diff --git a/auth/bucket_policy.go b/auth/bucket_policy.go
index 9cd7991b..50996b60 100644
--- a/auth/bucket_policy.go
+++ b/auth/bucket_policy.go
@@ -29,19 +29,39 @@ func (p policyErr) Error() string {
 }
 
 const (
-	policyErrResourceMismatch = policyErr("Action does not apply to any resource(s) in statement")
-	policyErrInvalidResource  = policyErr("Policy has invalid resource")
-	policyErrInvalidPrincipal = policyErr("Invalid principal in policy")
-	policyErrInvalidAction    = policyErr("Policy has invalid action")
-	policyErrInvalidPolicy    = policyErr("This policy contains invalid Json")
-	policyErrInvalidFirstChar = policyErr("Policies must be valid JSON and the first byte must be '{'")
-	policyErrEmptyStatement   = policyErr("Could not parse the policy: Statement is empty!")
+	policyErrResourceMismatch     = policyErr("Action does not apply to any resource(s) in statement")
+	policyErrInvalidResource      = policyErr("Policy has invalid resource")
+	policyErrInvalidPrincipal     = policyErr("Invalid principal in policy")
+	policyErrInvalidAction        = policyErr("Policy has invalid action")
+	policyErrInvalidPolicy        = policyErr("This policy contains invalid Json")
+	policyErrInvalidFirstChar     = policyErr("Policies must be valid JSON and the first byte must be '{'")
+	policyErrEmptyStatement       = policyErr("Could not parse the policy: Statement is empty!")
+	policyErrMissingStatmentField = policyErr("Missing required field Statement")
 )
 
 type BucketPolicy struct {
 	Statement []BucketPolicyItem `json:"Statement"`
 }
 
+func (bp *BucketPolicy) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var tmp struct {
+		Statement *[]BucketPolicyItem `json:"Statement"`
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &tmp); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// If Statement is nil (not present in JSON), return an error
+	if tmp.Statement == nil {
+		return policyErrMissingStatmentField
+	}
+
+	// Assign the parsed value to the actual struct
+	bp.Statement = *tmp.Statement
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (bp *BucketPolicy) Validate(bucket string, iam IAMService) error {
 	for _, statement := range bp.Statement {
 		err := statement.Validate(bucket, iam)
diff --git a/tests/integration/group-tests.go b/tests/integration/group-tests.go
index b67d911a..ad7a147b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/group-tests.go
+++ b/tests/integration/group-tests.go
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ func TestGetBucketAcl(s *S3Conf) {
 func TestPutBucketPolicy(s *S3Conf) {
 	PutBucketPolicy_non_existing_bucket(s)
 	PutBucketPolicy_invalid_json(s)
+	PutBucketPolicy_statement_not_provided(s)
 	PutBucketPolicy_empty_statement(s)
 	PutBucketPolicy_invalid_effect(s)
 	PutBucketPolicy_empty_actions_string(s)
@@ -1059,6 +1060,7 @@ func GetIntTests() IntTests {
 		"GetBucketAcl_success":                                                    GetBucketAcl_success,
 		"PutBucketPolicy_non_existing_bucket":                                     PutBucketPolicy_non_existing_bucket,
 		"PutBucketPolicy_invalid_json":                                            PutBucketPolicy_invalid_json,
+		"PutBucketPolicy_statement_not_provided":                                  PutBucketPolicy_statement_not_provided,
 		"PutBucketPolicy_empty_statement":                                         PutBucketPolicy_empty_statement,
 		"PutBucketPolicy_invalid_effect":                                          PutBucketPolicy_invalid_effect,
 		"PutBucketPolicy_empty_actions_string":                                    PutBucketPolicy_empty_actions_string,
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests.go b/tests/integration/tests.go
index 9e3309ae..bfafc92f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tests.go
+++ b/tests/integration/tests.go
@@ -11463,6 +11463,24 @@ func PutBucketPolicy_invalid_json(s *S3Conf) error {
 	})
 }
 
+func PutBucketPolicy_statement_not_provided(s *S3Conf) error {
+	testName := "PutBucketPolicy_statement_not_provided"
+	return actionHandler(s, testName, func(s3client *s3.Client, bucket string) error {
+		doc := `{}`
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), shortTimeout)
+		_, err := s3client.PutBucketPolicy(ctx, &s3.PutBucketPolicyInput{
+			Bucket: &bucket,
+			Policy: &doc,
+		})
+		cancel()
+		if err := checkApiErr(err, getMalformedPolicyError("Missing required field Statement")); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 func PutBucketPolicy_empty_statement(s *S3Conf) error {
 	testName := "PutBucketPolicy_empty_statement"
 	return actionHandler(s, testName, func(s3client *s3.Client, bucket string) error {