diff --git a/cmd/batch-handlers.go b/cmd/batch-handlers.go
index 067853ef3..3dd1fa261 100644
--- a/cmd/batch-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/batch-handlers.go
@@ -272,17 +272,53 @@ func (r *BatchJobReplicateV1) ReplicateToTarget(ctx context.Context, api ObjectL
 	tgtPrefix := r.Target.Prefix
 	srcObject := srcObjInfo.Name
 
+	if srcObjInfo.DeleteMarker || !srcObjInfo.VersionPurgeStatus.Empty() {
+		if retry {
+			if _, err := c.StatObject(ctx, tgtBucket, pathJoin(tgtPrefix, srcObject), miniogo.StatObjectOptions{
+				VersionID: srcObjInfo.VersionID,
+				Internal: miniogo.AdvancedGetOptions{
+					ReplicationProxyRequest: "false",
+				},
+			}); isErrMethodNotAllowed(ErrorRespToObjectError(err, tgtBucket, pathJoin(tgtPrefix, srcObject))) {
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		versionID := srcObjInfo.VersionID
+		dmVersionID := ""
+		if srcObjInfo.VersionPurgeStatus.Empty() {
+			dmVersionID = srcObjInfo.VersionID
+		}
+
+		return c.RemoveObject(ctx, tgtBucket, pathJoin(tgtPrefix, srcObject), miniogo.RemoveObjectOptions{
+			VersionID: versionID,
+			Internal: miniogo.AdvancedRemoveOptions{
+				ReplicationDeleteMarker: dmVersionID != "",
+				ReplicationMTime:        srcObjInfo.ModTime,
+				ReplicationStatus:       miniogo.ReplicationStatusReplica,
+				ReplicationRequest:      true, // always set this to distinguish between `mc mirror` replication and serverside
+			},
+		})
+	}
+
 	if retry { // when we are retrying avoid copying if necessary.
 		gopts := miniogo.GetObjectOptions{}
 		if err := gopts.SetMatchETag(srcObjInfo.ETag); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if _, err := c.StatObject(ctx, tgtBucket, srcObject, gopts); err == nil {
+		if _, err := c.StatObject(ctx, tgtBucket, pathJoin(tgtPrefix, srcObject), gopts); err == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
 	}
 
-	opts := ObjectOptions{}
+	versioned := globalBucketVersioningSys.PrefixEnabled(srcBucket, srcObject)
+	versionSuspended := globalBucketVersioningSys.PrefixSuspended(srcBucket, srcObject)
+
+	opts := ObjectOptions{
+		VersionID:        srcObjInfo.VersionID,
+		Versioned:        versioned,
+		VersionSuspended: versionSuspended,
+	}
 	rd, err := api.GetObjectNInfo(ctx, srcBucket, srcObject, nil, http.Header{}, readLock, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -331,10 +367,12 @@ type batchJobInfo struct {
 	Object string `json:"-" msg:"lobj"`
 
 	// Verbose information
-	Objects          int64 `json:"objects" msg:"ob"`
-	ObjectsFailed    int64 `json:"objectsFailed" msg:"obf"`
-	BytesTransferred int64 `json:"bytesTransferred" msg:"bt"`
-	BytesFailed      int64 `json:"bytesFailed" msg:"bf"`
+	Objects             int64 `json:"objects" msg:"ob"`
+	DeleteMarkers       int64 `json:"deleteMarkers" msg:"dm"`
+	ObjectsFailed       int64 `json:"objectsFailed" msg:"obf"`
+	DeleteMarkersFailed int64 `json:"deleteMarkersFailed" msg:"dmf"`
+	BytesTransferred    int64 `json:"bytesTransferred" msg:"bt"`
+	BytesFailed         int64 `json:"bytesFailed" msg:"bf"`
 }
 
 const (
@@ -431,16 +469,24 @@ func (ri batchJobInfo) save(ctx context.Context, api ObjectLayer, jobLocation st
 	return saveConfig(ctx, api, pathJoin(jobLocation, batchReplName), buf)
 }
 
-func (ri *batchJobInfo) countItem(size int64, success bool) {
+func (ri *batchJobInfo) countItem(size int64, dmarker, success bool) {
 	if ri == nil {
 		return
 	}
 	if success {
-		ri.Objects++
-		ri.BytesTransferred += size
+		if dmarker {
+			ri.DeleteMarkers++
+		} else {
+			ri.Objects++
+			ri.BytesTransferred += size
+		}
 	} else {
-		ri.ObjectsFailed++
-		ri.BytesFailed += size
+		if dmarker {
+			ri.DeleteMarkersFailed++
+		} else {
+			ri.ObjectsFailed++
+			ri.BytesFailed += size
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -466,7 +512,7 @@ func (ri *batchJobInfo) trackCurrentBucketObject(bucket string, info ObjectInfo,
 	}
 	ri.Bucket = bucket
 	ri.Object = info.Name
-	ri.countItem(info.Size, failed)
+	ri.countItem(info.Size, info.DeleteMarker, failed)
 }
 
 // Start start the batch replication job, resumes if there was a pending job via "job.ID"
@@ -544,15 +590,15 @@ func (r *BatchJobReplicateV1) Start(ctx context.Context, api ObjectLayer, job Ba
 		}
 
 		for result := range results {
-			if result.DeleteMarker {
-				// delete-markers will never be 'replicated'
-				continue
-			}
-
 			stopFn := globalBatchJobsMetrics.trace(batchReplicationMetricObject, job.ID, attempts, result)
 			success := true
 			if err := r.ReplicateToTarget(ctx, api, c, result, retry); err != nil {
 				stopFn(err)
+				if isErrVersionNotFound(err) || isErrObjectNotFound(err) {
+					// object must be deleted concurrently, allow
+					// these failures but do not count them
+					continue
+				}
 				logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
 				success = false
 			} else {
diff --git a/cmd/batch-handlers_gen.go b/cmd/batch-handlers_gen.go
index 39054c790..20ec1cd75 100644
--- a/cmd/batch-handlers_gen.go
+++ b/cmd/batch-handlers_gen.go
@@ -2531,12 +2531,24 @@ func (z *batchJobInfo) DecodeMsg(dc *msgp.Reader) (err error) {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Objects")
 				return
 			}
+		case "dm":
+			z.DeleteMarkers, err = dc.ReadInt64()
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DeleteMarkers")
+				return
+			}
 		case "obf":
 			z.ObjectsFailed, err = dc.ReadInt64()
 			if err != nil {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ObjectsFailed")
 				return
 			}
+		case "dmf":
+			z.DeleteMarkersFailed, err = dc.ReadInt64()
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DeleteMarkersFailed")
+				return
+			}
 		case "bt":
 			z.BytesTransferred, err = dc.ReadInt64()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -2562,9 +2574,9 @@ func (z *batchJobInfo) DecodeMsg(dc *msgp.Reader) (err error) {
 
 // EncodeMsg implements msgp.Encodable
 func (z *batchJobInfo) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
-	// map header, size 14
+	// map header, size 16
 	// write "v"
-	err = en.Append(0x8e, 0xa1, 0x76)
+	err = en.Append(0xde, 0x0, 0x10, 0xa1, 0x76)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -2673,6 +2685,16 @@ func (z *batchJobInfo) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
 		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Objects")
 		return
 	}
+	// write "dm"
+	err = en.Append(0xa2, 0x64, 0x6d)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	err = en.WriteInt64(z.DeleteMarkers)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DeleteMarkers")
+		return
+	}
 	// write "obf"
 	err = en.Append(0xa3, 0x6f, 0x62, 0x66)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -2683,6 +2705,16 @@ func (z *batchJobInfo) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
 		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ObjectsFailed")
 		return
 	}
+	// write "dmf"
+	err = en.Append(0xa3, 0x64, 0x6d, 0x66)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	err = en.WriteInt64(z.DeleteMarkersFailed)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DeleteMarkersFailed")
+		return
+	}
 	// write "bt"
 	err = en.Append(0xa2, 0x62, 0x74)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -2709,9 +2741,9 @@ func (z *batchJobInfo) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
 // MarshalMsg implements msgp.Marshaler
 func (z *batchJobInfo) MarshalMsg(b []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 	o = msgp.Require(b, z.Msgsize())
-	// map header, size 14
+	// map header, size 16
 	// string "v"
-	o = append(o, 0x8e, 0xa1, 0x76)
+	o = append(o, 0xde, 0x0, 0x10, 0xa1, 0x76)
 	o = msgp.AppendInt(o, z.Version)
 	// string "jid"
 	o = append(o, 0xa3, 0x6a, 0x69, 0x64)
@@ -2743,9 +2775,15 @@ func (z *batchJobInfo) MarshalMsg(b []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 	// string "ob"
 	o = append(o, 0xa2, 0x6f, 0x62)
 	o = msgp.AppendInt64(o, z.Objects)
+	// string "dm"
+	o = append(o, 0xa2, 0x64, 0x6d)
+	o = msgp.AppendInt64(o, z.DeleteMarkers)
 	// string "obf"
 	o = append(o, 0xa3, 0x6f, 0x62, 0x66)
 	o = msgp.AppendInt64(o, z.ObjectsFailed)
+	// string "dmf"
+	o = append(o, 0xa3, 0x64, 0x6d, 0x66)
+	o = msgp.AppendInt64(o, z.DeleteMarkersFailed)
 	// string "bt"
 	o = append(o, 0xa2, 0x62, 0x74)
 	o = msgp.AppendInt64(o, z.BytesTransferred)
@@ -2839,12 +2877,24 @@ func (z *batchJobInfo) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Objects")
 				return
 			}
+		case "dm":
+			z.DeleteMarkers, bts, err = msgp.ReadInt64Bytes(bts)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DeleteMarkers")
+				return
+			}
 		case "obf":
 			z.ObjectsFailed, bts, err = msgp.ReadInt64Bytes(bts)
 			if err != nil {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ObjectsFailed")
 				return
 			}
+		case "dmf":
+			z.DeleteMarkersFailed, bts, err = msgp.ReadInt64Bytes(bts)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DeleteMarkersFailed")
+				return
+			}
 		case "bt":
 			z.BytesTransferred, bts, err = msgp.ReadInt64Bytes(bts)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -2871,6 +2921,6 @@ func (z *batchJobInfo) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 
 // Msgsize returns an upper bound estimate of the number of bytes occupied by the serialized message
 func (z *batchJobInfo) Msgsize() (s int) {
-	s = 1 + 2 + msgp.IntSize + 4 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.JobID) + 3 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.JobType) + 3 + msgp.TimeSize + 3 + msgp.TimeSize + 3 + msgp.IntSize + 4 + msgp.BoolSize + 4 + msgp.BoolSize + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Bucket) + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Object) + 3 + msgp.Int64Size + 4 + msgp.Int64Size + 3 + msgp.Int64Size + 3 + msgp.Int64Size
+	s = 3 + 2 + msgp.IntSize + 4 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.JobID) + 3 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.JobType) + 3 + msgp.TimeSize + 3 + msgp.TimeSize + 3 + msgp.IntSize + 4 + msgp.BoolSize + 4 + msgp.BoolSize + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Bucket) + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Object) + 3 + msgp.Int64Size + 3 + msgp.Int64Size + 4 + msgp.Int64Size + 4 + msgp.Int64Size + 3 + msgp.Int64Size + 3 + msgp.Int64Size
 	return
 }