@@ -300,6 +300,20 @@ def fetch_local_list(args, is_src = False, recursive = None):

     return local_list, single_file

 def fetch_remote_list(args, require_attribs = False, recursive = None):

+    def _get_remote_attribs(uri, remote_item):

+        response = S3(cfg).object_info(uri)

+        remote_item.update({

+        'size': int(response['headers']['content-length']),

+        'md5': response['headers']['etag'].strip('"\''),

+        'timestamp' : dateRFC822toUnix(response['headers']['date'])

+        })

+        # get md5 from header if it's present.  We would have set that during upload

+        if response['headers'].has_key('x-amz-meta-s3cmd-attrs'):

+            attrs = parse_attrs_header(response['headers']['x-amz-meta-s3cmd-attrs'])

+            if attrs.has_key('md5'):

+                remote_item.update({'md5': attrs['md5']})

+                debug(u"retreived md5=%s from headers" % (attrs['md5']))

+

     def _get_filelist_remote(remote_uri, recursive = True):

         ## If remote_uri ends with '/' then all remote files will have

         ## the remote_uri prefix removed in the relative path.

@@ -349,7 +363,9 @@ def fetch_remote_list(args, require_attribs = False, recursive = None):

                 'dev' : None,

                 'inode' : None,

             }

-            md5 = object['ETag'][1:-1]

+            if require_attribs or rem_list[key]['md5'].find("-"): # always get it for multipart uploads

+                _get_remote_attribs(S3Uri(object_uri_str), rem_list[key])

+            md5 = rem_list[key]['md5']

             rem_list.record_md5(key, md5)

             if break_now:

                 break

@@ -408,19 +424,12 @@ def fetch_remote_list(args, require_attribs = False, recursive = None):

                     'object_key': uri.object()

                 }

                 if require_attribs:

-                    response = S3(cfg).object_info(uri)

-                    remote_item.update({

-                    'size': int(response['headers']['content-length']),

-                    'md5': response['headers']['etag'].strip('"\''),

-                    'timestamp' : dateRFC822toUnix(response['headers']['date'])

-                    })

-                    # get md5 from header if it's present.  We would have set that during upload

-                    if response['headers'].has_key('x-amz-meta-s3cmd-attrs'):

-                        attrs = parse_attrs_header(response['headers']['x-amz-meta-s3cmd-attrs'])

-                        if attrs.has_key('md5'):

-                            remote_item.update({'md5': attrs['md5']})

+                    _get_remote_attribs(uri, remote_item)

                 remote_list[key] = remote_item

+                md5 = remote_item.get('md5')

+                if md5:

+                    remote_list.record_md5(key, md5)

     return remote_list

 def parse_attrs_header(attrs_header):