diff --git a/fakestorage/object.go b/fakestorage/object.go
index b229a45233..cf48cff63a 100644
--- a/fakestorage/object.go
+++ b/fakestorage/object.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type ObjectAttrs struct {
 	BucketName         string
 	Name               string
 	Size               int64
+	StorageClass       string
 	ContentType        string
 	ContentEncoding    string
 	ContentDisposition string
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ type jsonObject struct {
 	BucketName         string            `json:"bucket"`
 	Name               string            `json:"name"`
 	Size               int64             `json:"size,string"`
+	StorageClass       string            `json:"storageClass"`
 	ContentType        string            `json:"contentType"`
 	ContentEncoding    string            `json:"contentEncoding"`
 	ContentDisposition string            `json:"contentDisposition"`
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ func (o ObjectAttrs) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	temp := jsonObject{
 		BucketName:         o.BucketName,
 		Name:               o.Name,
+		StorageClass:       o.StorageClass,
 		ContentType:        o.ContentType,
 		ContentEncoding:    o.ContentEncoding,
 		ContentDisposition: o.ContentDisposition,
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ func (o *ObjectAttrs) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	}
 	o.BucketName = temp.BucketName
 	o.Name = temp.Name
+	o.StorageClass = temp.StorageClass
 	o.ContentType = temp.ContentType
 	o.ContentEncoding = temp.ContentEncoding
 	o.ContentDisposition = temp.ContentDisposition
@@ -394,6 +398,7 @@ func toBackendObjects(objects []StreamingObject) []backend.StreamingObject {
 			ObjectAttrs: backend.ObjectAttrs{
 				BucketName:         o.BucketName,
 				Name:               o.Name,
+				StorageClass:       o.StorageClass,
 				ContentType:        o.ContentType,
 				ContentEncoding:    o.ContentEncoding,
 				ContentDisposition: o.ContentDisposition,
@@ -420,6 +425,7 @@ func bufferedObjectsToBackendObjects(objects []Object) []backend.StreamingObject
 			ObjectAttrs: backend.ObjectAttrs{
 				BucketName:         o.BucketName,
 				Name:               o.Name,
+				StorageClass:       o.StorageClass,
 				ContentType:        o.ContentType,
 				ContentEncoding:    o.ContentEncoding,
 				ContentDisposition: o.ContentDisposition,
@@ -449,6 +455,7 @@ func fromBackendObjects(objects []backend.StreamingObject) []StreamingObject {
 				BucketName:         o.BucketName,
 				Name:               o.Name,
 				Size:               o.Size,
+				StorageClass:       o.StorageClass,
 				ContentType:        o.ContentType,
 				ContentEncoding:    o.ContentEncoding,
 				ContentDisposition: o.ContentDisposition,
@@ -477,6 +484,7 @@ func fromBackendObjectsAttrs(objectAttrs []backend.ObjectAttrs) []ObjectAttrs {
 			BucketName:         o.BucketName,
 			Name:               o.Name,
 			Size:               o.Size,
+			StorageClass:       o.StorageClass,
 			ContentType:        o.ContentType,
 			ContentEncoding:    o.ContentEncoding,
 			ContentDisposition: o.ContentDisposition,
diff --git a/fakestorage/object_test.go b/fakestorage/object_test.go
index 2fb33d02da..0deef8b863 100644
--- a/fakestorage/object_test.go
+++ b/fakestorage/object_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type objectTestCases []struct {
 func getObjectTestCases() objectTestCases {
 	const (
 		bucketName         = "some-bucket"
+		storageClass       = "COLDLINE"
 		content            = "some nice content"
 		contentType        = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
 		contentEncoding    = "gzip"
@@ -129,6 +130,17 @@ func getObjectTestCases() objectTestCases {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			"object with no contents neither dates",
+			Object{
+				ObjectAttrs: ObjectAttrs{
+					BucketName:   bucketName,
+					Name:         "video/hi-res/best_video_1080p.mp4",
+					ContentType:  "text/html; charset=utf-8",
+					StorageClass: "COLDLINE",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	return tests
 }
@@ -148,6 +160,9 @@ func checkObjectAttrs(testObj Object, attrs *storage.ObjectAttrs, t *testing.T)
 	if attrs.Name != testObj.Name {
 		t.Errorf("wrong object name\nwant %q\ngot  %q", testObj.Name, attrs.Name)
 	}
+	if testObj.StorageClass != "" && attrs.StorageClass != testObj.StorageClass {
+		t.Errorf("wrong object storage class\nwant %q\ngot  %q", testObj.StorageClass, attrs.StorageClass)
+	}
 	if !(testObj.Created.IsZero()) && !testObj.Created.Equal(attrs.Created) {
 		t.Errorf("wrong created date\nwant %v\ngot   %v\nname %v", testObj.Created, attrs.Created, attrs.Name)
 	}
diff --git a/fakestorage/response.go b/fakestorage/response.go
index f40dcd3fe9..89585ec660 100644
--- a/fakestorage/response.go
+++ b/fakestorage/response.go
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ func newProjectedObjectResponse(obj ObjectAttrs, externalURL string, projection
 
 func newObjectResponse(obj ObjectAttrs, externalURL string) objectResponse {
 	acl := getAccessControlsListFromObject(obj)
+	storageClass := obj.StorageClass
+	if storageClass == "" {
+		storageClass = "STANDARD"
+	}
 
 	return objectResponse{
 		Kind:                    "storage#object",
@@ -160,7 +164,7 @@ func newObjectResponse(obj ObjectAttrs, externalURL string) objectResponse {
 		Md5Hash:                 obj.Md5Hash,
 		Etag:                    obj.Etag,
 		ACL:                     acl,
-		StorageClass:            "STANDARD",
+		StorageClass:            storageClass,
 		Metadata:                obj.Metadata,
 		TimeCreated:             formatTime(obj.Created),
 		TimeDeleted:             formatTime(obj.Deleted),
diff --git a/fakestorage/upload.go b/fakestorage/upload.go
index e9181df46f..ff0fa88eca 100644
--- a/fakestorage/upload.go
+++ b/fakestorage/upload.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type multipartMetadata struct {
 	CacheControl       string            `json:"cacheControl"`
 	CustomTime         time.Time         `json:"customTime,omitempty"`
 	Name               string            `json:"name"`
+	StorageClass       string            `json:"storageClass"`
 	Metadata           map[string]string `json:"metadata"`
 }
 
@@ -378,6 +379,7 @@ func (s *Server) multipartUpload(bucketName string, r *http.Request) jsonRespons
 		ObjectAttrs: ObjectAttrs{
 			BucketName:         bucketName,
 			Name:               objName,
+			StorageClass:       metadata.StorageClass,
 			ContentType:        contentType,
 			CacheControl:       metadata.CacheControl,
 			ContentEncoding:    metadata.ContentEncoding,
diff --git a/internal/backend/object.go b/internal/backend/object.go
index 63bf8d6d14..5040afb9df 100644
--- a/internal/backend/object.go
+++ b/internal/backend/object.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type ObjectAttrs struct {
 	BucketName         string `json:"-"`
 	Name               string `json:"-"`
 	Size               int64  `json:"-"`
+	StorageClass       string
 	ContentType        string
 	ContentEncoding    string
 	ContentDisposition string
diff --git a/internal/grpc/server.go b/internal/grpc/server.go
index 6538666bc7..48a4534e2c 100644
--- a/internal/grpc/server.go
+++ b/internal/grpc/server.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func (g *Server) GetObject(ctx context.Context, req *pb.GetObjectRequest) (*pb.O
 	return &pb.Object{
 		Name:               obj.ObjectAttrs.Name,
 		Bucket:             obj.ObjectAttrs.BucketName,
+		StorageClass:       obj.ObjectAttrs.StorageClass,
 		Md5Hash:            obj.ObjectAttrs.Md5Hash,
 		Generation:         obj.ObjectAttrs.Generation,
 		ContentType:        obj.ObjectAttrs.ContentType,