diff --git a/s3api/controllers/bucket-get.go b/s3api/controllers/bucket-get.go
index 4340a75b..d1393f53 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/bucket-get.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/bucket-get.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v3"
 	"github.com/versity/versitygw/auth"
 	"github.com/versity/versitygw/s3api/utils"
+	"github.com/versity/versitygw/s3err"
 	"github.com/versity/versitygw/s3response"
 )
 
@@ -614,6 +615,15 @@ func (c S3ApiController) ListObjects(ctx fiber.Ctx) (*Response, error) {
 		region = defaultRegion
 	}
 
+	// start-after is a ListObjectsV2 argument, S3 rejects it on a V1 listing
+	if ctx.Query("start-after") != "" {
+		return &Response{
+			MetaOpts: &MetaOptions{
+				BucketOwner: parsedAcl.Owner,
+			},
+		}, s3err.GetInvalidArgumentErr(s3err.InvalidArgStartAfter, "")
+	}
+
 	err := c.verifyAccess(ctx, auth.AccessOptions{
 		Acl:             parsedAcl,
 		AclPermission:   auth.PermissionRead,
diff --git a/s3api/controllers/bucket-get_test.go b/s3api/controllers/bucket-get_test.go
index ac290891..87701507 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/bucket-get_test.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/bucket-get_test.go
@@ -1195,6 +1195,24 @@ func TestS3ApiController_ListObjects(t *testing.T) {
 				err: s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrAccessDenied),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "start-after is not supported",
+			input: testInput{
+				locals: defaultLocals,
+				beRes:  listResult,
+				queries: map[string]string{
+					"start-after": "my-key",
+				},
+			},
+			output: testOutput{
+				response: &Response{
+					MetaOpts: &MetaOptions{
+						BucketOwner: "root",
+					},
+				},
+				err: s3err.GetInvalidArgumentErr(s3err.InvalidArgStartAfter, ""),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid max keys",
 			input: testInput{
diff --git a/s3err/invalid-argument.go b/s3err/invalid-argument.go
index 243027ce..cd22a057 100644
--- a/s3err/invalid-argument.go
+++ b/s3err/invalid-argument.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type InvalidArgErrorCode int
 const (
 	InvalidArgMaxBuckets InvalidArgErrorCode = iota
 	InvalidArgNegativeMaxKeys
+	InvalidArgStartAfter
 	InvalidArgObjectAttributes
 	InvalidArgPartNumber
 	InvalidArgCompleteMpPartNumber
@@ -90,6 +91,10 @@ var invalidArgErrResponses = map[InvalidArgErrorCode]InvalidArgumentError{
 		Description:  "max-keys cannot be negative",
 		ArgumentName: "maxKeys",
 	},
+	InvalidArgStartAfter: {
+		Description:  "startAfter only supported in REST.GET.BUCKET with list-type=2",
+		ArgumentName: "start-after",
+	},
 	InvalidArgObjectAttributes: {
 		Description:  "Invalid attribute name specified.",
 		ArgumentName: "x-amz-object-attributes",
diff --git a/tests/integration/ListObjects.go b/tests/integration/ListObjects.go
index 31dfead9..59fdfe41 100644
--- a/tests/integration/ListObjects.go
+++ b/tests/integration/ListObjects.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package integration
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3/types"
@@ -193,6 +195,33 @@ func ListObjects_invalid_max_keys(s *S3Conf) error {
 	})
 }
 
+// start-after belongs to ListObjectsV2, so S3 rejects it on a V1 listing
+// instead of ignoring it. The SDK ListObjects input has no StartAfter field,
+// so the request is signed and sent by hand.
+func ListObjects_start_after(s *S3Conf) error {
+	testName := "ListObjects_start_after"
+	return actionHandler(s, testName, func(s3client *s3.Client, bucket string) error {
+		_, err := putObjects(s3client, []string{"bar", "baz", "foo"}, bucket)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		req, err := createSignedReq(http.MethodGet, s.endpoint,
+			fmt.Sprintf("%v?start-after=bar", bucket),
+			s.awsID, s.awsSecret, "s3", s.awsRegion, "", nil, time.Now(), nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		resp, err := s.httpClient.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return checkHTTPResponseApiErr(resp, s3err.GetInvalidArgumentErr(s3err.InvalidArgStartAfter, ""))
+	})
+}
+
 func ListObjects_max_keys_0(s *S3Conf) error {
 	testName := "ListObjects_max_keys_0"
 	return actionHandler(s, testName, func(s3client *s3.Client, bucket string) error {
diff --git a/tests/integration/group-tests.go b/tests/integration/group-tests.go
index c0f82614..940ae164 100644
--- a/tests/integration/group-tests.go
+++ b/tests/integration/group-tests.go
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ func TestListObjects(ts *TestState) {
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_truncated)
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_paginated)
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_invalid_max_keys)
+	ts.Run(ListObjects_start_after)
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_max_keys_0)
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_exceeding_max_keys)
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_delimiter)
@@ -3153,6 +3154,7 @@ func GetIntTests() IntTests {
 		"ListObjects_truncated":                                                            ListObjects_truncated,
 		"ListObjects_paginated":                                                            ListObjects_paginated,
 		"ListObjects_invalid_max_keys":                                                     ListObjects_invalid_max_keys,
+		"ListObjects_start_after":                                                          ListObjects_start_after,
 		"ListObjects_max_keys_0":                                                           ListObjects_max_keys_0,
 		"ListObjects_delimiter":                                                            ListObjects_delimiter,
 		"ListObjects_max_keys_none":                                                        ListObjects_max_keys_none,
diff --git a/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh b/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh
index 8f30c9be..7fe13ab6 100755
--- a/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh
+++ b/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh
@@ -248,9 +248,6 @@ source ./tests/drivers/objects_and_versions.sh
 
 # tags: curl,ListObjects,start-after,invalid-query
 @test "ListObjectsV1 - start-after - error" {
-  if [ "$DIRECT" != "true" ]; then
-    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/2004"
-  fi
   run setup_bucket_and_files_v3 "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME" 2
   assert_success
   read -r bucket_name file_one file_two <<< "$output"