diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index 78925a367..0f4b5b305 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -442,6 +442,14 @@ func (er erasureObjects) getObjectWithFileInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, obje
 func (er erasureObjects) GetObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opts ObjectOptions) (info ObjectInfo, err error) {
 	auditObjectErasureSet(ctx, object, &er)
 
+	// This is a special call attempted first to check for SOS-API calls.
+	info, err = veeamSOSAPIHeadObject(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
+	if err == nil {
+		return info, nil
+	}
+	// reset any error to 'nil'
+	err = nil
+
 	if !opts.NoLock {
 		// Lock the object before reading.
 		lk := er.NewNSLock(bucket, object)
diff --git a/cmd/veeam-sos-api.go b/cmd/veeam-sos-api.go
index 47d99d841..c3edee512 100644
--- a/cmd/veeam-sos-api.go
+++ b/cmd/veeam-sos-api.go
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ const (
 	capacityXMLObject = ".system-d26a9498-cb7c-4a87-a44a-8ae204f5ba6c/capacity.xml"
 )
 
+func veeamSOSAPIHeadObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opts ObjectOptions) (ObjectInfo, error) {
+	gr, err := veeamSOSAPIGetObject(ctx, bucket, object, nil, opts)
+	if gr != nil {
+		gr.Close()
+		return gr.ObjInfo, nil
+	}
+	return ObjectInfo{}, err
+}
+
 func veeamSOSAPIGetObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, rs *HTTPRangeSpec, opts ObjectOptions) (gr *GetObjectReader, err error) {
 	var buf []byte
 	switch object {