diff --git a/cmd/gateway/azure/gateway-azure.go b/cmd/gateway/azure/gateway-azure.go
index 035d2b53d..217db7e64 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway/azure/gateway-azure.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway/azure/gateway-azure.go
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ func (a *azureObjects) GetObjectNInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string
 
 	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
 	go func() {
-		err := a.GetObject(ctx, bucket, object, startOffset, length, pw, objInfo.ETag, opts)
+		err := a.GetObject(ctx, bucket, object, startOffset, length, pw, objInfo.InnerETag, opts)
 		pw.CloseWithError(err)
 	}()
 	// Setup cleanup function to cause the above go-routine to
@@ -833,8 +833,13 @@ func (a *azureObjects) GetObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, sta
 		return azureToObjectError(minio.InvalidRange{}, bucket, object)
 	}
 
+	accessCond := azblob.BlobAccessConditions{}
+	if etag != "" {
+		accessCond.ModifiedAccessConditions.IfMatch = azblob.ETag(etag)
+	}
+
 	blobURL := a.client.NewContainerURL(bucket).NewBlobURL(object)
-	blob, err := blobURL.Download(ctx, startOffset, length, azblob.BlobAccessConditions{}, false)
+	blob, err := blobURL.Download(ctx, startOffset, length, accessCond, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return azureToObjectError(err, bucket, object)
 	}
@@ -855,6 +860,8 @@ func (a *azureObjects) GetObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string,
 		return objInfo, azureToObjectError(err, bucket, object)
 	}
 
+	realETag := string(blob.ETag())
+
 	// Populate correct ETag's if possible, this code primarily exists
 	// because AWS S3 indicates that
 	//
@@ -866,7 +873,7 @@ func (a *azureObjects) GetObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string,
 	//
 	// Some applications depend on this behavior refer https://github.com/minio/minio/issues/6550
 	// So we handle it here and make this consistent.
-	etag := minio.ToS3ETag(string(blob.ETag()))
+	etag := minio.ToS3ETag(realETag)
 	metadata := blob.NewMetadata()
 	contentMD5 := blob.ContentMD5()
 	switch {
@@ -881,6 +888,7 @@ func (a *azureObjects) GetObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string,
 		Bucket:          bucket,
 		UserDefined:     azurePropertiesToS3Meta(metadata, blob.NewHTTPHeaders(), blob.ContentLength()),
 		ETag:            etag,
+		InnerETag:       realETag,
 		ModTime:         blob.LastModified(),
 		Name:            object,
 		Size:            blob.ContentLength(),
diff --git a/cmd/gateway/s3/gateway-s3.go b/cmd/gateway/s3/gateway-s3.go
index 1c3e2f1c2..328daa264 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway/s3/gateway-s3.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway/s3/gateway-s3.go
@@ -431,6 +431,11 @@ func (l *s3Objects) GetObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, key string, st
 			return minio.ErrorRespToObjectError(err, bucket, key)
 		}
 	}
+
+	if etag != "" {
+		opts.SetMatchETag(etag)
+	}
+
 	object, _, _, err := l.Client.GetObject(ctx, bucket, key, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return minio.ErrorRespToObjectError(err, bucket, key)
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go b/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go
index 6b26c88b2..c9d585118 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ type ObjectInfo struct {
 	// Hex encoded unique entity tag of the object.
 	ETag string
 
+	// The ETag stored in the gateway backend
+	InnerETag string
+
 	// Version ID of this object.
 	VersionID string