diff --git a/lib/api/apiUtils/bucket/bucketDeletion.js b/lib/api/apiUtils/bucket/bucketDeletion.js
index adc506cd38..11352fe1b9 100644
--- a/lib/api/apiUtils/bucket/bucketDeletion.js
+++ b/lib/api/apiUtils/bucket/bucketDeletion.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function deleteBucket(authInfo, bucketMD, bucketName, canonicalID, request, log,
     return async.waterfall(
         [
             function checkForObjectsStep(next) {
-                const params = { maxKeys: 1, listingType: 'DelimiterVersions' };
+                const params = { maxKeys: 1, listingType: 'DelimiterVersions', hideNonLocalizedVersions: false };
                 // We list all the versions as we want to return BucketNotEmpty
                 // error if there are any versions or delete markers in the bucket.
                 // Works for non-versioned buckets as well since listing versions
diff --git a/tests/functional/backbeat/cleanReadLocalization.js b/tests/functional/backbeat/cleanReadLocalization.js
index 052ec88756..2490081046 100644
--- a/tests/functional/backbeat/cleanReadLocalization.js
+++ b/tests/functional/backbeat/cleanReadLocalization.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const { createHash } = require('crypto');
 const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid');
 const {
     CreateBucketCommand,
+    DeleteBucketCommand,
     PutBucketVersioningCommand,
     PutObjectCommand,
     GetObjectCommand,
@@ -59,13 +60,13 @@ function buildMetadataBody(versionId, dataStoreName) {
 
 // the mongo-processor replicating a version, then the data mover merging it once
 // the data has been copied: same version id, the location rewritten to the local one
-function writeVersion(key, versionId, dataStoreName) {
-    if (dataStoreName === SOURCE_LOCATION) {
+function writeVersion(key, versionId, dataStoreName, bucket = TEST_BUCKET) {
+    if (dataStoreName === SOURCE_LOCATION && bucket === TEST_BUCKET) {
         replicatedVersions.push({ key, versionId });
     }
     return backbeatClient.send(
         new PutMetadataCommand({
-            Bucket: TEST_BUCKET,
+            Bucket: bucket,
             Key: key,
             VersionId: encodeVersionId(versionId),
             Body: buildMetadataBody(versionId, dataStoreName),
@@ -167,4 +168,29 @@ describeIfCleanRead('clean read: localizing a replicated version', function test
         const md = JSON.parse(res.Body);
         assert.strictEqual(md.dataStoreName, SOURCE_LOCATION);
     });
+
+    it('should not delete a bucket that only holds a replicated version', async () => {
+        const bucket = `${TEST_BUCKET}-delete`;
+        const key = 'clean-read-delete-bucket';
+        const replicatedVersionId = generateVersionId(`${process.pid}`, 'RG001');
+        await s3.send(new CreateBucketCommand({ Bucket: bucket }));
+        await s3.send(
+            new PutBucketVersioningCommand({
+                Bucket: bucket,
+                VersioningConfiguration: { Status: 'Enabled' },
+            }),
+        );
+        await writeVersion(key, replicatedVersionId, SOURCE_LOCATION, bucket);
+
+        // hidden from the clients, the version still holds the bucket
+        await assert.rejects(s3.send(new DeleteBucketCommand({ Bucket: bucket })), err => {
+            assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'BucketNotEmpty');
+            return true;
+        });
+
+        // localized, the version is visible to the S3 API, which empties the bucket
+        await writeVersion(key, replicatedVersionId, LOCAL_LOCATION, bucket);
+        await bucketUtil.empty(bucket);
+        await bucketUtil.deleteOne(bucket);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/api/bucketDelete.js b/tests/unit/api/bucketDelete.js
index 0848c6263d..e8d52bb385 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api/bucketDelete.js
+++ b/tests/unit/api/bucketDelete.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 const assert = require('assert');
+const { promisify } = require('util');
 const async = require('async');
 const { parseString } = require('xml2js');
 const { errors } = require('@scality/arsenal');
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ const objectPutPart = require('../../../lib/api/objectPutPart');
 const { cleanup, DummyRequestLogger, makeAuthInfo } = require('../helpers');
 const DummyRequest = require('../DummyRequest');
 
+const bucketPutAsync = promisify(bucketPut);
+const bucketDeleteAsync = promisify(bucketDelete);
+
 const log = new DummyRequestLogger();
 const canonicalID = 'accessKey1';
 const authInfo = makeAuthInfo(canonicalID);
@@ -169,6 +173,21 @@ describe('bucketDelete API', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    it('should count the non-localized versions when checking the bucket is empty', async () => {
+        const listObject = sinon.spy(metadata, 'listObject');
+        try {
+            await bucketPutAsync(authInfo, testRequest, log);
+            await bucketDeleteAsync(authInfo, testRequest, log);
+            const emptinessCheck = listObject
+                .getCalls()
+                .find(call => call.args[0] === bucketName && call.args[1].listingType === 'DelimiterVersions');
+            assert(emptinessCheck, 'the bucket versions should have been listed');
+            assert.strictEqual(emptinessCheck.args[1].hideNonLocalizedVersions, false);
+        } finally {
+            listObject.restore();
+        }
+    });
+
     it('should delete a bucket even if the bucket has ongoing mpu', done =>
         createMPU(testRequest, initiateRequest, false, done));