diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index af148f8c6..f9726d7d6 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -2077,6 +2077,18 @@ func (s *xlStorage) deleteFile(basePath, deletePath string, recursive, force boo
 			if isObjectDir {
 				return errFileNotFound
 			}
+			// if we have .DS_Store only on macOS
+			if runtime.GOOS == globalMacOSName {
+				storeFilePath := pathJoin(deletePath, ".DS_Store")
+				_, err := Stat(storeFilePath)
+				// .DS_Store exsits
+				if err == nil {
+					// delete first
+					Remove(storeFilePath)
+					// try again
+					Remove(deletePath)
+				}
+			}
 			// Ignore errors if the directory is not empty. The server relies on
 			// this functionality, and sometimes uses recursion that should not
 			// error on parent directories.