diff --git a/cmd/erasure-metadata.go b/cmd/erasure-metadata.go
index a7d8cdb4c..2f6fa931e 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-metadata.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-metadata.go
@@ -132,9 +132,13 @@ func (fi FileInfo) ToObjectInfo(bucket, object string, versioned bool) ObjectInf
 		t time.Time
 		e error
 	)
+
+	const nonStandardHTTPTimeFormat = "Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:04:05 GMT"
 	if exp, ok := fi.Metadata["expires"]; ok {
 		if t, e = time.Parse(http.TimeFormat, exp); e == nil {
 			objInfo.Expires = t.UTC()
+		} else if t, e = time.Parse(nonStandardHTTPTimeFormat, exp); e == nil {
+			objInfo.Expires = t.UTC()
 		}
 	}
 	objInfo.backendType = BackendErasure