diff --git a/cmd/api-headers.go b/cmd/api-headers.go
index 66ff7c078..7a7b6b320 100644
--- a/cmd/api-headers.go
+++ b/cmd/api-headers.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func setPartsCountHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, objInfo ObjectInfo) {
 }
 
 // Write object header
-func setObjectHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, objInfo ObjectInfo, rs *HTTPRangeSpec) (err error) {
+func setObjectHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, objInfo ObjectInfo, rs *HTTPRangeSpec, opts ObjectOptions) (err error) {
 	// set common headers
 	setCommonHeaders(w)
 
@@ -147,15 +147,26 @@ func setObjectHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, objInfo ObjectInfo, rs *HTTPRangeSp
 		}
 	}
 
+	var start, rangeLen int64
 	totalObjectSize, err := objInfo.GetActualSize()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// for providing ranged content
-	start, rangeLen, err := rs.GetOffsetLength(totalObjectSize)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if opts.PartNumber > 0 {
+		var start, end int64
+		for i := 0; i < len(objInfo.Parts) && i < opts.PartNumber; i++ {
+			start = end
+			end = start + objInfo.Parts[i].ActualSize - 1
+		}
+		rs = &HTTPRangeSpec{Start: start, End: end}
+		rangeLen = end - start + 1
+	} else {
+		// for providing ranged content
+		start, rangeLen, err = rs.GetOffsetLength(totalObjectSize)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Set content length.
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-utils.go b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
index 55543671e..9f0c48d56 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
@@ -562,6 +562,15 @@ type ObjReaderFn func(inputReader io.Reader, h http.Header, pcfn CheckPreconditi
 func NewGetObjectReader(rs *HTTPRangeSpec, oi ObjectInfo, opts ObjectOptions, cleanUpFns ...func()) (
 	fn ObjReaderFn, off, length int64, err error) {
 
+	if rs == nil && opts.PartNumber > 0 {
+		var start, end int64
+		for i := 0; i < len(oi.Parts) && i < opts.PartNumber; i++ {
+			start = end
+			end = start + oi.Parts[i].ActualSize - 1
+		}
+		rs = &HTTPRangeSpec{Start: start, End: end}
+	}
+
 	// Call the clean-up functions immediately in case of exit
 	// with error
 	defer func() {
diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index 377265601..84e5fdd93 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -378,6 +378,22 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 	rangeHeader := r.Header.Get(xhttp.Range)
 	if rangeHeader != "" {
 		rs, rangeErr = parseRequestRangeSpec(rangeHeader)
+		// Handle only errInvalidRange. Ignore other
+		// parse error and treat it as regular Get
+		// request like Amazon S3.
+		if rangeErr == errInvalidRange {
+			writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrInvalidRange), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+			return
+		}
+		if rangeErr != nil {
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, rangeErr, logger.Application)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Both 'bytes' and 'partNumber' cannot be specified at the same time
+	if rs != nil && opts.PartNumber > 0 {
+		writeErrorResponseHeadersOnly(w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrBadRequest))
+		return
 	}
 
 	// Validate pre-conditions if any.
@@ -393,16 +409,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 			return true
 		}
 
-		// Handle only errInvalidRange. Ignore other
-		// parse error and treat it as regular Get
-		// request like Amazon S3.
-		if rangeErr == errInvalidRange {
-			writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrInvalidRange), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
-			return true
-		}
-		if rangeErr != nil {
-			logger.LogIf(ctx, rangeErr, logger.Application)
-		}
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -445,7 +451,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err = setObjectHeaders(w, objInfo, rs); err != nil {
+	if err = setObjectHeaders(w, objInfo, rs, opts); err != nil {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
 		return
 	}
@@ -459,7 +465,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 
 	statusCodeWritten := false
 	httpWriter := ioutil.WriteOnClose(w)
-	if rs != nil {
+	if rs != nil || opts.PartNumber > 0 {
 		statusCodeWritten = true
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusPartialContent)
 	}
@@ -613,6 +619,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) HeadObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Both 'bytes' and 'partNumber' cannot be specified at the same time
+	if rs != nil && opts.PartNumber > 0 {
+		writeErrorResponseHeadersOnly(w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrBadRequest))
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Set encryption response headers
 	if objectAPI.IsEncryptionSupported() {
 		if crypto.IsEncrypted(objInfo.UserDefined) {
@@ -632,7 +644,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) HeadObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	}
 
 	// Set standard object headers.
-	if err = setObjectHeaders(w, objInfo, rs); err != nil {
+	if err = setObjectHeaders(w, objInfo, rs, opts); err != nil {
 		writeErrorResponseHeadersOnly(w, toAPIError(ctx, err))
 		return
 	}
@@ -646,7 +658,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) HeadObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	setHeadGetRespHeaders(w, r.URL.Query())
 
 	// Successful response.
-	if rs != nil {
+	if rs != nil || opts.PartNumber > 0 {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusPartialContent)
 	} else {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
diff --git a/cmd/web-handlers.go b/cmd/web-handlers.go
index 94349bd31..7eb4717bd 100644
--- a/cmd/web-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/web-handlers.go
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ func (web *webAPIHandlers) Download(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		setPartsCountHeaders(w, objInfo)
 	}
 
-	if err = setObjectHeaders(w, objInfo, nil); err != nil {
+	if err = setObjectHeaders(w, objInfo, nil, opts); err != nil {
 		writeWebErrorResponse(w, err)
 		return
 	}