diff --git a/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle.go b/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle.go
index 8fc999d5b..7eeda0d8a 100644
--- a/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle.go
+++ b/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle.go
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ func (lc Lifecycle) HasActiveRules(prefix string) bool {
 		if rule.Expiration.DeleteMarker.val {
 			return true
 		}
+		if !rule.DelMarkerExpiration.Empty() {
+			return true
+		}
 		if !rule.Transition.IsDateNull() && rule.Transition.Date.Before(time.Now().UTC()) {
 			return true
 		}
diff --git a/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go b/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go
index 2af5556ed..e59fd3686 100644
--- a/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go
+++ b/internal/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go
@@ -819,6 +819,26 @@ func TestHasActiveRules(t *testing.T) {
 			prefix:      "",
 			want:        true,
 		},
+		{ // DelMarkerExpiration as the only action
+			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><Filter></Filter><DelMarkerExpiration><Days>1</Days></DelMarkerExpiration></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
+			prefix:      "",
+			want:        true,
+		},
+		{
+			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><Filter><Prefix>foodir/</Prefix></Filter><DelMarkerExpiration><Days>1</Days></DelMarkerExpiration></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
+			prefix:      "foodir/foobject",
+			want:        true,
+		},
+		{
+			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Enabled</Status><Filter><Prefix>foodir/</Prefix></Filter><DelMarkerExpiration><Days>1</Days></DelMarkerExpiration></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
+			prefix:      "zdir/foobject",
+			want:        false,
+		},
+		{
+			inputConfig: `<LifecycleConfiguration><Rule><Status>Disabled</Status><Filter></Filter><DelMarkerExpiration><Days>1</Days></DelMarkerExpiration></Rule></LifecycleConfiguration>`,
+			prefix:      "",
+			want:        false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, tc := range testCases {