diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 638750a..d5b7afa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ This document outlines major changes between releases.
 - Support per namespace placement policies configuration (see `namespaces.config` config param) (#266)
 - Support control api to manage policies. See `control` config section (#258)
 - Add `namespace` label to billing metrics (#271)
+- Support policy-engine (#257)
 
 ### Changed
 - Update prometheus to v1.15.0 (#94)
diff --git a/api/middleware/constants.go b/api/middleware/constants.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b13be8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/middleware/constants.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package middleware
+
+const (
+	ListBucketsOperation = "ListBuckets"
+
+	// bucket operations.
+
+	OptionsOperation                   = "Options"
+	HeadBucketOperation                = "HeadBucket"
+	ListMultipartUploadsOperation      = "ListMultipartUploads"
+	GetBucketLocationOperation         = "GetBucketLocation"
+	GetBucketPolicyOperation           = "GetBucketPolicy"
+	GetBucketLifecycleOperation        = "GetBucketLifecycle"
+	GetBucketEncryptionOperation       = "GetBucketEncryption"
+	GetBucketCorsOperation             = "GetBucketCors"
+	GetBucketACLOperation              = "GetBucketACL"
+	GetBucketWebsiteOperation          = "GetBucketWebsite"
+	GetBucketAccelerateOperation       = "GetBucketAccelerate"
+	GetBucketRequestPaymentOperation   = "GetBucketRequestPayment"
+	GetBucketLoggingOperation          = "GetBucketLogging"
+	GetBucketReplicationOperation      = "GetBucketReplication"
+	GetBucketTaggingOperation          = "GetBucketTagging"
+	GetBucketObjectLockConfigOperation = "GetBucketObjectLockConfig"
+	GetBucketVersioningOperation       = "GetBucketVersioning"
+	GetBucketNotificationOperation     = "GetBucketNotification"
+	ListenBucketNotificationOperation  = "ListenBucketNotification"
+	ListBucketObjectVersionsOperation  = "ListBucketObjectVersions"
+	ListObjectsV2MOperation            = "ListObjectsV2M"
+	ListObjectsV2Operation             = "ListObjectsV2"
+	ListObjectsV1Operation             = "ListObjectsV1"
+	PutBucketCorsOperation             = "PutBucketCors"
+	PutBucketACLOperation              = "PutBucketACL"
+	PutBucketLifecycleOperation        = "PutBucketLifecycle"
+	PutBucketEncryptionOperation       = "PutBucketEncryption"
+	PutBucketPolicyOperation           = "PutBucketPolicy"
+	PutBucketObjectLockConfigOperation = "PutBucketObjectLockConfig"
+	PutBucketTaggingOperation          = "PutBucketTagging"
+	PutBucketVersioningOperation       = "PutBucketVersioning"
+	PutBucketNotificationOperation     = "PutBucketNotification"
+	CreateBucketOperation              = "CreateBucket"
+	DeleteMultipleObjectsOperation     = "DeleteMultipleObjects"
+	PostObjectOperation                = "PostObject"
+	DeleteBucketCorsOperation          = "DeleteBucketCors"
+	DeleteBucketWebsiteOperation       = "DeleteBucketWebsite"
+	DeleteBucketTaggingOperation       = "DeleteBucketTagging"
+	DeleteBucketPolicyOperation        = "DeleteBucketPolicy"
+	DeleteBucketLifecycleOperation     = "DeleteBucketLifecycle"
+	DeleteBucketEncryptionOperation    = "DeleteBucketEncryption"
+	DeleteBucketOperation              = "DeleteBucket"
+
+	// object operations.
+
+	HeadObjectOperation              = "HeadObject"
+	ListPartsOperation               = "ListParts"
+	GetObjectACLOperation            = "GetObjectACL"
+	GetObjectTaggingOperation        = "GetObjectTagging"
+	GetObjectRetentionOperation      = "GetObjectRetention"
+	GetObjectLegalHoldOperation      = "GetObjectLegalHold"
+	GetObjectAttributesOperation     = "GetObjectAttributes"
+	GetObjectOperation               = "GetObject"
+	UploadPartCopyOperation          = "UploadPartCopy"
+	UploadPartOperation              = "UploadPart"
+	PutObjectACLOperation            = "PutObjectACL"
+	PutObjectTaggingOperation        = "PutObjectTagging"
+	CopyObjectOperation              = "CopyObject"
+	PutObjectRetentionOperation      = "PutObjectRetention"
+	PutObjectLegalHoldOperation      = "PutObjectLegalHold"
+	PutObjectOperation               = "PutObject"
+	CompleteMultipartUploadOperation = "CompleteMultipartUpload"
+	CreateMultipartUploadOperation   = "CreateMultipartUpload"
+	SelectObjectContentOperation     = "SelectObjectContent"
+	AbortMultipartUploadOperation    = "AbortMultipartUpload"
+	DeleteObjectTaggingOperation     = "DeleteObjectTagging"
+	DeleteObjectOperation            = "DeleteObject"
+)
+
+const (
+	UploadsQuery        = "uploads"
+	LocationQuery       = "location"
+	PolicyQuery         = "policy"
+	LifecycleQuery      = "lifecycle"
+	EncryptionQuery     = "encryption"
+	CorsQuery           = "cors"
+	ACLQuery            = "acl"
+	WebsiteQuery        = "website"
+	AccelerateQuery     = "accelerate"
+	RequestPaymentQuery = "requestPayment"
+	LoggingQuery        = "logging"
+	ReplicationQuery    = "replication"
+	TaggingQuery        = "tagging"
+	ObjectLockQuery     = "object-lock"
+	VersioningQuery     = "versioning"
+	NotificationQuery   = "notification"
+	EventsQuery         = "events"
+	VersionsQuery       = "versions"
+	ListTypeQuery       = "list-type"
+	MetadataQuery       = "metadata"
+	DeleteQuery         = "delete"
+	UploadIDQuery       = "uploadId"
+	RetentionQuery      = "retention"
+	LegalQuery          = "legal"
+	AttributesQuery     = "attributes"
+	PartNumberQuery     = "partNumber"
+	LegalHoldQuery      = "legal-hold"
+)
diff --git a/api/middleware/metrics.go b/api/middleware/metrics.go
index 74d990f..cba2124 100644
--- a/api/middleware/metrics.go
+++ b/api/middleware/metrics.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type (
 		startTime  time.Time
 	}
 
-	AliasResolver interface {
+	MetricsSettings interface {
 		ResolveNamespaceAlias(namespace string) string
 	}
 
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ type (
 const systemPath = "/system"
 
 // Metrics wraps http handler for api with basic statistics collection.
-func Metrics(log *zap.Logger, resolveBucket BucketResolveFunc, appMetrics *metrics.AppMetrics, aliasResolver AliasResolver) Func {
+func Metrics(log *zap.Logger, resolveBucket BucketResolveFunc, appMetrics *metrics.AppMetrics, settings MetricsSettings) Func {
 	return func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
-		return stats(h.ServeHTTP, resolveCID(log, resolveBucket), appMetrics, aliasResolver)
+		return stats(h.ServeHTTP, resolveCID(log, resolveBucket), appMetrics, settings)
 	}
 }
 
 // Stats is a handler that update metrics.
-func stats(f http.HandlerFunc, resolveCID cidResolveFunc, appMetrics *metrics.AppMetrics, aliasResolver AliasResolver) http.HandlerFunc {
+func stats(f http.HandlerFunc, resolveCID cidResolveFunc, appMetrics *metrics.AppMetrics, settings MetricsSettings) http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		reqInfo := GetReqInfo(r.Context())
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func stats(f http.HandlerFunc, resolveCID cidResolveFunc, appMetrics *metrics.Ap
 
 		user := resolveUser(r.Context())
 		cnrID := resolveCID(r.Context(), reqInfo)
-		appMetrics.Update(user, reqInfo.BucketName, cnrID, aliasResolver.ResolveNamespaceAlias(reqInfo.Namespace),
+		appMetrics.Update(user, reqInfo.BucketName, cnrID, settings.ResolveNamespaceAlias(reqInfo.Namespace),
 			requestTypeFromAPI(reqInfo.API), in.countBytes, out.countBytes)
 
 		code := statsWriter.statusCode
diff --git a/api/middleware/policy.go b/api/middleware/policy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f47613e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/middleware/policy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"crypto/elliptic"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	apiErr "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-s3-gw/api/errors"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-s3-gw/internal/logs"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/engine"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/resource/testutil"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/schema/s3"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/crypto/keys"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+type PolicySettings interface {
+	ResolveNamespaceAlias(ns string) string
+}
+
+func PolicyCheck(storage engine.ChainRouter, settings PolicySettings, domains []string, log *zap.Logger) Func {
+	return func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			ctx := r.Context()
+
+			st, err := policyCheck(storage, settings, domains, r)
+			if err == nil {
+				if st != chain.Allow && st != chain.NoRuleFound { // todo drop 'st != chain.NoRuleFound'
+					err = apiErr.GetAPIErrorWithError(apiErr.ErrAccessDenied, fmt.Errorf("policy check: %s", st.String()))
+				}
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				reqLogOrDefault(ctx, log).Error(logs.PolicyValidationFailed, zap.Error(err))
+				WriteErrorResponse(w, GetReqInfo(ctx), err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func policyCheck(storage engine.ChainRouter, settings PolicySettings, domains []string, r *http.Request) (chain.Status, error) {
+	req, err := getPolicyRequest(r, domains)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	reqInfo := GetReqInfo(r.Context())
+	target := engine.NewRequestTargetWithNamespace(settings.ResolveNamespaceAlias(reqInfo.Namespace))
+	st, found, err := storage.IsAllowed(chain.Ingress, target, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	if !found {
+		st = chain.NoRuleFound
+	}
+
+	return st, nil
+}
+
+func getPolicyRequest(r *http.Request, domains []string) (*testutil.Request, error) {
+	var owner string
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	bd, err := GetBoxData(ctx)
+	if err == nil && bd.Gate.BearerToken != nil {
+		pk, err := keys.NewPublicKeyFromBytes(bd.Gate.BearerToken.SigningKeyBytes(), elliptic.P256())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse pubclic key from btoken: %w", err)
+		}
+		owner = pk.Address()
+	}
+
+	op, res := determineOperationAndResource(r, domains)
+
+	return testutil.NewRequest(op, testutil.NewResource(res, nil),
+		map[string]string{s3.PropertyKeyOwner: owner},
+	), nil
+}
+
+type ReqType int
+
+const (
+	noneType ReqType = iota
+	bucketType
+	objectType
+)
+
+func determineOperationAndResource(r *http.Request, domains []string) (operation string, resource string) {
+	reqType := noneType
+
+	var matchDomain bool
+	for _, domain := range domains {
+		if ind := strings.Index(r.Host, "."+domain); ind != -1 {
+			matchDomain = true
+			reqType = bucketType
+			resource = r.Host[:ind]
+			trimmedObj := strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/")
+			if trimmedObj != "" {
+				reqType = objectType
+				resource += "/" + trimmedObj
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !matchDomain {
+		resource = strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/")
+		if resource != "" {
+			if arr := strings.Split(resource, "/"); len(arr) == 1 {
+				reqType = bucketType
+			} else {
+				reqType = objectType
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch reqType {
+	case objectType:
+		operation = determineObjectOperation(r)
+	case bucketType:
+		operation = determineBucketOperation(r)
+	default:
+		operation = determineGeneralOperation(r)
+	}
+
+	return operation, resource
+}
+
+func determineBucketOperation(r *http.Request) string {
+	query := r.URL.Query()
+	switch r.Method {
+	case http.MethodOptions:
+		return OptionsOperation
+	case http.MethodHead:
+		return HeadBucketOperation
+	case http.MethodGet:
+		switch {
+		case query.Has(UploadsQuery):
+			return ListMultipartUploadsOperation
+		case query.Has(LocationQuery):
+			return GetBucketLocationOperation
+		case query.Has(PolicyQuery):
+			return GetBucketPolicyOperation
+		case query.Has(LifecycleQuery):
+			return GetBucketLifecycleOperation
+		case query.Has(EncryptionQuery):
+			return GetBucketEncryptionOperation
+		case query.Has(CorsQuery):
+			return GetBucketCorsOperation
+		case query.Has(ACLQuery):
+			return GetBucketACLOperation
+		case query.Has(WebsiteQuery):
+			return GetBucketWebsiteOperation
+		case query.Has(AccelerateQuery):
+			return GetBucketAccelerateOperation
+		case query.Has(RequestPaymentQuery):
+			return GetBucketRequestPaymentOperation
+		case query.Has(LoggingQuery):
+			return GetBucketLoggingOperation
+		case query.Has(ReplicationQuery):
+			return GetBucketReplicationOperation
+		case query.Has(TaggingQuery):
+			return GetBucketTaggingOperation
+		case query.Has(ObjectLockQuery):
+			return GetBucketObjectLockConfigOperation
+		case query.Has(VersioningQuery):
+			return GetBucketVersioningOperation
+		case query.Has(NotificationQuery):
+			return GetBucketNotificationOperation
+		case query.Has(EventsQuery):
+			return ListenBucketNotificationOperation
+		case query.Has(VersionsQuery):
+			return ListBucketObjectVersionsOperation
+		case query.Get(ListTypeQuery) == "2" && query.Get(MetadataQuery) == "true":
+			return ListObjectsV2MOperation
+		case query.Get(ListTypeQuery) == "2":
+			return ListObjectsV2Operation
+		default:
+			return ListObjectsV1Operation
+		}
+	case http.MethodPut:
+		switch {
+		case query.Has(CorsQuery):
+			return PutBucketCorsOperation
+		case query.Has(ACLQuery):
+			return PutBucketACLOperation
+		case query.Has(LifecycleQuery):
+			return PutBucketLifecycleOperation
+		case query.Has(EncryptionQuery):
+			return PutBucketEncryptionOperation
+		case query.Has(PolicyQuery):
+			return PutBucketPolicyOperation
+		case query.Has(ObjectLockQuery):
+			return PutBucketObjectLockConfigOperation
+		case query.Has(TaggingQuery):
+			return PutBucketTaggingOperation
+		case query.Has(VersioningQuery):
+			return PutBucketVersioningOperation
+		case query.Has(NotificationQuery):
+			return PutBucketNotificationOperation
+		default:
+			return CreateBucketOperation
+		}
+	case http.MethodPost:
+		switch {
+		case query.Has(DeleteQuery):
+			return DeleteMultipleObjectsOperation
+		default:
+			return PostObjectOperation
+		}
+	case http.MethodDelete:
+		switch {
+		case query.Has(CorsQuery):
+			return DeleteBucketCorsOperation
+		case query.Has(WebsiteQuery):
+			return DeleteBucketWebsiteOperation
+		case query.Has(TaggingQuery):
+			return DeleteBucketTaggingOperation
+		case query.Has(PolicyQuery):
+			return DeleteBucketPolicyOperation
+		case query.Has(LifecycleQuery):
+			return DeleteBucketLifecycleOperation
+		case query.Has(EncryptionQuery):
+			return DeleteBucketEncryptionOperation
+		default:
+			return DeleteBucketOperation
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func determineObjectOperation(r *http.Request) string {
+	query := r.URL.Query()
+	switch r.Method {
+	case http.MethodHead:
+		return HeadObjectOperation
+	case http.MethodGet:
+		switch {
+		case query.Has(UploadIDQuery):
+			return ListPartsOperation
+		case query.Has(ACLQuery):
+			return GetObjectACLOperation
+		case query.Has(TaggingQuery):
+			return GetObjectTaggingOperation
+		case query.Has(RetentionQuery):
+			return GetObjectRetentionOperation
+		case query.Has(LegalQuery):
+			return GetObjectLegalHoldOperation
+		case query.Has(AttributesQuery):
+			return GetObjectAttributesOperation
+		default:
+			return GetObjectOperation
+		}
+	case http.MethodPut:
+		switch {
+		case query.Has(PartNumberQuery) && query.Has(UploadIDQuery) && r.Header.Get("X-Amz-Copy-Source") != "":
+			return UploadPartCopyOperation
+		case query.Has(PartNumberQuery) && query.Has(UploadIDQuery):
+			return UploadPartOperation
+		case query.Has(ACLQuery):
+			return PutObjectACLOperation
+		case query.Has(TaggingQuery):
+			return PutObjectTaggingOperation
+		case r.Header.Get("X-Amz-Copy-Source") != "":
+			return CopyObjectOperation
+		case query.Has(RetentionQuery):
+			return PutObjectRetentionOperation
+		case query.Has(LegalHoldQuery):
+			return PutObjectLegalHoldOperation
+		default:
+			return PutObjectOperation
+		}
+	case http.MethodPost:
+		switch {
+		case query.Has(UploadIDQuery):
+			return CompleteMultipartUploadOperation
+		case query.Has(UploadsQuery):
+			return CreateMultipartUploadOperation
+		default:
+			return SelectObjectContentOperation
+		}
+	case http.MethodDelete:
+		switch {
+		case query.Has(UploadIDQuery):
+			return AbortMultipartUploadOperation
+		case query.Has(TaggingQuery):
+			return DeleteObjectTaggingOperation
+		default:
+			return DeleteObjectOperation
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func determineGeneralOperation(r *http.Request) string {
+	if r.Method == http.MethodGet {
+		return ListBucketsOperation
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/api/router.go b/api/router.go
index 2207019..f6c76bf 100644
--- a/api/router.go
+++ b/api/router.go
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ type (
 	}
 )
 
+type Settings interface {
+	s3middleware.RequestSettings
+	s3middleware.PolicySettings
+	s3middleware.MetricsSettings
+}
+
 type Config struct {
 	Throttle middleware.ThrottleOpts
 	Handler  Handler
@@ -96,25 +102,25 @@ type Config struct {
 	Log      *zap.Logger
 	Metrics  *metrics.AppMetrics
 
-	RequestMiddlewareSettings s3middleware.RequestSettings
-
-	AliasResolver s3middleware.AliasResolver
+	MiddlewareSettings Settings
 
 	// Domains optional. If empty no virtual hosted domains will be attached.
 	Domains []string
 
 	// FrostfsID optional. If nil middleware.FrostfsIDValidation won't be attached.
 	FrostfsID s3middleware.FrostFSID
+
+	PolicyStorage engine.LocalOverrideEngine
 }
 
 func NewRouter(cfg Config) *chi.Mux {
 	api := chi.NewRouter()
 	api.Use(
-		s3middleware.Request(cfg.Log, cfg.RequestMiddlewareSettings),
+		s3middleware.Request(cfg.Log, cfg.MiddlewareSettings),
 		middleware.ThrottleWithOpts(cfg.Throttle),
 		middleware.Recoverer,
 		s3middleware.Tracing(),
-		s3middleware.Metrics(cfg.Log, cfg.Handler.ResolveBucket, cfg.Metrics, cfg.AliasResolver),
+		s3middleware.Metrics(cfg.Log, cfg.Handler.ResolveBucket, cfg.Metrics, cfg.MiddlewareSettings),
 		s3middleware.LogSuccessResponse(cfg.Log),
 		s3middleware.Auth(cfg.Center, cfg.Log),
 	)
@@ -123,6 +129,10 @@ func NewRouter(cfg Config) *chi.Mux {
 		api.Use(s3middleware.FrostfsIDValidation(cfg.FrostfsID, cfg.Log))
 	}
 
+	if cfg.PolicyStorage != nil {
+		api.Use(s3middleware.PolicyCheck(cfg.PolicyStorage, cfg.MiddlewareSettings, cfg.Domains, cfg.Log))
+	}
+
 	defaultRouter := chi.NewRouter()
 	defaultRouter.Mount(fmt.Sprintf("/{%s}", s3middleware.BucketURLPrm), bucketRouter(cfg.Handler, cfg.Log))
 	defaultRouter.Get("/", named("ListBuckets", cfg.Handler.ListBucketsHandler))
diff --git a/api/router_mock_test.go b/api/router_mock_test.go
index 99c5d00..870c467 100644
--- a/api/router_mock_test.go
+++ b/api/router_mock_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+const FrostfsNamespaceHeader = "X-Frostfs-Namespace"
+
 type centerMock struct {
 }
 
@@ -18,10 +20,14 @@ func (c *centerMock) Authenticate(*http.Request) (*middleware.Box, error) {
 	return &middleware.Box{}, nil
 }
 
-type requestSettingsMock struct{}
+type middlewareSettingsMock struct{}
 
-func (r *requestSettingsMock) NamespaceHeader() string {
-	return "X-Frostfs-Namespace"
+func (r *middlewareSettingsMock) NamespaceHeader() string {
+	return FrostfsNamespaceHeader
+}
+
+func (r *middlewareSettingsMock) ResolveNamespaceAlias(ns string) string {
+	return ns
 }
 
 type handlerMock struct {
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ func (h *handlerMock) PutObjectLegalHoldHandler(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Reque
 
 func (h *handlerMock) PutObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	res := &handlerResult{
-		Method:  "PutObject",
+		Method:  middleware.PutObjectOperation,
 		ReqInfo: middleware.GetReqInfo(r.Context()),
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/router_test.go b/api/router_test.go
index 032333e..a331e59 100644
--- a/api/router_test.go
+++ b/api/router_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -10,13 +11,46 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	apiErrors "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-s3-gw/api/errors"
+	s3middleware "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-s3-gw/api/middleware"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-s3-gw/metrics"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/engine"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/engine/inmemory"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest"
 )
 
+type routerMock struct {
+	router *chi.Mux
+	cfg    Config
+}
+
+func (m *routerMock) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	m.router.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+}
+
+func prepareRouter(t *testing.T) *routerMock {
+	cfg := Config{
+		Throttle: middleware.ThrottleOpts{
+			Limit:          10,
+			BacklogTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
+		},
+		Handler:            &handlerMock{t: t},
+		Center:             &centerMock{},
+		Log:                zaptest.NewLogger(t),
+		Metrics:            &metrics.AppMetrics{},
+		MiddlewareSettings: &middlewareSettingsMock{},
+		PolicyStorage:      inmemory.NewInMemoryLocalOverrides(),
+	}
+	return &routerMock{
+		router: NewRouter(cfg),
+		cfg:    cfg,
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRouterUploadPart(t *testing.T) {
 	chiRouter := prepareRouter(t)
 
@@ -111,19 +145,42 @@ func TestRouterObjectEscaping(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func prepareRouter(t *testing.T) *chi.Mux {
-	cfg := Config{
-		Throttle: middleware.ThrottleOpts{
-			Limit:          10,
-			BacklogTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
-		},
-		Handler:                   &handlerMock{t: t},
-		Center:                    &centerMock{},
-		Log:                       zaptest.NewLogger(t),
-		Metrics:                   &metrics.AppMetrics{},
-		RequestMiddlewareSettings: &requestSettingsMock{},
+func TestPolicyChecker(t *testing.T) {
+	chiRouter := prepareRouter(t)
+	namespace := "custom-ns"
+	bktName, objName := "bucket", "object"
+	target := fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%s", bktName, objName)
+
+	ruleChain := &chain.Chain{
+		ID: "id",
+		Rules: []chain.Rule{{
+			Status:    chain.AccessDenied,
+			Actions:   chain.Actions{Names: []string{"*"}},
+			Resources: chain.Resources{Names: []string{bktName + "/*"}},
+		}},
 	}
-	return NewRouter(cfg)
+
+	err := chiRouter.cfg.PolicyStorage.MorphRuleChainStorage().AddMorphRuleChain(chain.Ingress, engine.NamespaceTarget(namespace), ruleChain)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// check we can access 'bucket' in default namespace
+	w, r := httptest.NewRecorder(), httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, target, nil)
+	chiRouter.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	resp := readResponse(t, w)
+	require.Equal(t, s3middleware.PutObjectOperation, resp.Method)
+
+	// check we can access 'other-bucket' in custom namespace
+	w, r = httptest.NewRecorder(), httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "/other-bucket/object", nil)
+	r.Header.Set(FrostfsNamespaceHeader, namespace)
+	chiRouter.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	resp = readResponse(t, w)
+	require.Equal(t, s3middleware.PutObjectOperation, resp.Method)
+
+	// check we cannot access 'bucket' in custom namespace
+	w, r = httptest.NewRecorder(), httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, target, nil)
+	r.Header.Set(FrostfsNamespaceHeader, namespace)
+	chiRouter.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	assertAPIError(t, w, apiErrors.ErrAccessDenied)
 }
 
 func readResponse(t *testing.T, w *httptest.ResponseRecorder) handlerResult {
@@ -136,3 +193,18 @@ func readResponse(t *testing.T, w *httptest.ResponseRecorder) handlerResult {
 	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "actual body: '%s'", string(resData))
 	return res
 }
+
+func assertAPIError(t *testing.T, w *httptest.ResponseRecorder, expectedErrorCode apiErrors.ErrorCode) {
+	actualErrorResponse := &s3middleware.ErrorResponse{}
+	err := xml.NewDecoder(w.Result().Body).Decode(actualErrorResponse)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expectedError := apiErrors.GetAPIError(expectedErrorCode)
+
+	require.Equal(t, expectedError.HTTPStatusCode, w.Code)
+	require.Equal(t, expectedError.Code, actualErrorResponse.Code)
+
+	if expectedError.ErrCode != apiErrors.ErrInternalError {
+		require.Contains(t, actualErrorResponse.Message, expectedError.Description)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/s3-gw/app.go b/cmd/s3-gw/app.go
index 7bdf88b..e739644 100644
--- a/cmd/s3-gw/app.go
+++ b/cmd/s3-gw/app.go
@@ -348,16 +348,20 @@ func (s *appSettings) setNamespaceHeader(nsHeader string) {
 }
 
 func (s *appSettings) FormContainerZone(ns string) (zone string, isDefault bool) {
-	s.mu.RLock()
-	namespaces := s.defaultNamespaces
-	s.mu.RUnlock()
-	if slices.Contains(namespaces, ns) {
+	if s.IsDefaultNamespace(ns) {
 		return v2container.SysAttributeZoneDefault, true
 	}
 
 	return ns + ".ns", false
 }
 
+func (s *appSettings) IsDefaultNamespace(ns string) bool {
+	s.mu.RLock()
+	namespaces := s.defaultNamespaces
+	s.mu.RUnlock()
+	return slices.Contains(namespaces, ns)
+}
+
 func (s *appSettings) setDefaultNamespaces(namespaces []string) {
 	for i := range namespaces { // to be set namespaces in env variable as `S3_GW_KLUDGE_DEFAULT_NAMESPACES="" "root"`
 		namespaces[i] = strings.Trim(namespaces[i], "\"")
@@ -386,12 +390,10 @@ func (s *appSettings) setAuthorizedControlAPIKeys(keys keys.PublicKeys) {
 }
 
 func (s *appSettings) ResolveNamespaceAlias(namespace string) string {
-	s.mu.RLock()
-	namespaces := s.defaultNamespaces
-	s.mu.RUnlock()
-	if slices.Contains(namespaces, namespace) {
-		return defaultMetricsNamespace
+	if s.IsDefaultNamespace(namespace) {
+		return defaultNamespace
 	}
+
 	return namespace
 }
 
@@ -404,7 +406,7 @@ func (a *App) initControlAPI() {
 	a.policyStorage = inmemory.NewInMemoryLocalOverrides()
 
 	svc := controlSvc.New(
-		controlSvc.WithAuthorizedKeysFetcher(a.settings),
+		controlSvc.WithSettings(a.settings),
 		controlSvc.WithLogger(a.log),
 		controlSvc.WithChainStorage(a.policyStorage),
 	)
@@ -629,8 +631,8 @@ func (a *App) Serve(ctx context.Context) {
 		Metrics: a.metrics,
 		Domains: domains,
 
-		RequestMiddlewareSettings: a.settings,
-		AliasResolver:             a.settings,
+		MiddlewareSettings: a.settings,
+		PolicyStorage:      a.policyStorage,
 	}
 
 	// We cannot make direct assignment if frostfsid.FrostFSID is nil
diff --git a/cmd/s3-gw/app_settings.go b/cmd/s3-gw/app_settings.go
index dc48204..940e0b2 100644
--- a/cmd/s3-gw/app_settings.go
+++ b/cmd/s3-gw/app_settings.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const (
 
 	defaultConstraintName = "default"
 
-	defaultMetricsNamespace = ""
+	defaultNamespace = ""
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7d9c045..4cdf8b8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-contract v0.18.1-0.20231109143925-dd5919348da9
 	git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-observability v0.0.0-20230531082742-c97d21411eb6
 	git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go v0.0.0-20231003164722-60463871dbc2
-	git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine v0.0.0-20231121084541-5fa9d91903ba
+	git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine v0.0.0-20231205092054-2d4a9fc6dcb3
 	git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/zapjournald v0.0.0-20231018083019-2b6d84de9a3d
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.6
 	github.com/bluele/gcache v0.0.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f1d3d1c..691f8b5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go v0.0.0-20231003164722-60463871dbc2
 git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go v0.0.0-20231003164722-60463871dbc2/go.mod h1:t1akKcUH7iBrFHX8rSXScYMP17k2kYQXMbZooiL5Juw=
 git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/hrw v1.2.1 h1:ccBRK21rFvY5R1WotI6LNoPlizk7qSvdfD8lNIRudVc=
 git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/hrw v1.2.1/go.mod h1:C1Ygde2n843yTZEQ0FP69jYiuaYV0kriLvP4zm8JuvM=
-git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine v0.0.0-20231121084541-5fa9d91903ba h1:VL3Nyz+C9Cwc+h3xAFUQBS62gneyGTULGTh+8NPP21g=
-git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine v0.0.0-20231121084541-5fa9d91903ba/go.mod h1:ekrDiIySdYhji5rBNAkxYMztFWMXyC9Q8LVz6gGVDu0=
+git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine v0.0.0-20231205092054-2d4a9fc6dcb3 h1:d4cCtg6vgQ101Qni9FqYaGPkmSJP1ZnEyHYMI+JaTIo=
+git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine v0.0.0-20231205092054-2d4a9fc6dcb3/go.mod h1:ekrDiIySdYhji5rBNAkxYMztFWMXyC9Q8LVz6gGVDu0=
 git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/rfc6979 v0.4.0 h1:M2KR3iBj7WpY3hP10IevfIB9MURr4O9mwVfJ+SjT3HA=
 git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/rfc6979 v0.4.0/go.mod h1:okpbKfVYf/BpejtfFTfhZqFP+sZ8rsHrP8Rr/jYPNRc=
 git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/tzhash v1.8.0 h1:UFMnUIk0Zh17m8rjGHJMqku2hCgaXDqjqZzS4gsb4UA=
diff --git a/internal/logs/logs.go b/internal/logs/logs.go
index 9cf89e0..553211e 100644
--- a/internal/logs/logs.go
+++ b/internal/logs/logs.go
@@ -133,4 +133,5 @@ const (
 	ControlAPIRemovePolicies                             = "remove policies request"
 	ControlAPIGetPolicy                                  = "get policy request"
 	ControlAPIListPolicies                               = "list policies request"
+	PolicyValidationFailed                               = "policy validation failed"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/service/control/server/server.go b/pkg/service/control/server/server.go
index c44bebc..8719873 100644
--- a/pkg/service/control/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/service/control/server/server.go
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ type Server struct {
 	*cfg
 }
 
-type AuthorizedKeysFetcher interface {
+type Settings interface {
+	ResolveNamespaceAlias(ns string) string
 	FetchRawKeys() [][]byte
 }
 
-type emptyKeysFetcher struct{}
+type defaultSettings struct{}
 
-func (f emptyKeysFetcher) FetchRawKeys() [][]byte { return nil }
+func (f defaultSettings) FetchRawKeys() [][]byte                 { return nil }
+func (f defaultSettings) ResolveNamespaceAlias(ns string) string { return ns }
 
 // Option of the Server's constructor.
 type Option func(*cfg)
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ type Option func(*cfg)
 type cfg struct {
 	log *zap.Logger
 
-	keysFetcher AuthorizedKeysFetcher
+	settings Settings
 
 	chainStorage engine.LocalOverrideEngine
 }
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ type cfg struct {
 func defaultCfg() *cfg {
 	return &cfg{
 		log:          zap.NewNop(),
-		keysFetcher:  emptyKeysFetcher{},
+		settings:     defaultSettings{},
 		chainStorage: inmemory.NewInMemoryLocalOverrides(),
 	}
 }
@@ -67,11 +69,10 @@ func New(opts ...Option) *Server {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithAuthorizedKeysFetcher returns option to add list of public
-// keys that have rights to use Control service.
-func WithAuthorizedKeysFetcher(fetcher AuthorizedKeysFetcher) Option {
+// WithSettings returns option to add settings to use Control service.
+func WithSettings(settings Settings) Option {
 	return func(c *cfg) {
-		c.keysFetcher = fetcher
+		c.settings = settings
 	}
 }
 
@@ -139,12 +140,8 @@ func (s *Server) putPolicy(data *control.PutPoliciesRequest_ChainData) error {
 		return status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "missing chain id")
 	}
 
-	err := s.chainStorage.LocalStorage().RemoveOverride(chain.Ingress, data.GetNamespace(), overrideChain.ID)
-	if err != nil && !isNotFoundError(err) {
-		return status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
-	}
-
-	if _, err = s.chainStorage.LocalStorage().AddOverride(chain.Ingress, data.GetNamespace(), &overrideChain); err != nil {
+	ns := s.settings.ResolveNamespaceAlias(data.GetNamespace())
+	if _, err := s.chainStorage.LocalStorage().AddOverride(chain.Ingress, engine.NamespaceTarget(ns), &overrideChain); err != nil {
 		return status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
 
@@ -172,7 +169,8 @@ func (s *Server) RemovePolicies(_ context.Context, req *control.RemovePoliciesRe
 }
 
 func (s *Server) removePolicy(info *control.RemovePoliciesRequest_ChainInfo) error {
-	err := s.chainStorage.LocalStorage().RemoveOverride(chain.Ingress, info.GetNamespace(), chain.ID(info.GetChainID()))
+	ns := s.settings.ResolveNamespaceAlias(info.GetNamespace())
+	err := s.chainStorage.LocalStorage().RemoveOverride(chain.Ingress, engine.NamespaceTarget(ns), chain.ID(info.GetChainID()))
 	if err != nil {
 		if isNotFoundError(err) {
 			return status.Error(codes.NotFound, err.Error())
@@ -194,7 +192,8 @@ func (s *Server) GetPolicy(_ context.Context, req *control.GetPolicyRequest) (*c
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.PermissionDenied, err.Error())
 	}
 
-	overrideChain, err := s.chainStorage.LocalStorage().GetOverride(chain.Ingress, req.GetBody().GetNamespace(), chain.ID(req.GetBody().GetChainID()))
+	ns := s.settings.ResolveNamespaceAlias(req.GetBody().GetNamespace())
+	overrideChain, err := s.chainStorage.LocalStorage().GetOverride(chain.Ingress, engine.NamespaceTarget(ns), chain.ID(req.GetBody().GetChainID()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, err.Error())
 	}
@@ -214,7 +213,8 @@ func (s *Server) ListPolicies(_ context.Context, req *control.ListPoliciesReques
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.PermissionDenied, err.Error())
 	}
 
-	chains, err := s.chainStorage.LocalStorage().ListOverrides(chain.Ingress, req.GetBody().GetNamespace())
+	ns := s.settings.ResolveNamespaceAlias(req.GetBody().GetNamespace())
+	chains, err := s.chainStorage.LocalStorage().ListOverrides(chain.Ingress, engine.NamespaceTarget(ns))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, err.Error())
 	}
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func (s *Server) isValidRequest(req SignedMessage) error {
 	)
 
 	// check if key is allowed
-	for _, authKey := range s.keysFetcher.FetchRawKeys() {
+	for _, authKey := range s.settings.FetchRawKeys() {
 		if allowed = bytes.Equal(authKey, key); allowed {
 			break
 		}