diff --git a/api-datatypes.go b/api-datatypes.go
index e81a3bd41c..58e3c5e0e7 100644
--- a/api-datatypes.go
+++ b/api-datatypes.go
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ type ObjectInfo struct {
 	// x-amz-meta-* headers stripped "x-amz-meta-" prefix containing the first value.
 	UserMetadata StringMap `json:"userMetadata"`
 
+	// x-amz-tagging values in their k/v values.
+	UserTags map[string]string `json:"userTags"`
+
 	// Owner name.
 	Owner struct {
 		DisplayName string `json:"name"`
diff --git a/api-get-object.go b/api-get-object.go
index 0c1653cdc7..14370b0cdb 100644
--- a/api-get-object.go
+++ b/api-get-object.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * MinIO Go Library for Amazon S3 Compatible Cloud Storage
- * Copyright 2015-2017 MinIO, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2015-2020 MinIO, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/pkg/s3utils/utils.go b/pkg/s3utils/utils.go
index 982dddf4bb..d01878dc14 100644
--- a/pkg/s3utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/s3utils/utils.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * MinIO Go Library for Amazon S3 Compatible Cloud Storage
- * Copyright 2015-2017 MinIO, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2015-2020 MinIO, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -229,29 +229,39 @@ func QueryEncode(v url.Values) string {
 	return buf.String()
 }
 
+// TagDecode - decodes canonical tag into map of key and value.
+func TagDecode(ctag string) map[string]string {
+	if ctag == "" {
+		return map[string]string{}
+	}
+	tags := strings.Split(ctag, "&")
+	tagMap := make(map[string]string, len(tags))
+	var err error
+	for _, tag := range tags {
+		kvs := strings.SplitN(tag, "=", 2)
+		if len(kvs) == 0 {
+			return map[string]string{}
+		}
+		if len(kvs) == 1 {
+			return map[string]string{}
+		}
+		tagMap[kvs[0]], err = url.PathUnescape(kvs[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+	return tagMap
+}
+
 // TagEncode - encodes tag values in their URL encoded form. In
 // addition to the percent encoding performed by urlEncodePath() used
 // here, it also percent encodes '/' (forward slash)
 func TagEncode(tags map[string]string) string {
-	if tags == nil {
-		return ""
+	values := url.Values{}
+	for k, v := range tags {
+		values[k] = []string{v}
 	}
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	keys := make([]string, 0, len(tags))
-	for k := range tags {
-		keys = append(keys, k)
-	}
-	sort.Strings(keys)
-	for _, k := range keys {
-		v := tags[k]
-		prefix := percentEncodeSlash(EncodePath(k)) + "="
-		if buf.Len() > 0 {
-			buf.WriteByte('&')
-		}
-		buf.WriteString(prefix)
-		buf.WriteString(percentEncodeSlash(EncodePath(v)))
-	}
-	return buf.String()
+	return QueryEncode(values)
 }
 
 // if object matches reserved string, no need to encode them
diff --git a/pkg/s3utils/utils_test.go b/pkg/s3utils/utils_test.go
index e2fd3089d2..125456031c 100644
--- a/pkg/s3utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/s3utils/utils_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package s3utils
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/url"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -312,6 +313,81 @@ func TestQueryEncode(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Tests tag decode to map
+func TestTagDecode(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		// canonical input
+		canonicalInput string
+
+		// Expected result.
+		resultMap map[string]string
+	}{
+		{"k=thisisthe%25url", map[string]string{"k": "thisisthe%url"}},
+		{"k=%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E", map[string]string{"k": "本語"}},
+		{"k=%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E.1", map[string]string{"k": "本語.1"}},
+		{"k=%3E123", map[string]string{"k": ">123"}},
+		{"k=myurl%23link", map[string]string{"k": "myurl#link"}},
+		{"k=space%20in%20url", map[string]string{"k": "space in url"}},
+		{"k=url%2Bpath", map[string]string{"k": "url+path"}},
+		{"k=url%2Fpath", map[string]string{"k": "url/path"}},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		testCase := testCase
+		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
+			gotResult := TagDecode(testCase.canonicalInput)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(testCase.resultMap, gotResult) {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", testCase.resultMap, gotResult)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// Tests tag encode function for user tags.
+func TestTagEncode(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		// Input.
+		inputMap map[string]string
+		// Expected result.
+		result string
+	}{
+		{map[string]string{
+			"k": "thisisthe%url",
+		}, "k=thisisthe%25url"},
+		{map[string]string{
+			"k": "本語",
+		}, "k=%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E"},
+		{map[string]string{
+			"k": "本語.1",
+		}, "k=%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E.1"},
+		{map[string]string{
+			"k": ">123",
+		}, "k=%3E123"},
+		{map[string]string{
+			"k": "myurl#link",
+		}, "k=myurl%23link"},
+		{map[string]string{
+			"k": "space in url",
+		}, "k=space%20in%20url"},
+		{map[string]string{
+			"k": "url+path",
+		}, "k=url%2Bpath"},
+		{map[string]string{
+			"k": "url/path",
+		}, "k=url%2Fpath"},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		testCase := testCase
+		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
+			gotResult := TagEncode(testCase.inputMap)
+			if testCase.result != gotResult {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", testCase.result, gotResult)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // Tests validate the URL path encoder.
 func TestEncodePath(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
@@ -327,6 +403,7 @@ func TestEncodePath(t *testing.T) {
 		{"myurl#link", "myurl%23link"},
 		{"space in url", "space%20in%20url"},
 		{"url+path", "url%2Bpath"},
+		{"url/path", "url/path"},
 	}
 
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
diff --git a/transport.go b/transport.go
index 00ee4dad67..fb624854ba 100644
--- a/transport.go
+++ b/transport.go
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ var DefaultTransport = func(secure bool) (http.RoundTripper, error) {
 		}).DialContext,
 		MaxIdleConns:          1024,
 		MaxIdleConnsPerHost:   1024,
-		IdleConnTimeout:       90 * time.Second,
+		ResponseHeaderTimeout: 60 * time.Second,
+		IdleConnTimeout:       60 * time.Second,
 		TLSHandshakeTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
 		ExpectContinueTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
 		// Set this value so that the underlying transport round-tripper
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index a6ffedcbae..685e98c70e 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ func extractObjMetadata(header http.Header) http.Header {
 		"X-Amz-Object-Lock-Retain-Until-Date",
 		"X-Amz-Object-Lock-Legal-Hold",
 		"X-Amz-Website-Redirect-Location",
+		"X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption",
 		"X-Amz-Meta-",
 		// Add new headers to be preserved.
 		// if you add new headers here, please extend
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ func ToObjectInfo(bucketName string, objectName string, h http.Header) (ObjectIn
 			userMetadata[strings.TrimPrefix(k, "X-Amz-Meta-")] = v[0]
 		}
 	}
+	userTags := s3utils.TagDecode(h.Get(amzTaggingHeader))
 
 	// Save object metadata info.
 	return ObjectInfo{
@@ -270,6 +272,7 @@ func ToObjectInfo(bucketName string, objectName string, h http.Header) (ObjectIn
 		// which are not part of object metadata.
 		Metadata:     metadata,
 		UserMetadata: userMetadata,
+		UserTags:     userTags,
 	}, nil
 }