storage.ListObjects("bucket", resources)
@@ -132,8 +135,8 @@ func testPaging(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 
 	// check delimited results with delimiter and prefix
 	{
-		storage.CreateObject("bucket", "this/is/delimited", "", bytes.NewBufferString("prefix1"))
-		storage.CreateObject("bucket", "this/is/also/delimited", "", bytes.NewBufferString("prefix2"))
+		storage.CreateObject("bucket", "this/is/delimited", "", "", bytes.NewBufferString("prefix1"))
+		storage.CreateObject("bucket", "this/is/also/delimited", "", "", bytes.NewBufferString("prefix2"))
 		var prefixes []string
 		resources.CommonPrefixes = prefixes // allocate new everytime
 		resources.Delimiter = "/"
@@ -186,9 +189,9 @@ func testPaging(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 func testObjectOverwriteFails(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 	storage := create()
 	storage.CreateBucket("bucket")
-	err := storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", bytes.NewBufferString("one"))
+	err := storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", "", bytes.NewBufferString("one"))
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
-	err = storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", bytes.NewBufferString("three"))
+	err = storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", "", bytes.NewBufferString("three"))
 	c.Assert(err, check.Not(check.IsNil))
 	var bytesBuffer bytes.Buffer
 	length, err := storage.GetObject(&bytesBuffer, "bucket", "object")
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ func testObjectOverwriteFails(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 
 func testNonExistantBucketOperations(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 	storage := create()
-	err := storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", bytes.NewBufferString("one"))
+	err := storage.CreateObject("bucket", "object", "", "", bytes.NewBufferString("one"))
 	c.Assert(err, check.Not(check.IsNil))
 }
 
@@ -215,7 +218,7 @@ func testPutObjectInSubdir(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 	storage := create()
 	err := storage.CreateBucket("bucket")
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
-	err = storage.CreateObject("bucket", "dir1/dir2/object", "", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	err = storage.CreateObject("bucket", "dir1/dir2/object", "", "", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 	var bytesBuffer bytes.Buffer
 	length, err := storage.GetObject(&bytesBuffer, "bucket", "dir1/dir2/object")
@@ -309,7 +312,7 @@ func testGetDirectoryReturnsObjectNotFound(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 	err := storage.CreateBucket("bucket")
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 
-	err = storage.CreateObject("bucket", "dir1/dir2/object", "", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	err = storage.CreateObject("bucket", "dir1/dir2/object", "", "", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 
 	var byteBuffer bytes.Buffer
@@ -353,20 +356,34 @@ func testDefaultContentType(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 
 	// test empty
-	err = storage.CreateObject("bucket", "one", "", bytes.NewBufferString("one"))
+	err = storage.CreateObject("bucket", "one", "", "", bytes.NewBufferString("one"))
 	metadata, err := storage.GetObjectMetadata("bucket", "one", "")
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 	c.Assert(metadata.ContentType, check.Equals, "application/octet-stream")
 
 	// test custom
-	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "two", "application/text", bytes.NewBufferString("two"))
+	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "two", "application/text", "", bytes.NewBufferString("two"))
 	metadata, err = storage.GetObjectMetadata("bucket", "two", "")
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 	c.Assert(metadata.ContentType, check.Equals, "application/text")
 
 	// test trim space
-	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "three", "\tapplication/json    ", bytes.NewBufferString("three"))
+	storage.CreateObject("bucket", "three", "\tapplication/json    ", "", bytes.NewBufferString("three"))
 	metadata, err = storage.GetObjectMetadata("bucket", "three", "")
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 	c.Assert(metadata.ContentType, check.Equals, "application/json")
 }
+
+/*
+func testContentMd5Set(c *check.C, create func() Storage) {
+	storage := create()
+	err := storage.CreateBucket("bucket")
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+
+	// test md5 invalid
+	err = storage.CreateObject("bucket", "one", "", "NWJiZjVhNTIzMjhlNzQzOWFlNmU3MTlkZmU3MTIyMDA", bytes.NewBufferString("one"))
+	c.Assert(err, check.Not(check.IsNil))
+	err = storage.CreateObject("bucket", "two", "", "NWJiZjVhNTIzMjhlNzQzOWFlNmU3MTlkZmU3MTIyMDA=", bytes.NewBufferString("one"))
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+}
+*/
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storage_errors.go b/pkg/storage/storage_errors.go
index 7c26c107e..a6ae8502d 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storage_errors.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storage_errors.go
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ type ImplementationError struct {
 	Err    error
 }
 
+// DigestError - Generic Md5 error
+type DigestError struct {
+	Bucket string
+	Key    string
+	Md5    string
+}
+
 /// Bucket related errors
 
 // BucketPolicyNotFound - missing bucket policy
@@ -72,6 +79,12 @@ type ObjectExists GenericObjectError
 // ObjectNameInvalid - object name provided is invalid
 type ObjectNameInvalid GenericObjectError
 
+// BadDigest - md5 mismatch from data received
+type BadDigest DigestError
+
+// InvalidDigest - md5 in request header invalid
+type InvalidDigest DigestError
+
 // Return string an error formatted as the given text
 func (e ImplementationError) Error() string {
 	error := ""
@@ -138,3 +151,13 @@ func (e ObjectNameInvalid) Error() string {
 func (e BackendCorrupted) Error() string {
 	return "Backend corrupted: " + e.Path
 }
+
+// Return string an error formatted as the given text
+func (e BadDigest) Error() string {
+	return "Md5 provided " + e.Md5 + " mismatches for: " + e.Bucket + "#" + e.Key
+}
+
+// Return string an error formatted as the given text
+func (e InvalidDigest) Error() string {
+	return "Md5 provided " + e.Md5 + " is invalid"
+}