diff --git a/test/s3/checksum/issue11401_repro_test.go b/test/s3/checksum/issue11401_repro_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6ee2e49b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/s3/checksum/issue11401_repro_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package checksum_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// newWhenRequiredChecksumClient returns a client that only sends checksum
+// headers when the request asks for them, so tests can upload parts with no
+// checksum headers at all.
+func newWhenRequiredChecksumClient(t *testing.T) *s3.Client {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO(),
+		config.WithRegion(defaultConfig.Region),
+		config.WithCredentialsProvider(credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider(
+			defaultConfig.AccessKey, defaultConfig.SecretKey, "")),
+		config.WithEndpointResolverWithOptions(aws.EndpointResolverWithOptionsFunc(
+			func(service, region string, _ ...interface{}) (aws.Endpoint, error) {
+				return aws.Endpoint{
+					URL:               defaultConfig.Endpoint,
+					SigningRegion:     defaultConfig.Region,
+					HostnameImmutable: true,
+				}, nil
+			})),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return s3.NewFromConfig(cfg, func(o *s3.Options) {
+		o.UsePathStyle = true
+		o.RequestChecksumCalculation = aws.RequestChecksumCalculationWhenRequired
+	})
+}
+
+// UploadPart without checksum headers inherits the algorithm declared at
+// CreateMultipartUpload, so the part still gets a checksum and the upload can
+// be completed with it (AWS behavior).
+func TestMultipartPartInheritsChecksumAlgorithm(t *testing.T) {
+	client := newWhenRequiredChecksumClient(t)
+
+	bucket := uniqueBucket()
+	createBucket(t, client, bucket)
+	defer cleanupBucket(t, client, bucket)
+
+	body := bytes.Repeat([]byte("y"), 1024)
+	key := "inherit-algo"
+
+	create, err := client.CreateMultipartUpload(context.Background(), &s3.CreateMultipartUploadInput{
+		Bucket:            aws.String(bucket),
+		Key:               aws.String(key),
+		ChecksumAlgorithm: types.ChecksumAlgorithmSha256,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	part, err := client.UploadPart(context.Background(), &s3.UploadPartInput{
+		Bucket:     aws.String(bucket),
+		Key:        aws.String(key),
+		UploadId:   create.UploadId,
+		PartNumber: aws.Int32(1),
+		Body:       bytes.NewReader(body),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, aws.ToString(part.ChecksumSHA256))
+
+	done, err := client.CompleteMultipartUpload(context.Background(), &s3.CompleteMultipartUploadInput{
+		Bucket:   aws.String(bucket),
+		Key:      aws.String(key),
+		UploadId: create.UploadId,
+		MultipartUpload: &types.CompletedMultipartUpload{Parts: []types.CompletedPart{{
+			ETag:           part.ETag,
+			PartNumber:     aws.Int32(1),
+			ChecksumSHA256: part.ChecksumSHA256,
+		}}},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, types.ChecksumTypeComposite, done.ChecksumType)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, aws.ToString(done.ChecksumSHA256))
+}
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_multipart.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_multipart.go
index 6926e3da0..9a7fe7b8e 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_multipart.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_multipart.go
@@ -445,6 +445,16 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) PutObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Parts inherit the checksum algorithm declared at CreateMultipartUpload
+	// when the request doesn't specify one (AWS behavior).
+	if headerName := string(uploadEntry.Extended[s3_constants.ExtChecksumAlgorithm]); headerName != "" {
+		if algo, _, code := detectRequestedChecksumAlgorithm(r); code == s3err.ErrNone && algo == ChecksumAlgorithmNone {
+			if name := checksumAlgorithmNameFromHeaderName(headerName); name != "" {
+				r.Header.Set(s3_constants.AmzChecksumAlgorithm, name)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	filePath := s3a.genPartUploadPath(bucket, uploadID, partID)
 
 	if partID == 1 && r.Header.Get("Content-Type") == "" {