diff --git a/cmd/crypto/error.go b/cmd/crypto/error.go
index d5834e4ff..49121f8a2 100644
--- a/cmd/crypto/error.go
+++ b/cmd/crypto/error.go
@@ -27,6 +27,26 @@ var (
 	// ErrInvalidEncryptionMethod indicates that the specified SSE encryption method
 	// is not supported.
 	ErrInvalidEncryptionMethod = errors.New("The encryption method is not supported")
+
+	// ErrInvalidCustomerAlgorithm indicates that the specified SSE-C algorithm
+	// is not supported.
+	ErrInvalidCustomerAlgorithm = errors.New("The SSE-C algorithm is not supported")
+
+	// ErrMissingCustomerKey indicates that the HTTP headers contains no SSE-C client key.
+	ErrMissingCustomerKey = errors.New("The SSE-C request is missing the customer key")
+
+	// ErrMissingCustomerKeyMD5 indicates that the HTTP headers contains no SSE-C client key
+	// MD5 checksum.
+	ErrMissingCustomerKeyMD5 = errors.New("The SSE-C request is missing the customer key MD5")
+
+	// ErrInvalidCustomerKey indicates that the SSE-C client key is not valid - e.g. not a
+	// base64-encoded string or not 256 bits long.
+	ErrInvalidCustomerKey = errors.New("The SSE-C client key is invalid")
+
+	// ErrCustomerKeyMD5Mismatch indicates that the SSE-C key MD5 does not match the
+	// computed MD5 sum. This means that the client provided either the wrong key for
+	// a certain MD5 checksum or the wrong MD5 for a certain key.
+	ErrCustomerKeyMD5Mismatch = errors.New("The provided SSE-C key MD5 does not match the computed MD5 of the SSE-C key")
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/cmd/crypto/header.go b/cmd/crypto/header.go
index 9227c246b..a326e1d3b 100644
--- a/cmd/crypto/header.go
+++ b/cmd/crypto/header.go
@@ -15,12 +15,43 @@
 package crypto
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
 // SSEHeader is the general AWS SSE HTTP header key.
 const SSEHeader = "X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption"
 
+const (
+	// SSECAlgorithm is the HTTP header key referencing
+	// the SSE-C algorithm.
+	SSECAlgorithm = SSEHeader + "-Customer-Algorithm"
+
+	// SSECKey is the HTTP header key referencing the
+	// SSE-C client-provided key..
+	SSECKey = SSEHeader + "-Customer-Key"
+
+	// SSECKeyMD5 is the HTTP header key referencing
+	// the MD5 sum of the client-provided key.
+	SSECKeyMD5 = SSEHeader + "-Customer-Key-Md5"
+)
+
+const (
+	// SSECopyAlgorithm is the HTTP header key referencing
+	// the SSE-C algorithm for SSE-C copy requests.
+	SSECopyAlgorithm = "X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm"
+
+	// SSECopyKey is the HTTP header key referencing the SSE-C
+	// client-provided key for SSE-C copy requests.
+	SSECopyKey = "X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key"
+
+	// SSECopyKeyMD5 is the HTTP header key referencing the
+	// MD5 sum of the client key for SSE-C copy requests.
+	SSECopyKeyMD5 = "X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5"
+)
+
 // SSEAlgorithmAES256 is the only supported value for the SSE-S3 or SSE-C algorithm header.
 // For SSE-S3 see: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/SSEUsingRESTAPI.html
 // For SSE-C  see: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/ServerSideEncryptionCustomerKeys.html
@@ -47,3 +78,99 @@ func (s3) Parse(h http.Header) (err error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+var (
+	// SSEC represents AWS SSE-C. It provides functionality to handle
+	// SSE-C requests.
+	SSEC = ssec{}
+
+	// SSECopy represents AWS SSE-C for copy requests. It provides
+	// functionality to handle SSE-C copy requests.
+	SSECopy = ssecCopy{}
+)
+
+type ssec struct{}
+type ssecCopy struct{}
+
+// IsRequested returns true if the HTTP headers contains
+// at least one SSE-C header. SSE-C copy headers are ignored.
+func (ssec) IsRequested(h http.Header) bool {
+	if _, ok := h[SSECAlgorithm]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	if _, ok := h[SSECKey]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	if _, ok := h[SSECKeyMD5]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// IsRequested returns true if the HTTP headers contains
+// at least one SSE-C copy header. Regular SSE-C headers
+// are ignored.
+func (ssecCopy) IsRequested(h http.Header) bool {
+	if _, ok := h[SSECopyAlgorithm]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	if _, ok := h[SSECopyKey]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	if _, ok := h[SSECopyKeyMD5]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Parse parses the SSE-C headers and returns the SSE-C client key
+// on success. SSE-C copy headers are ignored.
+func (ssec) Parse(h http.Header) (key [32]byte, err error) {
+	defer h.Del(SSECKey) // remove SSE-C key from headers after parsing
+	if h.Get(SSECAlgorithm) != SSEAlgorithmAES256 {
+		return key, ErrInvalidCustomerAlgorithm
+	}
+	if h.Get(SSECKey) == "" {
+		return key, ErrMissingCustomerKey
+	}
+	if h.Get(SSECKeyMD5) == "" {
+		return key, ErrMissingCustomerKeyMD5
+	}
+
+	clientKey, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(h.Get(SSECKey))
+	if err != nil || len(clientKey) != 32 { // The client key must be 256 bits long
+		return key, ErrInvalidCustomerKey
+	}
+	keyMD5, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(h.Get(SSECKeyMD5))
+	if md5Sum := md5.Sum(clientKey); err != nil || !bytes.Equal(md5Sum[:], keyMD5) {
+		return key, ErrCustomerKeyMD5Mismatch
+	}
+	copy(key[:], clientKey)
+	return key, nil
+}
+
+// Parse parses the SSE-C copy headers and returns the SSE-C client key
+// on success. Regular SSE-C headers are ignored.
+func (ssecCopy) Parse(h http.Header) (key [32]byte, err error) {
+	defer h.Del(SSECopyKey) // remove SSE-C copy key of source object from headers after parsing
+	if h.Get(SSECopyAlgorithm) != SSEAlgorithmAES256 {
+		return key, ErrInvalidCustomerAlgorithm
+	}
+	if h.Get(SSECopyKey) == "" {
+		return key, ErrMissingCustomerKey
+	}
+	if h.Get(SSECopyKeyMD5) == "" {
+		return key, ErrMissingCustomerKeyMD5
+	}
+
+	clientKey, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(h.Get(SSECopyKey))
+	if err != nil || len(clientKey) != 32 { // The client key must be 256 bits long
+		return key, ErrInvalidCustomerKey
+	}
+	keyMD5, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(h.Get(SSECopyKeyMD5))
+	if md5Sum := md5.Sum(clientKey); err != nil || !bytes.Equal(md5Sum[:], keyMD5) {
+		return key, ErrCustomerKeyMD5Mismatch
+	}
+	copy(key[:], clientKey)
+	return key, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/crypto/header_test.go b/cmd/crypto/header_test.go
index eedc35c2b..6a9538b3d 100644
--- a/cmd/crypto/header_test.go
+++ b/cmd/crypto/header_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-var isRequestedTests = []struct {
+var s3IsRequestedTests = []struct {
 	Header   http.Header
 	Expected bool
 }{
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ var isRequestedTests = []struct {
 }
 
 func TestS3IsRequested(t *testing.T) {
-	for i, test := range isRequestedTests {
+	for i, test := range s3IsRequestedTests {
 		if got := S3.IsRequested(test.Header); got != test.Expected {
 			t.Errorf("Test %d: Wanted %v but got %v", i, test.Expected, got)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-var parseTests = []struct {
+var s3ParseTests = []struct {
 	Header      http.Header
 	ExpectedErr error
 }{
@@ -48,9 +48,257 @@ var parseTests = []struct {
 }
 
 func TestS3Parse(t *testing.T) {
-	for i, test := range parseTests {
+	for i, test := range s3ParseTests {
 		if err := S3.Parse(test.Header); err != test.ExpectedErr {
 			t.Errorf("Test %d: Wanted '%v' but got '%v'", i, test.ExpectedErr, err)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+var ssecIsRequestedTests = []struct {
+	Header   http.Header
+	Expected bool
+}{
+	{Header: http.Header{}, Expected: false},                                                                                                     // 0
+	{Header: http.Header{"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"}}, Expected: true},                                 // 1
+	{Header: http.Header{"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key": []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="}}, Expected: true}, // 2
+	{Header: http.Header{"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5": []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="}}, Expected: true},                 // 3
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{""},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{""},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{""},
+		},
+		Expected: true,
+	}, // 4
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		Expected: true,
+	}, // 5
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		Expected: false,
+	}, // 6
+}
+
+func TestSSECIsRequested(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, test := range ssecIsRequestedTests {
+		if got := SSEC.IsRequested(test.Header); got != test.Expected {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: Wanted %v but got %v", i, test.Expected, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+var ssecCopyIsRequestedTests = []struct {
+	Header   http.Header
+	Expected bool
+}{
+	{Header: http.Header{}, Expected: false},                                                                                                                 // 0
+	{Header: http.Header{"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"}}, Expected: true},                                 // 1
+	{Header: http.Header{"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key": []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="}}, Expected: true}, // 2
+	{Header: http.Header{"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5": []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="}}, Expected: true},                 // 3
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{""},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{""},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{""},
+		},
+		Expected: true,
+	}, // 4
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		Expected: true,
+	}, // 5
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		Expected: false,
+	}, // 6
+}
+
+func TestSSECopyIsRequested(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, test := range ssecCopyIsRequestedTests {
+		if got := SSECopy.IsRequested(test.Header); got != test.Expected {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: Wanted %v but got %v", i, test.Expected, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+var ssecParseTests = []struct {
+	Header      http.Header
+	ExpectedErr error
+}{
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: nil, // 0
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES-256"}, // invalid algorithm
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrInvalidCustomerAlgorithm, // 1
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{""}, // no client key
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrMissingCustomerKey, // 2
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRr.ZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="}, // invalid key
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrInvalidCustomerKey, // 3
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{""}, // no key MD5
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrMissingCustomerKeyMD5, // 4
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"DzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="}, // wrong client key
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrCustomerKeyMD5Mismatch, // 5
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{".7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="}, // wrong key MD5
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrCustomerKeyMD5Mismatch, // 6
+	},
+}
+
+func TestSSECParse(t *testing.T) {
+	var zeroKey [32]byte
+	for i, test := range ssecParseTests {
+		key, err := SSEC.Parse(test.Header)
+		if err != test.ExpectedErr {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: want error '%v' but got '%v'", i, test.ExpectedErr, err)
+		}
+
+		if err != nil && key != zeroKey {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: parsing failed and client key is not zero key", i)
+		}
+		if err == nil && key == zeroKey {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: parsed client key is zero key", i)
+		}
+		if _, ok := test.Header[SSECKey]; ok {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: client key is not removed from HTTP headers after parsing", i)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+var ssecCopyParseTests = []struct {
+	Header      http.Header
+	ExpectedErr error
+}{
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: nil, // 0
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES-256"}, // invalid algorithm
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrInvalidCustomerAlgorithm, // 1
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{""}, // no client key
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrMissingCustomerKey, // 2
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRr.ZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="}, // invalid key
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrInvalidCustomerKey, // 3
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{""}, // no key MD5
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrMissingCustomerKeyMD5, // 4
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"DzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="}, // wrong client key
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{"7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="},
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrCustomerKeyMD5Mismatch, // 5
+	},
+	{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Algorithm": []string{"AES256"},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key":       []string{"MzJieXRlc2xvbmdzZWNyZXRrZXltdXN0cHJvdmlkZWQ="},
+			"X-Amz-Copy-Source-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5":   []string{".7PpPLAK26ONlVUGOWlusfg=="}, // wrong key MD5
+		},
+		ExpectedErr: ErrCustomerKeyMD5Mismatch, // 6
+	},
+}
+
+func TestSSECopyParse(t *testing.T) {
+	var zeroKey [32]byte
+	for i, test := range ssecCopyParseTests {
+		key, err := SSECopy.Parse(test.Header)
+		if err != test.ExpectedErr {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: want error '%v' but got '%v'", i, test.ExpectedErr, err)
+		}
+
+		if err != nil && key != zeroKey {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: parsing failed and client key is not zero key", i)
+		}
+		if err == nil && key == zeroKey {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: parsed client key is zero key", i)
+		}
+		if _, ok := test.Header[SSECKey]; ok {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: client key is not removed from HTTP headers after parsing", i)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/crypto/sse.go b/cmd/crypto/sse.go
index 09130e1f8..955fadc73 100644
--- a/cmd/crypto/sse.go
+++ b/cmd/crypto/sse.go
@@ -25,11 +25,24 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	// SSEIV is the metadata key referencing the random initialization
+	// vector (IV) used for SSE-S3 and SSE-C key derivation.
+	SSEIV = "X-Minio-Internal-Server-Side-Encryption-Iv"
+
+	// SSESealAlgorithm is the metadata key referencing the algorithm
+	// used by SSE-C and SSE-S3 to encrypt the object.
+	SSESealAlgorithm = "X-Minio-Internal-Server-Side-Encryption-Seal-Algorithm"
+
+	// SSECSealKey is the metadata key referencing the sealed object-key for SSE-C.
+	SSECSealKey = "X-Minio-Internal-Server-Side-Encryption-Sealed-Key"
+
 	// S3SealedKey is the metadata key referencing the sealed object-key for SSE-S3.
 	S3SealedKey = "X-Minio-Internal-Server-Side-Encryption-S3-Sealed-Key"
+
 	// S3KMSKeyID is the metadata key referencing the KMS key-id used to
 	// generate/decrypt the S3-KMS-Sealed-Key. It is only used for SSE-S3 + KMS.
 	S3KMSKeyID = "X-Minio-Internal-Server-Side-Encryption-S3-Kms-Key-Id"
+
 	// S3KMSSealedKey is the metadata key referencing the encrypted key generated
 	// by KMS. It is only used for SSE-S3 + KMS.
 	S3KMSSealedKey = "X-Minio-Internal-Server-Side-Encryption-S3-Kms-Sealed-Key"
@@ -57,6 +70,14 @@ func EncryptSinglePart(r io.Reader, key ObjectKey) io.Reader {
 	return r
 }
 
+// EncryptMultiPart encrypts an io.Reader which must be the body of
+// multi-part PUT request. It derives an unique encryption key from
+// the partID and the object key.
+func EncryptMultiPart(r io.Reader, partID int, key ObjectKey) io.Reader {
+	partKey := key.DerivePartKey(uint32(partID))
+	return EncryptSinglePart(r, ObjectKey(partKey))
+}
+
 // DecryptSinglePart decrypts an io.Writer which must an object
 // uploaded with the single-part PUT API. The offset and length
 // specify the requested range.