diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index 8b579b4aa..067ee2a5b 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -2089,3 +2089,46 @@ func (er erasureObjects) restoreTransitionedObject(ctx context.Context, bucket s
 	})
 	return setRestoreHeaderFn(oi, err)
 }
+
+// DecomTieredObject - moves tiered object to another pool during decommissioning.
+func (er erasureObjects) DecomTieredObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, fi FileInfo, opts ObjectOptions) error {
+	if opts.UserDefined == nil {
+		opts.UserDefined = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+	// overlay Erasure info for this set of disks
+	storageDisks := er.getDisks()
+	// Get parity and data drive count based on storage class metadata
+	parityDrives := globalStorageClass.GetParityForSC(opts.UserDefined[xhttp.AmzStorageClass])
+	if parityDrives < 0 {
+		parityDrives = er.defaultParityCount
+	}
+	dataDrives := len(storageDisks) - parityDrives
+
+	// we now know the number of blocks this object needs for data and parity.
+	// writeQuorum is dataBlocks + 1
+	writeQuorum := dataDrives
+	if dataDrives == parityDrives {
+		writeQuorum++
+	}
+
+	// Initialize parts metadata
+	partsMetadata := make([]FileInfo, len(storageDisks))
+
+	fi2 := newFileInfo(pathJoin(bucket, object), dataDrives, parityDrives)
+	fi.Erasure = fi2.Erasure
+	// Initialize erasure metadata.
+	for index := range partsMetadata {
+		partsMetadata[index] = fi
+		partsMetadata[index].Erasure.Index = index + 1
+	}
+
+	// Order disks according to erasure distribution
+	var onlineDisks []StorageAPI
+	onlineDisks, partsMetadata = shuffleDisksAndPartsMetadata(storageDisks, partsMetadata, fi)
+
+	if _, err := writeUniqueFileInfo(ctx, onlineDisks, bucket, object, partsMetadata, writeQuorum); err != nil {
+		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
index 8689ad813..bbc0a3194 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
@@ -736,14 +736,16 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionPool(ctx context.Context, idx int, pool
 			objInfo := fi.ToObjectInfo(bucket, object, versioned)
 
 			evt := evalActionFromLifecycle(ctx, *lc, lr, objInfo)
-			if evt.Action.Delete() {
+			switch {
+			case evt.Action.DeleteRestored(): // if restored copy has expired,delete it synchronously
+				applyExpiryOnTransitionedObject(ctx, z, objInfo, evt.Action.DeleteRestored())
+				return false
+			case evt.Action.Delete():
 				globalExpiryState.enqueueByDays(objInfo, evt.Action.DeleteRestored(), evt.Action.DeleteVersioned())
-				if !evt.Action.DeleteRestored() {
-					return true
-				}
+				return true
+			default:
+				return false
 			}
-
-			return false
 		}
 
 		decommissionEntry := func(entry metaCacheEntry) {
@@ -767,12 +769,6 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionPool(ctx context.Context, idx int, pool
 
 			var decommissionedCount int
 			for _, version := range fivs.Versions {
-				// TODO: Skip transitioned objects for now.
-				if version.IsRemote() {
-					logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("found %s/%s transitioned object, transitioned object won't be decommissioned", bi.Name, version.Name))
-					continue
-				}
-
 				// Apply lifecycle rules on the objects that are expired.
 				if filterLifecycle(bi.Name, version.Name, version) {
 					logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("found %s/%s (%s) expired object based on ILM rules, skipping and scheduled for deletion", bi.Name, version.Name, version.VersionID))
@@ -821,6 +817,22 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionPool(ctx context.Context, idx int, pool
 				var failure, ignore bool
 				// gr.Close() is ensured by decommissionObject().
 				for try := 0; try < 3; try++ {
+					if version.IsRemote() {
+						stopFn := globalDecommissionMetrics.log(decomMetricDecommissionObject, idx, bi.Name, version.Name, version.VersionID)
+						if err := z.DecomTieredObject(ctx, bi.Name, version.Name, version, ObjectOptions{
+							VersionID:   version.VersionID,
+							MTime:       version.ModTime,
+							UserDefined: version.Metadata,
+						}); err != nil {
+							stopFn(err)
+							failure = true
+							logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+							continue
+						}
+						stopFn(nil)
+						failure = false
+						break
+					}
 					gr, err := set.GetObjectNInfo(ctx,
 						bi.Name,
 						encodeDirObject(version.Name),
@@ -1268,17 +1280,6 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) StartDecommission(ctx context.Context, indices ...i
 		z.HealBucket(ctx, bucket.Name, madmin.HealOpts{})
 	}
 
-	// TODO: Support decommissioning transition tiers.
-	for _, bucket := range decomBuckets {
-		if lc, err := globalLifecycleSys.Get(bucket.Name); err == nil {
-			if lc.HasTransition() {
-				return decomError{
-					Err: fmt.Sprintf("Bucket is part of transitioned tier %s: decommission is not allowed in Tier'd setups", bucket.Name),
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Create .minio.sys/conifg, .minio.sys/buckets paths if missing,
 	// this code is present to avoid any missing meta buckets on other
 	// pools.
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
index b2f4c385e..33273a520 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
@@ -2348,3 +2348,27 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) CheckAbandonedParts(ctx context.Context, bucket, ob
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// DecomTieredObject - moves tiered object to another pool during decommissioning.
+func (z *erasureServerPools) DecomTieredObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, fi FileInfo, opts ObjectOptions) error {
+	object = encodeDirObject(object)
+	if z.SinglePool() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error decommissioning %s/%s", bucket, object)
+	}
+	if !opts.NoLock {
+		ns := z.NewNSLock(bucket, object)
+		lkctx, err := ns.GetLock(ctx, globalOperationTimeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		ctx = lkctx.Context()
+		defer ns.Unlock(lkctx)
+		opts.NoLock = true
+	}
+	idx, err := z.getPoolIdxNoLock(ctx, bucket, object, fi.Size)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return z.serverPools[idx].DecomTieredObject(ctx, bucket, object, fi, opts)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-sets.go b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
index b204cc4fa..56a4765cc 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
@@ -1215,6 +1215,12 @@ func (s *erasureSets) PutObjectMetadata(ctx context.Context, bucket, object stri
 	return er.PutObjectMetadata(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 }
 
+// DecomTieredObject - moves tiered object to another pool during decommissioning.
+func (s *erasureSets) DecomTieredObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, fi FileInfo, opts ObjectOptions) error {
+	er := s.getHashedSet(object)
+	return er.DecomTieredObject(ctx, bucket, object, fi, opts)
+}
+
 // PutObjectTags - replace or add tags to an existing object
 func (s *erasureSets) PutObjectTags(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, tags string, opts ObjectOptions) (ObjectInfo, error) {
 	er := s.getHashedSet(object)
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-interface.go b/cmd/object-api-interface.go
index 910aea211..3f68c465b 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-interface.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-interface.go
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ type ObjectLayer interface {
 
 	// Metadata operations
 	PutObjectMetadata(context.Context, string, string, ObjectOptions) (ObjectInfo, error)
+	DecomTieredObject(context.Context, string, string, FileInfo, ObjectOptions) error
 
 	// ObjectTagging operations
 	PutObjectTags(context.Context, string, string, string, ObjectOptions) (ObjectInfo, error)
diff --git a/docs/distributed/decom.sh b/docs/distributed/decom.sh
index 75f1ff23a..71cc2a1a8 100755
--- a/docs/distributed/decom.sh
+++ b/docs/distributed/decom.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ fi
 
 pkill minio
 rm -rf /tmp/xl
+rm -rf /tmp/xltier
 
 if [ ! -f ./mc ]; then
     wget --quiet -O mc https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && \
@@ -45,6 +46,23 @@ expected_checksum=$(./mc cat internal/dsync/drwmutex.go | md5sum)
 user_count=$(./mc admin user list myminio/ | wc -l)
 policy_count=$(./mc admin policy list myminio/ | wc -l)
 
+## create a warm tier instance
+(minio server /tmp/xltier/{1...4}/disk{0...1} --address :9001 2>&1 >/dev/null)&
+sleep 2
+export MC_HOST_mytier="http://minioadmin:minioadmin@localhost:9001/"
+
+./mc mb -l myminio/bucket2
+./mc mb -l mytier/tiered
+## create a tier and set up ilm policy to tier immediately
+./mc admin tier add minio myminio TIER1 --endpoint http://localhost:9001 --access-key minioadmin --secret-key minioadmin --bucket tiered --prefix prefix5/
+./mc ilm add myminio/bucket2 --transition-days 0 --transition-tier TIER1 --transition-days 0
+## mirror some content to bucket2 and capture versions tiered
+./mc mirror internal myminio/bucket2/ --quiet >/dev/null
+./mc ls -r myminio/bucket2/ > bucket2_ns.txt
+./mc ls -r --versions myminio/bucket2/ > bucket2_ns_versions.txt
+sleep 2
+./mc ls -r --versions mytier/tiered/ > tiered_ns_versions.txt
+
 kill $pid
 (minio server /tmp/xl/{1...10}/disk{0...1} /tmp/xl/{11...30}/disk{0...3} 2>&1 >/tmp/expanded.log) &
 pid=$!
@@ -134,4 +152,43 @@ if [ "${expected_checksum}" != "${got_checksum}" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# after decommissioning, compare listings in bucket2 and tiered
+./mc version info myminio/bucket2 | grep -q "versioning is enabled"
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected versioning enabled after decommission on bucket2"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc ls -r myminio/bucket2 > decommissioned_bucket2_ns.txt
+./mc ls -r --versions myminio/bucket2 > decommissioned_bucket2_ns_versions.txt
+./mc ls -r --versions mytier/tiered/ > tiered_ns_versions2.txt
+
+out=$(diff -qpruN bucket2_ns.txt decommissioned_bucket2_ns.txt)
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected no missing entries after decommission in bucket2: $out"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+out=$(diff -qpruN bucket2_ns_versions.txt decommissioned_bucket2_ns_versions.txt)
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected no missing entries after decommission in bucket2x: $out"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+out=$(diff -qpruN tiered_ns_versions.txt tiered_ns_versions2.txt)
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected no missing entries after decommission in warm tier: $out"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+got_checksum=$(./mc cat myminio/bucket2/dsync/drwmutex.go | md5sum)
+if [ "${expected_checksum}" != "${got_checksum}" ]; then
+    echo "BUG: decommission failed on encrypted objects with tiering: expected ${expected_checksum} got ${got_checksum}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 kill $pid