diff --git a/pkg/innerring/processors/container/handlers.go b/pkg/innerring/processors/container/handlers.go
index a29445676..3fabdb157 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/processors/container/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/processors/container/handlers.go
@@ -42,3 +42,22 @@ func (cp *Processor) handleDelete(ev event.Event) {
 			zap.Int("capacity", cp.pool.Cap()))
 	}
 }
+
+func (cp *Processor) handleSetEACL(ev event.Event) {
+	e := ev.(containerEvent.SetEACL)
+
+	cp.log.Info("notification",
+		zap.String("type", "set EACL"),
+	)
+
+	// send event to the worker pool
+
+	err := cp.pool.Submit(func() {
+		cp.processSetEACL(e)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		// there system can be moved into controlled degradation stage
+		cp.log.Warn("container processor worker pool drained",
+			zap.Int("capacity", cp.pool.Cap()))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/innerring/processors/container/process_eacl.go b/pkg/innerring/processors/container/process_eacl.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c014605c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/innerring/processors/container/process_eacl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/morph/event/container"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+func (cp *Processor) processSetEACL(e container.SetEACL) {
+	if !cp.alphabetState.IsAlphabet() {
+		cp.log.Info("non alphabet mode, ignore set EACL")
+		return
+	}
+
+	err := cp.checkSetEACL(e)
+	if err != nil {
+		cp.log.Error("set EACL check failed",
+			zap.String("error", err.Error()),
+		)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	cp.approveSetEACL(e)
+}
+
+func (cp *Processor) checkSetEACL(e container.SetEACL) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (cp *Processor) approveSetEACL(e container.SetEACL) {
+	err := cp.cnrClient.PutEACLBinary(e.Table(), e.PublicKey(), e.Signature())
+	if err != nil {
+		cp.log.Error("could not approve set EACL",
+			zap.String("error", err.Error()),
+		)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/innerring/processors/container/processor.go b/pkg/innerring/processors/container/processor.go
index c37c50e93..de664754e 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/processors/container/processor.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/processors/container/processor.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/innerring/config"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/morph/client"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/morph/client/container/wrapper"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/morph/event"
 	containerEvent "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/morph/event/container"
 	"github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ type (
 		morphClient       *client.Client
 		alphabetState     AlphabetState
 		feeProvider       *config.FeeConfig
+		cnrClient         *wrapper.Wrapper
 	}
 
 	// Params of the processor constructor.