diff --git a/cmd/api-errors.go b/cmd/api-errors.go
index 1b1000281..425ffc73d 100644
--- a/cmd/api-errors.go
+++ b/cmd/api-errors.go
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ const (
 	ErrFilterNameSuffix
 	ErrFilterValueInvalid
 	ErrOverlappingConfigs
+	ErrUnsupportedNotification
 
 	// S3 extended errors.
 	ErrContentSHA256Mismatch
@@ -552,6 +553,11 @@ var errorCodeResponse = map[APIErrorCode]APIError{
 		Description:    "Configurations overlap. Configurations on the same bucket cannot share a common event type.",
 		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 	},
+	ErrUnsupportedNotification: {
+		Code:           "UnsupportedNotification",
+		Description:    "Minio server does not support Topic or Cloud Function based notifications.",
+		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
+	},
 	ErrInvalidCopyPartRange: {
 		Code:           "InvalidArgument",
 		Description:    "The x-amz-copy-source-range value must be of the form bytes=first-last where first and last are the zero-based offsets of the first and last bytes to copy",
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-notification-datatypes.go b/cmd/bucket-notification-datatypes.go
index 8398da11f..083dafcad 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-notification-datatypes.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-notification-datatypes.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type notificationConfig struct {
 	XMLName       xml.Name       `xml:"NotificationConfiguration"`
 	QueueConfigs  []queueConfig  `xml:"QueueConfiguration"`
 	LambdaConfigs []lambdaConfig `xml:"CloudFunctionConfiguration"`
+	TopicConfigs  []topicConfig  `xml:"TopicConfiguration"`
 }
 
 // listenerConfig structure represents run-time notification
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-notification-handlers_test.go b/cmd/bucket-notification-handlers_test.go
index e07cf61ff..1af07fc73 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-notification-handlers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-notification-handlers_test.go
@@ -247,6 +247,95 @@ func testGetBucketNotificationHandler(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPutBucketNotificationHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	ExecObjectLayerAPITest(t, testPutBucketNotificationHandler, []string{
+		"PutBucketNotification",
+	})
+}
+
+func testPutBucketNotificationHandler(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType,
+	bucketName string, apiRouter http.Handler, credentials credential,
+	t *testing.T) {
+
+	// declare sample configs
+	filterRules := []filterRule{
+		{
+			Name:  "prefix",
+			Value: "minio",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:  "suffix",
+			Value: "*.jpg",
+		},
+	}
+	sampleSvcCfg := ServiceConfig{
+		[]string{"s3:ObjectRemoved:*", "s3:ObjectCreated:*"},
+		filterStruct{
+			keyFilter{filterRules},
+		},
+		"1",
+	}
+	sampleNotifCfg := notificationConfig{
+		QueueConfigs: []queueConfig{
+			{
+				ServiceConfig: sampleSvcCfg,
+				QueueARN:      "testqARN",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	{
+		sampleNotifCfg.LambdaConfigs = []lambdaConfig{
+			{
+				sampleSvcCfg, "testLARN",
+			},
+		}
+		xmlBytes, err := xml.Marshal(sampleNotifCfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: Unexpected err: %#v", instanceType, err)
+		}
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		req, err := newTestSignedRequestV4("PUT",
+			getPutBucketNotificationURL("", bucketName),
+			int64(len(xmlBytes)), bytes.NewReader(xmlBytes),
+			credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: Failed to create HTTP testRequest for PutBucketNotification: <ERROR> %v",
+				instanceType, err)
+		}
+		apiRouter.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected http response %d", rec.Code)
+		}
+	}
+
+	{
+		sampleNotifCfg.LambdaConfigs = nil
+		sampleNotifCfg.TopicConfigs = []topicConfig{
+			{
+				sampleSvcCfg, "testTARN",
+			},
+		}
+		xmlBytes, err := xml.Marshal(sampleNotifCfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: Unexpected err: %#v", instanceType, err)
+		}
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		req, err := newTestSignedRequestV4("PUT",
+			getPutBucketNotificationURL("", bucketName),
+			int64(len(xmlBytes)), bytes.NewReader(xmlBytes),
+			credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: Failed to create HTTP testRequest for PutBucketNotification: <ERROR> %v",
+				instanceType, err)
+		}
+		apiRouter.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected http response %d", rec.Code)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestListenBucketNotificationNilHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	ExecObjectLayerAPITest(t, testListenBucketNotificationNilHandler, []string{
 		"ListenBucketNotification",
@@ -281,26 +370,28 @@ func testListenBucketNotificationNilHandler(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucke
 	}
 }
 
-func testRemoveNotificationConfig(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName string, apiRouter http.Handler,
-	credentials credential, t *testing.T) {
+func testRemoveNotificationConfig(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType,
+	bucketName string, apiRouter http.Handler, credentials credential,
+	t *testing.T) {
+
 	invalidBucket := "Invalid\\Bucket"
 	// get random bucket name.
 	randBucket := bucketName
 
-	sampleNotificationBytes := []byte("<NotificationConfiguration><TopicConfiguration>" +
-		"<Event>s3:ObjectCreated:*</Event><Event>s3:ObjectRemoved:*</Event><Filter>" +
-		"<S3Key></S3Key></Filter><Id></Id><Topic>arn:minio:sns:us-east-1:1474332374:listen</Topic>" +
-		"</TopicConfiguration></NotificationConfiguration>")
-
-	// Set sample bucket notification on randBucket.
-	testRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	testReq, tErr := newTestSignedRequestV4("PUT", getPutBucketNotificationURL("", randBucket),
-		int64(len(sampleNotificationBytes)), bytes.NewReader(sampleNotificationBytes),
-		credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey)
-	if tErr != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("%s: Failed to create HTTP testRequest for PutBucketNotification: <ERROR> %v", instanceType, tErr)
+	nCfg := notificationConfig{
+		QueueConfigs: []queueConfig{
+			{
+				ServiceConfig: ServiceConfig{
+					Events: []string{"s3:ObjectRemoved:*",
+						"s3:ObjectCreated:*"},
+				},
+				QueueARN: "testqARN",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if err := persistNotificationConfig(randBucket, &nCfg, obj); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %#v", err)
 	}
-	apiRouter.ServeHTTP(testRec, testReq)
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		bucketName  string
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-notification-utils.go b/cmd/bucket-notification-utils.go
index 211addcd8..762792031 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-notification-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-notification-utils.go
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ func checkDuplicateQueueConfigs(configs []queueConfig) APIErrorCode {
 // if one of the config is malformed or has invalid data it is rejected.
 // Configuration is never applied partially.
 func validateNotificationConfig(nConfig notificationConfig) APIErrorCode {
+	// Minio server does not support lambda/topic configurations
+	// currently. Such configuration is rejected.
+	if len(nConfig.LambdaConfigs) > 0 || len(nConfig.TopicConfigs) > 0 {
+		return ErrUnsupportedNotification
+	}
+
 	// Validate all queue configs.
 	if s3Error := validateQueueConfigs(nConfig.QueueConfigs); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		return s3Error