diff --git a/api/handler/lifecycle.go b/api/handler/lifecycle.go
index e458101..bd89fe9 100644
--- a/api/handler/lifecycle.go
+++ b/api/handler/lifecycle.go
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package handler
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/md5"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
@@ -44,6 +47,9 @@ func (h *handler) GetBucketLifecycleHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 }
 
 func (h *handler) PutBucketLifecycleHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	tee := io.TeeReader(r.Body, &buf)
 	ctx := r.Context()
 	reqInfo := middleware.GetReqInfo(ctx)
 
@@ -54,23 +60,35 @@ func (h *handler) PutBucketLifecycleHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		return
 	}
 
-	if _, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(r.Header.Get(api.ContentMD5)); err != nil {
+	headerMD5, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(r.Header.Get(api.ContentMD5))
+	if err != nil {
 		h.logAndSendError(w, "invalid Content-MD5", reqInfo, apierr.GetAPIError(apierr.ErrInvalidDigest))
 		return
 	}
 
+	cfg := new(data.LifecycleConfiguration)
+	if err = h.cfg.NewXMLDecoder(tee).Decode(cfg); err != nil {
+		h.logAndSendError(w, "could not decode body", reqInfo, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", apierr.GetAPIError(apierr.ErrMalformedXML), err.Error()))
+		return
+	}
+
+	bodyMD5, err := getContentMD5(&buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.logAndSendError(w, "could not get content md5", reqInfo, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(headerMD5, bodyMD5) {
+		h.logAndSendError(w, "Content-MD5 does not match", reqInfo, apierr.GetAPIError(apierr.ErrInvalidDigest))
+		return
+	}
+
 	bktInfo, err := h.getBucketAndCheckOwner(r, reqInfo.BucketName)
 	if err != nil {
 		h.logAndSendError(w, "could not get bucket info", reqInfo, err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	cfg := new(data.LifecycleConfiguration)
-	if err = h.cfg.NewXMLDecoder(r.Body).Decode(cfg); err != nil {
-		h.logAndSendError(w, "could not decode body", reqInfo, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", apierr.GetAPIError(apierr.ErrMalformedXML), err.Error()))
-		return
-	}
-
 	networkInfo, err := h.obj.GetNetworkInfo(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		h.logAndSendError(w, "could not get network info", reqInfo, err)
@@ -286,3 +304,24 @@ func timeToEpoch(ni *netmap.NetworkInfo, t time.Time) (uint64, error) {
 
 	return epoch, nil
 }
+
+func getContentMD5(reader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+	hash := md5.New()
+	buf := make([]byte, 64*1024)
+
+	for {
+		n, err := reader.Read(buf)
+		if n > 0 {
+			println(string(buf[:n]))
+			hash.Write(buf[:n])
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				break
+			}
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return hash.Sum(nil), nil
+}
diff --git a/api/handler/lifecycle_test.go b/api/handler/lifecycle_test.go
index ecb9f26..5c5b96d 100644
--- a/api/handler/lifecycle_test.go
+++ b/api/handler/lifecycle_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package handler
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/base64"
@@ -377,6 +378,11 @@ func TestPutBucketLifecycleInvalidMD5(t *testing.T) {
 	hc.Handler().PutBucketLifecycleHandler(w, r)
 	assertS3Error(hc.t, w, apierr.GetAPIError(apierr.ErrMissingContentMD5))
 
+	w, r = prepareTestRequest(hc, bktName, "", lifecycle)
+	r.Header.Set(api.ContentMD5, "")
+	hc.Handler().PutBucketLifecycleHandler(w, r)
+	assertS3Error(hc.t, w, apierr.GetAPIError(apierr.ErrInvalidDigest))
+
 	w, r = prepareTestRequest(hc, bktName, "", lifecycle)
 	r.Header.Set(api.ContentMD5, "some-hash")
 	hc.Handler().PutBucketLifecycleHandler(w, r)
@@ -389,8 +395,14 @@ func TestPutBucketLifecycleInvalidXML(t *testing.T) {
 	bktName := "bucket-lifecycle-invalid-xml"
 	createBucket(hc, bktName)
 
-	w, r := prepareTestRequest(hc, bktName, "", &data.CORSConfiguration{})
-	r.Header.Set(api.ContentMD5, "")
+	cfg := &data.CORSConfiguration{}
+	body, err := xml.Marshal(cfg)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	contentMD5, err := getContentMD5(bytes.NewReader(body))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	w, r := prepareTestRequest(hc, bktName, "", cfg)
+	r.Header.Set(api.ContentMD5, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(contentMD5))
 	hc.Handler().PutBucketLifecycleHandler(w, r)
 	assertS3Error(hc.t, w, apierr.GetAPIError(apierr.ErrMalformedXML))
 }