diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index 484962f14..1efa2db20 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -2418,6 +2418,13 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CopyObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *htt
 	var parseRangeErr error
 	if rangeHeader := r.Header.Get(xhttp.AmzCopySourceRange); rangeHeader != "" {
 		rs, parseRangeErr = parseCopyPartRangeSpec(rangeHeader)
+	} else {
+		// This check is to see if client specified a header but the value
+		// is empty for 'x-amz-copy-source-range'
+		_, ok := r.Header[xhttp.AmzCopySourceRange]
+		if ok {
+			parseRangeErr = errInvalidRange
+		}
 	}
 
 	checkCopyPartPrecondFn := func(o ObjectInfo) bool {
diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers_test.go b/cmd/object-handlers_test.go
index a7029f49c..44fbf2544 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers_test.go
@@ -1897,6 +1897,17 @@ func testAPICopyObjectPartHandler(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName stri
 			secretKey:          credentials.SecretKey,
 			expectedRespStatus: http.StatusNotFound,
 		},
+		// Test case - 16,  Test case with ivalid byte range empty value.
+		{
+			bucketName:       bucketName,
+			uploadID:         uploadID,
+			copySourceHeader: url.QueryEscape(SlashSeparator + bucketName + SlashSeparator + objectName),
+			copySourceRange:  "empty",
+			accessKey:        credentials.AccessKey,
+			secretKey:        credentials.SecretKey,
+
+			expectedRespStatus: http.StatusBadRequest,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
@@ -1920,7 +1931,11 @@ func testAPICopyObjectPartHandler(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName stri
 			req.Header.Set("X-Amz-Copy-Source", testCase.copySourceHeader)
 		}
 		if testCase.copySourceRange != "" {
-			req.Header.Set("X-Amz-Copy-Source-Range", testCase.copySourceRange)
+			if testCase.copySourceRange == "empty" {
+				req.Header.Set("X-Amz-Copy-Source-Range", "") // specifically test for S3 errors in this scenario.
+			} else {
+				req.Header.Set("X-Amz-Copy-Source-Range", testCase.copySourceRange)
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Since `apiRouter` satisfies `http.Handler` it has a ServeHTTP to execute the logic of the handler.