diff --git a/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle.go b/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle.go
index 0d47da36f..ab0ff74b6 100644
--- a/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle.go
+++ b/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle.go
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ func (lc Lifecycle) HasActiveRules(prefix string) bool {
 		}
 
 		if len(prefix) > 0 && len(rule.GetPrefix()) > 0 {
-			// If recursive, we can skip this rule if it doesn't match the tested prefix.
+			// we can skip this rule if it doesn't match the tested
+			// prefix.
 			if !strings.HasPrefix(prefix, rule.GetPrefix()) && !strings.HasPrefix(rule.GetPrefix(), prefix) {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -171,15 +172,15 @@ func (lc Lifecycle) HasActiveRules(prefix string) bool {
 		if !rule.NoncurrentVersionTransition.IsNull() {
 			return true
 		}
-		if rule.Expiration.IsNull() && rule.Transition.IsNull() {
-			continue
-		}
 		if !rule.Expiration.IsDateNull() && rule.Expiration.Date.Before(time.Now().UTC()) {
 			return true
 		}
 		if !rule.Expiration.IsDaysNull() {
 			return true
 		}
+		if rule.Expiration.DeleteMarker.val {
+			return true
+		}
 		if !rule.Transition.IsDateNull() && rule.Transition.Date.Before(time.Now().UTC()) {
 			return true
 		}
diff --git a/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go b/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go
index e61905e44..9364d772f 100644
--- a/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go
+++ b/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ func TestHasActiveRules(t *testing.T) {
 			want:        true,
 		},
 		{ // empty prefix
-			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><Expiration><Days>5</Days></Expiration></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
+			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><Filter></Filter><Expiration><Days>5</Days></Expiration></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
 			prefix:      "foodir/foobject/foo.txt",
 			want:        true,
 		},
@@ -600,15 +600,25 @@ func TestHasActiveRules(t *testing.T) {
 			want:        false,
 		},
 		{
-			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><Transition><StorageClass>S3TIER-1</StorageClass></Transition></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
+			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><Filter></Filter><Transition><StorageClass>S3TIER-1</StorageClass></Transition></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
 			prefix:      "foodir/foobject/foo.txt",
 			want:        true,
 		},
 		{
-			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><NoncurrentVersionTransition><StorageClass>S3TIER-1</StorageClass></NoncurrentVersionTransition></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
+			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><Filter></Filter><NoncurrentVersionTransition><StorageClass>S3TIER-1</StorageClass></NoncurrentVersionTransition></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
 			prefix:      "foodir/foobject/foo.txt",
 			want:        true,
 		},
+		{
+			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><Filter></Filter><Expiration><ExpiredObjectDeleteMarker>true</ExpiredObjectDeleteMarker></Expiration></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
+			prefix:      "",
+			want:        true,
+		},
+		{
+			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><Filter></Filter><Expiration><Days>42</Days><ExpiredObjectAllVersions>true</ExpiredObjectAllVersions></Expiration></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
+			prefix:      "",
+			want:        true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, tc := range testCases {
@@ -618,8 +628,12 @@ func TestHasActiveRules(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Got unexpected error: %v", err)
 			}
+			// To ensure input lifecycle configurations are valid
+			if err := lc.Validate(); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Invalid test case: %d %v", i+1, err)
+			}
 			if got := lc.HasActiveRules(tc.prefix); got != tc.want {
-				t.Fatalf("Expected result with recursive set to false: `%v`, got: `%v`", tc.want, got)
+				t.Fatalf("Expected result: `%v`, got: `%v`", tc.want, got)
 			}
 		})
 	}