diff --git a/backend/posix/list_objects_v2_test.go b/backend/posix/list_objects_v2_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c21a709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/posix/list_objects_v2_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// Copyright 2026 Versity Software
+// This file is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+// (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package posix
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
+	"github.com/versity/versitygw/s3response"
+)
+
+// TestListObjectsV2ContinuationTokenEcho checks that ListObjectsV2 echoes
+// the request continuation token, and only that: start-after must not be
+// reported back as a continuation token.
+func TestListObjectsV2ContinuationTokenEcho(t *testing.T) {
+	p := newTestPosix(t, metaModes(t)["xattr"])
+	bucket := "testbucket"
+	createTestBucket(t, p, bucket)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	for _, key := range []string{"a", "b", "c"} {
+		_, err := p.PutObject(ctx, s3response.PutObjectInput{
+			Bucket:        &bucket,
+			Key:           aws.String(key),
+			Body:          strings.NewReader("data"),
+			ContentLength: aws.Int64(4),
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("put object %q: %v", key, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		cToken     string
+		startAfter string
+		wantToken  *string
+		wantKeys   []string
+	}{
+		{"no token or start-after", "", "", nil, []string{"a", "b", "c"}},
+		{"start-after only", "", "a", nil, []string{"b", "c"}},
+		{"continuation token only", "a", "", aws.String("a"), []string{"b", "c"}},
+		{"start-after past the continuation token", "a", "b", aws.String("a"), []string{"c"}},
+		{"continuation token past start-after", "b", "a", aws.String("b"), []string{"c"}},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			out, err := p.ListObjectsV2(ctx, &s3.ListObjectsV2Input{
+				Bucket:            &bucket,
+				ContinuationToken: &tt.cToken,
+				StartAfter:        &tt.startAfter,
+				MaxKeys:           aws.Int32(1000),
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("list objects v2: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(out.ContinuationToken, tt.wantToken) {
+				t.Fatalf("continuation token = %q, want %q",
+					aws.ToString(out.ContinuationToken), aws.ToString(tt.wantToken))
+			}
+
+			var keys []string
+			for _, obj := range out.Contents {
+				keys = append(keys, aws.ToString(obj.Key))
+			}
+			if strings.Join(keys, ",") != strings.Join(tt.wantKeys, ",") {
+				t.Fatalf("keys = %v, want %v", keys, tt.wantKeys)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/backend/posix/posix.go b/backend/posix/posix.go
index 97b4785b..bf415411 100644
--- a/backend/posix/posix.go
+++ b/backend/posix/posix.go
@@ -7165,7 +7165,7 @@ func (p *Posix) ListObjectsV2Parametrized(ctx context.Context, input *s3.ListObj
 		Name:                  &bucket,
 		KeyCount:              &count,
 		Delimiter:             backend.GetPtrFromString(delim),
-		ContinuationToken:     backend.GetPtrFromString(marker),
+		ContinuationToken:     backend.GetPtrFromString(backend.GetStringFromPtr(input.ContinuationToken)),
 		NextContinuationToken: backend.GetPtrFromString(results.NextMarker),
 		Prefix:                backend.GetPtrFromString(prefix),
 		StartAfter:            backend.GetPtrFromString(*input.StartAfter),
diff --git a/tests/integration/ListObjectsV2.go b/tests/integration/ListObjectsV2.go
index a0365cc6..f3f85e47 100644
--- a/tests/integration/ListObjectsV2.go
+++ b/tests/integration/ListObjectsV2.go
@@ -175,6 +175,75 @@ func ListObjectsV2_start_after_empty_result(s *S3Conf) error {
 	})
 }
 
+func ListObjectsV2_start_after_continuation_token(s *S3Conf) error {
+	testName := "ListObjectsV2_start_after_continuation_token"
+	return actionHandler(s, testName, func(s3client *s3.Client, bucket string) error {
+		contents, err := putObjects(s3client, []string{"foo", "bar", "baz", "quxx"}, bucket)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// start-after alone is not echoed back as a continuation token
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), shortTimeout)
+		out, err := s3client.ListObjectsV2(ctx, &s3.ListObjectsV2Input{
+			Bucket:     &bucket,
+			StartAfter: getPtr("bar"),
+		})
+		cancel()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if out.ContinuationToken != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected nil ContinuationToken, instead got %v",
+				*out.ContinuationToken)
+		}
+		if !compareObjects(contents[1:], out.Contents) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected the output to be %v, instead got %v",
+				contents[1:], out.Contents)
+		}
+
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), shortTimeout)
+		out, err = s3client.ListObjectsV2(ctx, &s3.ListObjectsV2Input{
+			Bucket:  &bucket,
+			MaxKeys: getPtr(int32(1)),
+		})
+		cancel()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		token := getString(out.NextContinuationToken)
+		if token == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected non-empty NextContinuationToken")
+		}
+
+		// with both, the request continuation token is echoed back even
+		// when start-after is past it
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), shortTimeout)
+		out, err = s3client.ListObjectsV2(ctx, &s3.ListObjectsV2Input{
+			Bucket:            &bucket,
+			ContinuationToken: &token,
+			StartAfter:        getPtr("baz"),
+		})
+		cancel()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if getString(out.ContinuationToken) != token {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected ContinuationToken to be %v, instead got %v",
+				token, getString(out.ContinuationToken))
+		}
+		if !compareObjects(contents[2:], out.Contents) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected the output to be %v, instead got %v",
+				contents[2:], out.Contents)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 func ListObjectsV2_both_delimiter_and_prefix(s *S3Conf) error {
 	testName := "ListObjectsV2_both_delimiter_and_prefix"
 	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 91d6cb79..75d938e0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/group-tests.go
+++ b/tests/integration/group-tests.go
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ func TestListObjectsV2(ts *TestState) {
 	ts.Run(ListObjectsV2_both_start_after_and_continuation_token)
 	ts.Run(ListObjectsV2_start_after_not_in_list)
 	ts.Run(ListObjectsV2_start_after_empty_result)
+	ts.Run(ListObjectsV2_start_after_continuation_token)
 	ts.Run(ListObjectsV2_both_delimiter_and_prefix)
 	ts.Run(ListObjectsV2_single_dir_object_with_delim_and_prefix)
 	ts.Run(ListObjectsV2_truncated_common_prefixes)
@@ -3163,6 +3164,7 @@ func GetIntTests() IntTests {
 		"ListObjectsV2_both_start_after_and_continuation_token":                            ListObjectsV2_both_start_after_and_continuation_token,
 		"ListObjectsV2_start_after_not_in_list":                                            ListObjectsV2_start_after_not_in_list,
 		"ListObjectsV2_start_after_empty_result":                                           ListObjectsV2_start_after_empty_result,
+		"ListObjectsV2_start_after_continuation_token":                                     ListObjectsV2_start_after_continuation_token,
 		"ListObjectsV2_both_delimiter_and_prefix":                                          ListObjectsV2_both_delimiter_and_prefix,
 		"ListObjectsV2_single_dir_object_with_delim_and_prefix":                            ListObjectsV2_single_dir_object_with_delim_and_prefix,
 		"ListObjectsV2_truncated_common_prefixes":                                          ListObjectsV2_truncated_common_prefixes,
diff --git a/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh b/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh
index 5fa6fbeb..8f30c9be 100755
--- a/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh
+++ b/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh
@@ -267,9 +267,6 @@ source ./tests/drivers/objects_and_versions.sh
 
 # tags: curl,ListObjectsV2,start-after,continuation-token
 @test "ListObjectsV1 - start-after - doesn't include continuation token" {
-  if [ "$DIRECT" != "true" ]; then
-    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/2007"
-  fi
   run setup_bucket_and_files_v3 "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME" 2
   assert_success
   read -r bucket_name file_one file_two <<< "$output"