diff --git a/cmd/encryption-v1.go b/cmd/encryption-v1.go
index 3d3f672f3..8ab4f91b1 100644
--- a/cmd/encryption-v1.go
+++ b/cmd/encryption-v1.go
@@ -1083,6 +1083,44 @@ func (o *ObjectInfo) metadataDecrypter() objectMetaDecryptFn {
 	}
 }
 
+// metadataEncryptFn provides an encryption function for metadata.
+// Will return nil, nil if unencrypted.
+func (o *ObjectInfo) metadataEncryptFn(headers http.Header) (objectMetaEncryptFn, error) {
+	kind, _ := crypto.IsEncrypted(o.UserDefined)
+	switch kind {
+	case crypto.SSEC:
+		if crypto.SSECopy.IsRequested(headers) {
+			key, err := crypto.SSECopy.ParseHTTP(headers)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			objectEncryptionKey, err := decryptObjectMeta(key[:], o.Bucket, o.Name, o.UserDefined)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if len(objectEncryptionKey) == 32 {
+				var key crypto.ObjectKey
+				copy(key[:], objectEncryptionKey)
+				return metadataEncrypter(key), nil
+			}
+			return nil, errors.New("metadataEncryptFn: unexpected key size")
+		}
+	case crypto.S3, crypto.S3KMS:
+		objectEncryptionKey, err := decryptObjectMeta(nil, o.Bucket, o.Name, o.UserDefined)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(objectEncryptionKey) == 32 {
+			var key crypto.ObjectKey
+			copy(key[:], objectEncryptionKey)
+			return metadataEncrypter(key), nil
+		}
+		return nil, errors.New("metadataEncryptFn: unexpected key size")
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 // decryptChecksums will attempt to decode checksums and return it/them if set.
 func (o *ObjectInfo) decryptChecksums() map[string]string {
 	data := o.Checksum
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go b/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go
index e1be71a78..ca5101ef4 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v2"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/replication"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/hash"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 )
 
 // BackendType - represents different backend types.
@@ -181,8 +182,9 @@ type ObjectInfo struct {
 	Checksum []byte
 }
 
-// ArchiveInfo returns any saved zip archive meta information
-func (o ObjectInfo) ArchiveInfo() []byte {
+// ArchiveInfo returns any saved zip archive meta information.
+// It will be decrypted if needed.
+func (o *ObjectInfo) ArchiveInfo() []byte {
 	if len(o.UserDefined) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -190,11 +192,20 @@ func (o ObjectInfo) ArchiveInfo() []byte {
 	if !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return []byte(z)
+	data := []byte(z)
+	if v, ok := o.UserDefined[archiveTypeMetadataKey]; ok && v == archiveTypeEnc {
+		decrypted, err := o.metadataDecrypter()(archiveTypeEnc, data)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.LogIf(GlobalContext, err)
+			return nil
+		}
+		data = decrypted
+	}
+	return data
 }
 
 // Clone - Returns a cloned copy of current objectInfo
-func (o ObjectInfo) Clone() (cinfo ObjectInfo) {
+func (o *ObjectInfo) Clone() (cinfo ObjectInfo) {
 	cinfo = ObjectInfo{
 		Bucket:                     o.Bucket,
 		Name:                       o.Name,
diff --git a/cmd/object-multipart-handlers.go b/cmd/object-multipart-handlers.go
index 5c499b6b2..773c8a2c9 100644
--- a/cmd/object-multipart-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-multipart-handlers.go
@@ -676,6 +676,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CompleteMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWrite
 		}
 	}
 
+	opts.EncryptFn, err = objInfo.metadataEncryptFn(r.Header)
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
+		return
+	}
 	if r.Header.Get(xMinIOExtract) == "true" && strings.HasSuffix(object, archiveExt) {
 		opts := ObjectOptions{VersionID: objInfo.VersionID, MTime: objInfo.ModTime}
 		if _, err := updateObjectMetadataWithZipInfo(ctx, objectAPI, bucket, object, opts); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/s3-zip-handlers.go b/cmd/s3-zip-handlers.go
index ef6baf00f..55f003d73 100644
--- a/cmd/s3-zip-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/s3-zip-handlers.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	archiveType            = "zip"
+	archiveTypeEnc         = "zip-enc"
 	archiveExt             = "." + archiveType // ".zip"
 	archiveSeparator       = "/"
 	archivePattern         = archiveExt + archiveSeparator                // ".zip/"
@@ -152,6 +153,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) getObjectInArchiveFileHandler(ctx context.Context,
 
 	zipInfo := zipObjInfo.ArchiveInfo()
 	if len(zipInfo) == 0 {
+		opts.EncryptFn, err = zipObjInfo.metadataEncryptFn(r.Header)
+		if err != nil {
+			writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
+			return
+		}
+
 		zipInfo, err = updateObjectMetadataWithZipInfo(ctx, objectAPI, bucket, zipPath, opts)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -451,6 +458,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) headObjectInArchiveFileHandler(ctx context.Context,
 
 	zipInfo := zipObjInfo.ArchiveInfo()
 	if len(zipInfo) == 0 {
+		opts.EncryptFn, err = zipObjInfo.metadataEncryptFn(r.Header)
+		if err != nil {
+			writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
+			return
+		}
 		zipInfo, err = updateObjectMetadataWithZipInfo(ctx, objectAPI, bucket, zipPath, opts)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -491,7 +503,8 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) headObjectInArchiveFileHandler(ctx context.Context,
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 }
 
-// Update the passed zip object metadata with the zip contents info, file name, modtime, size, etc..
+// Update the passed zip object metadata with the zip contents info, file name, modtime, size, etc.
+// The returned zip index will de decrypted.
 func updateObjectMetadataWithZipInfo(ctx context.Context, objectAPI ObjectLayer, bucket, object string, opts ObjectOptions) ([]byte, error) {
 	files, srcInfo, err := getFilesListFromZIPObject(ctx, objectAPI, bucket, object, opts)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -502,14 +515,18 @@ func updateObjectMetadataWithZipInfo(ctx context.Context, objectAPI ObjectLayer,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	srcInfo.UserDefined[archiveTypeMetadataKey] = archiveType
+	at := archiveType
 	zipInfoStr := string(zipInfo)
+	if opts.EncryptFn != nil {
+		at = archiveTypeEnc
+		zipInfoStr = string(opts.EncryptFn(archiveTypeEnc, zipInfo))
+	}
+	srcInfo.UserDefined[archiveTypeMetadataKey] = at
 	popts := ObjectOptions{
 		MTime:     srcInfo.ModTime,
 		VersionID: srcInfo.VersionID,
 		EvalMetadataFn: func(oi *ObjectInfo) error {
-			oi.UserDefined[archiveTypeMetadataKey] = archiveType
+			oi.UserDefined[archiveTypeMetadataKey] = at
 			oi.UserDefined[archiveInfoMetadataKey] = zipInfoStr
 			return nil
 		},