diff --git a/api-remove.go b/api-remove.go
index f14b2eb7f2..824d6ee87f 100644
--- a/api-remove.go
+++ b/api-remove.go
@@ -129,10 +129,8 @@ func processRemoveMultiObjectsResponse(body io.Reader, objects []string, errorCh
 	}
 }
 
-// RemoveObjects remove multiples objects from a bucket.
-// The list of objects to remove are received from objectsCh.
-// Remove failures are sent back via error channel.
-func (c Client) RemoveObjects(bucketName string, objectsCh <-chan string) <-chan RemoveObjectError {
+// RemoveObjectsWithContext - Identical to RemoveObjects call, but accepts context to facilitate request cancellation.
+func (c Client) RemoveObjectsWithContext(ctx context.Context, bucketName string, objectsCh <-chan string) <-chan RemoveObjectError {
 	errorCh := make(chan RemoveObjectError, 1)
 
 	// Validate if bucket name is valid.
@@ -189,7 +187,7 @@ func (c Client) RemoveObjects(bucketName string, objectsCh <-chan string) <-chan
 			// Generate remove multi objects XML request
 			removeBytes := generateRemoveMultiObjectsRequest(batch)
 			// Execute GET on bucket to list objects.
-			resp, err := c.executeMethod(context.Background(), "POST", requestMetadata{
+			resp, err := c.executeMethod(ctx, "POST", requestMetadata{
 				bucketName:       bucketName,
 				queryValues:      urlValues,
 				contentBody:      bytes.NewReader(removeBytes),
@@ -213,6 +211,13 @@ func (c Client) RemoveObjects(bucketName string, objectsCh <-chan string) <-chan
 	return errorCh
 }
 
+// RemoveObjects removes multiple objects from a bucket.
+// The list of objects to remove are received from objectsCh.
+// Remove failures are sent back via error channel.
+func (c Client) RemoveObjects(bucketName string, objectsCh <-chan string) <-chan RemoveObjectError {
+	return c.RemoveObjectsWithContext(context.Background(), bucketName, objectsCh)
+}
+
 // RemoveIncompleteUpload aborts an partially uploaded object.
 func (c Client) RemoveIncompleteUpload(bucketName, objectName string) error {
 	// Input validation.
diff --git a/docs/API.md b/docs/API.md
index 09674c0ca2..66f65061d3 100644
--- a/docs/API.md
+++ b/docs/API.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func main() {
 |   | [`GetObjectWithContext`](#GetObjectWithContext)  | |   |   |
 |   | [`FPutObjectWithContext`](#FPutObjectWithContext)  | |   |   |
 |   | [`FGetObjectWithContext`](#FGetObjectWithContext)  | |   |   |
+|   | [`RemoveObjectsWithContext`](#RemoveObjectsWithContext)  | |   |   |
 ## 1. Constructor
 <a name="Minio"></a>
 
@@ -1062,6 +1063,47 @@ for rErr := range minioClient.RemoveObjects("mybucket", objectsCh) {
 }
 ```
 
+<a name="RemoveObjectsWithContext"></a>
+### RemoveObjectsWithContext(ctx context.Context, bucketName string, objectsCh chan string) (errorCh <-chan RemoveObjectError)
+*Identical to RemoveObjects operation, but accepts a context for request cancellation.*
+
+Parameters
+
+|Param   |Type   |Description   |
+|:---|:---| :---|
+|`ctx`  | _context.Context_  |Request context  |
+|`bucketName`  | _string_  |Name of the bucket  |
+|`objectsCh` |  _chan string_  | Channel of objects to be removed  | 
+
+
+__Return Values__
+
+|Param   |Type   |Description   |
+|:---|:---| :---|
+|`errorCh` | _<-chan minio.RemoveObjectError_  | Receive-only channel of errors observed during deletion.  |
+
+```go
+objectsCh := make(chan string)
+ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100 * time.Second)
+defer cancel()
+
+// Send object names that are needed to be removed to objectsCh
+go func() {
+	defer close(objectsCh)
+	// List all objects from a bucket-name with a matching prefix.
+	for object := range minioClient.ListObjects("my-bucketname", "my-prefixname", true, nil) {
+		if object.Err != nil {
+			log.Fatalln(object.Err)
+		}
+		objectsCh <- object.Key
+	}
+}()
+
+for rErr := range minioClient.RemoveObjects(ctx, "my-bucketname", objectsCh) {
+    fmt.Println("Error detected during deletion: ", rErr)
+}
+```
+
 <a name="RemoveIncompleteUpload"></a>
 ### RemoveIncompleteUpload(bucketName, objectName string) error
 Removes a partially uploaded object.
diff --git a/functional_tests.go b/functional_tests.go
index 78f9509e6e..36486b004e 100644
--- a/functional_tests.go
+++ b/functional_tests.go
@@ -1101,6 +1101,101 @@ func testGetObjectClosedTwice() {
 	successLogger(testName, function, args, startTime).Info()
 }
 
+// Test RemoveObjectsWithContext request context cancels after timeout
+func testRemoveObjectsWithContext() {
+	// Initialize logging params.
+	startTime := time.Now()
+	testName := getFuncName()
+	function := "RemoveObjectsWithContext(ctx, bucketName, objectsCh)"
+	args := map[string]interface{}{
+		"bucketName": "",
+	}
+
+	// Seed random based on current tie.
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
+
+	// Instantiate new minio client.
+	c, err := minio.New(
+		os.Getenv(serverEndpoint),
+		os.Getenv(accessKey),
+		os.Getenv(secretKey),
+		mustParseBool(os.Getenv(enableHTTPS)),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		logError(testName, function, args, startTime, "", "Minio client object creation failed", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Set user agent.
+	c.SetAppInfo("Minio-go-FunctionalTest", "0.1.0")
+	// Enable tracing, write to stdout.
+	// c.TraceOn(os.Stderr)
+
+	// Generate a new random bucket name.
+	bucketName := randString(60, rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()), "minio-go-test-")
+	args["bucketName"] = bucketName
+
+	// Make a new bucket.
+	err = c.MakeBucket(bucketName, "us-east-1")
+	if err != nil {
+		logError(testName, function, args, startTime, "", "MakeBucket failed", err)
+	}
+
+	// Generate put data.
+	r := bytes.NewReader(bytes.Repeat([]byte("a"), 8))
+
+	// Multi remove of 20 objects.
+	nrObjects := 20
+	objectsCh := make(chan string)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(objectsCh)
+		for i := 0; i < nrObjects; i++ {
+			objectName := "sample" + strconv.Itoa(i) + ".txt"
+			_, err = c.PutObject(bucketName, objectName, r, 8, minio.PutObjectOptions{ContentType: "application/octet-stream"})
+			if err != nil {
+				logError(testName, function, args, startTime, "", "PutObject failed", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			objectsCh <- objectName
+		}
+	}()
+	// Set context to cancel in 1 nanosecond.
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Nanosecond)
+	args["ctx"] = ctx
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Call RemoveObjectsWithContext API with short timeout.
+	errorCh := c.RemoveObjectsWithContext(ctx, bucketName, objectsCh)
+	// Check for error.
+	select {
+	case r := <-errorCh:
+		if r.Err == nil {
+			logError(testName, function, args, startTime, "", "RemoveObjectsWithContext should fail on short timeout", err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	// Set context with longer timeout.
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Hour)
+	args["ctx"] = ctx
+	defer cancel()
+	// Perform RemoveObjectsWithContext with the longer timeout. Expect the removals to succeed.
+	errorCh = c.RemoveObjectsWithContext(ctx, bucketName, objectsCh)
+	select {
+	case r, more := <-errorCh:
+		if more || r.Err != nil {
+			logError(testName, function, args, startTime, "", "Unexpected error", r.Err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Delete all objects and buckets.
+	if err = cleanupBucket(bucketName, c); err != nil {
+		logError(testName, function, args, startTime, "", "Cleanup failed", err)
+		return
+	}
+	successLogger(testName, function, args, startTime).Info()
+}
+
 // Test removing multiple objects with Remove API
 func testRemoveMultipleObjects() {
 	// initialize logging params