diff --git a/tests/unit/api/objectPut.js b/tests/unit/api/objectPut.js
index 34f2a32f5d..c5044199f3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api/objectPut.js
+++ b/tests/unit/api/objectPut.js
@@ -671,6 +671,76 @@ describe('objectPut API', () => {
             });
         });
     });
+
+    it('should not pass needOplogUpdate when writing new object', done => {
+        async.series([
+            next => bucketPut(authInfo, testPutBucketRequest, log, next),
+            next => objectPut(authInfo, testPutObjectRequest, undefined, log, next),
+            async () => {
+                sinon.assert.calledWith(metadata.putObjectMD.lastCall,
+                    bucketName, objectName, any, sinon.match({
+                        needOplogUpdate: undefined,
+                        originOp: undefined,
+                    }), any, any);
+            },
+        ], done);
+    });
+
+    it('should not pass needOplogUpdate when replacing object', done => {
+        async.series([
+            next => bucketPut(authInfo, testPutBucketRequest, log, next),
+            next => objectPut(authInfo, testPutObjectRequest, undefined, log, next),
+            next => objectPut(authInfo, testPutObjectRequest, undefined, log, next),
+            async () => {
+                sinon.assert.calledWith(metadata.putObjectMD.lastCall,
+                    bucketName, objectName, any, sinon.match({
+                        needOplogUpdate: undefined,
+                        originOp: undefined,
+                    }), any, any);
+            },
+        ], done);
+    });
+
+    it('should pass needOplogUpdate to metadata when replacing archived object', done => {
+        const archived = {
+            archiveInfo: { foo: 0, bar: 'stuff' }
+        };
+
+        async.series([
+            next => bucketPut(authInfo, testPutBucketRequest, log, next),
+            next => objectPut(authInfo, testPutObjectRequest, undefined, log, next),
+            next => fakeMetadataArchive(bucketName, objectName, undefined, archived, next),
+            next => objectPut(authInfo, testPutObjectRequest, undefined, log, next),
+            async () => {
+                sinon.assert.calledWith(metadata.putObjectMD.lastCall,
+                    bucketName, objectName, any, sinon.match({
+                        needOplogUpdate: true,
+                        originOp: 's3:ReplaceArchivedObject',
+                    }), any, any);
+            },
+        ], done);
+    });
+
+    it('should pass needOplogUpdate to metadata when replacing archived object in version suspended bucket', done => {
+        const archived = {
+            archiveInfo: { foo: 0, bar: 'stuff' }
+        };
+
+        async.series([
+            next => bucketPut(authInfo, testPutBucketRequest, log, next),
+            next => bucketPutVersioning(authInfo, suspendVersioningRequest, log, next),
+            next => objectPut(authInfo, testPutObjectRequest, undefined, log, next),
+            next => fakeMetadataArchive(bucketName, objectName, undefined, archived, next),
+            next => objectPut(authInfo, testPutObjectRequest, undefined, log, next),
+            async () => {
+                sinon.assert.calledWith(metadata.putObjectMD.lastCall,
+                    bucketName, objectName, any, sinon.match({
+                        needOplogUpdate: true,
+                        originOp: 's3:ReplaceArchivedObject',
+                    }), any, any);
+            },
+        ], done);
+    });
 });
 
 describe('objectPut API with versioning', () => {