diff --git a/backend/posix/posix.go b/backend/posix/posix.go
index 1af92fb..f5d91d6 100644
--- a/backend/posix/posix.go
+++ b/backend/posix/posix.go
@@ -1238,6 +1238,7 @@ func (p *Posix) CopyObject(ctx context.Context, input *s3.CopyObjectInput) (*s3.
 	}
 	dstBucket := *input.Bucket
 	dstObject := *input.Key
+	owner := *input.ExpectedBucketOwner
 
 	if fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", srcBucket, srcObject) == fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", dstBucket, dstObject) {
 		return &s3.CopyObjectOutput{}, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrInvalidCopyDest)
@@ -1259,6 +1260,22 @@ func (p *Posix) CopyObject(ctx context.Context, input *s3.CopyObjectInput) (*s3.
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stat bucket: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	dstBucketACLBytes, err := xattr.Get(dstBucket, aclkey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get dst bucket acl tag: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var dstBucketACL auth.ACL
+	err = json.Unmarshal(dstBucketACLBytes, &dstBucketACL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse dst bucket acl: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	err = auth.VerifyACL(dstBucketACL, dstBucket, owner, types.PermissionWrite, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	objPath := filepath.Join(srcBucket, srcObject)
 	f, err := os.Open(objPath)
 	if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
diff --git a/integration/action-tests.go b/integration/action-tests.go
index 128e092..482e358 100644
--- a/integration/action-tests.go
+++ b/integration/action-tests.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func TestDeleteObjects(s *S3Conf) {
 
 func TestCopyObject(s *S3Conf) {
 	CopyObject_non_existing_dst_bucket(s)
+	CopyObject_not_owned_source_bucket(s)
 	CopyObject_copy_to_itself(s)
 	CopyObject_success(s)
 }
diff --git a/integration/tests.go b/integration/tests.go
index 9f7865d..f2601a8 100644
--- a/integration/tests.go
+++ b/integration/tests.go
@@ -1676,6 +1676,50 @@ func CopyObject_non_existing_dst_bucket(s *S3Conf) {
 	})
 }
 
+func CopyObject_not_owned_source_bucket(s *S3Conf) {
+	testName := "CopyObject_not_owned_source_bucket"
+	actionHandler(s, testName, func(s3client *s3.Client, bucket string) error {
+		srcObj := "my-obj"
+		err := putObjects(s3client, []string{srcObj}, bucket)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		usr := user{
+			access: "admin1",
+			secret: "admin1secret",
+			role:   "admin",
+		}
+
+		cfg := *s
+		cfg.awsID = usr.access
+		cfg.awsSecret = usr.secret
+
+		err = createUsers(s, []user{usr})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		dstBucket := getBucketName()
+		err = setup(&cfg, dstBucket)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), shortTimeout)
+		_, err = s3client.CopyObject(ctx, &s3.CopyObjectInput{
+			Bucket:     &dstBucket,
+			Key:        getPtr("obj-1"),
+			CopySource: getPtr(fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", bucket, srcObj)),
+		})
+		cancel()
+		if err := checkApiErr(err, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrAccessDenied)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 func CopyObject_copy_to_itself(s *S3Conf) {
 	testName := "CopyObject_copy_to_itself"
 	actionHandler(s, testName, func(s3client *s3.Client, bucket string) error {
diff --git a/s3api/controllers/base.go b/s3api/controllers/base.go
index 3199f79..2e131f7 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/base.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/base.go
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ func (c S3ApiController) PutActions(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
 			CopySourceIfNoneMatch:       &copySrcIfNoneMatch,
 			CopySourceIfModifiedSince:   &mtime,
 			CopySourceIfUnmodifiedSince: &umtime,
+			ExpectedBucketOwner:         &access,
 		})
 		if err == nil {
 			return SendXMLResponse(ctx, res, err, &MetaOpts{