diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/bad-max-objects-per-file/empty-over.01.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/bad-max-objects-per-file/empty-over.01.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b68c38b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/bad-max-objects-per-file/empty-over.01.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+DROP DATAVERSE test IF EXISTS;
+CREATE DATAVERSE test;
+
+USE test;
+
+CREATE TYPE OpenType AS {
+};
+
+CREATE EXTERNAL DATASET Customer(OpenType) USING S3 (
+    ("accessKeyId"="dummyAccessKey"),
+    ("secretAccessKey"="dummySecretKey"),
+    ("region"="us-west-2"),
+    ("serviceEndpoint"="http://127.0.0.1:8001"),
+    ("container"="playground"),
+    ("definition"="external-filter/car/{company:string}/customer/{customer_id:int}"),
+    ("embed-filter-values" = "false"),
+    ("format"="json")
+);
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/bad-max-objects-per-file/empty-over.02.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/bad-max-objects-per-file/empty-over.02.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02f6c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/bad-max-objects-per-file/empty-over.02.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY Customer c
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result-with-over")
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"json",
+    "max-objects-per-file": 2
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/bad-max-objects-per-file/empty-over.03.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/bad-max-objects-per-file/empty-over.03.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0add71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/bad-max-objects-per-file/empty-over.03.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY Customer c
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result-with-over")
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"json",
+    "max-objects-per-file": "hello"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
index 1e90f98..ef1e6a0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@
         <expected-error>ASX1001: Syntax error: OVER-clause cannot be empty</expected-error>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="copy-to/negative">
+      <compilation-unit name="bad-max-objects-per-file">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">bad-max-objects-per-file</output-dir>
+        <expected-error>Minimum value allowed for 'max-objects-per-file' is 1000. Found 2</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>Expected integer value, got hello</expected-error>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
   </test-group>
   <test-group name="aws-s3-external-dataset">
     <test-case FilePath="external-dataset">
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
index 8994fc3..4d3b57b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@
     UNSUPPORTED_INDEX_IN_COLUMNAR_FORMAT(1194),
     COMPOSITE_KEY_NOT_SUPPORTED(1195),
     EXTERNAL_SINK_ERROR(1196),
+    MINIMUM_VALUE_ALLOWED_FOR_PARAM(1197),
 
     // Feed errors
     DATAFLOW_ILLEGAL_STATE(3001),
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
index 8d624d4..72bb788 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@
 1194 = Index type '%1$s' is not supported with columnar storage format
 1195 = Composite key is not allowed, only single key must be specified.
 1196 = External sink error. %1$s
+1197 = Minimum value allowed for '%1$s' is %2$s. Found %3$s
 
 # Feed Errors
 3001 = Illegal state.
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
index 79252ad..d56924f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@
     public static final String KEY_WRITER_MAX_RESULT = "max-objects-per-file";
     public static final String KEY_WRITER_COMPRESSION = "compression";
     public static final int WRITER_MAX_RESULT_DEFAULT = 10000;
+    public static final int WRITER_MAX_RESULT_MINIMUM = 1000;
     public static final Set<String> WRITER_SUPPORTED_FORMATS;
     public static final Set<String> WRITER_SUPPORTED_ADAPTERS;
     public static final Set<String> WRITER_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/WriterValidationUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/WriterValidationUtil.java
index b348c1e..843600e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/WriterValidationUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/WriterValidationUtil.java
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 package org.apache.asterix.external.util;
 
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode.INVALID_REQ_PARAM_VAL;
-import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants.KEY_FORMAT;
+import static org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode.MINIMUM_VALUE_ALLOWED_FOR_PARAM;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants.KEY_WRITER_MAX_RESULT;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants.WRITER_MAX_RESULT_MINIMUM;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -69,13 +71,17 @@
 
     private static void validateMaxResult(Map<String, String> configuration, SourceLocation sourceLocation)
             throws CompilationException {
-        String maxResult = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_WRITER_MAX_RESULT);
+        String maxResult = configuration.get(KEY_WRITER_MAX_RESULT);
         if (maxResult == null) {
             return;
         }
 
         try {
-            Integer.parseInt(maxResult);
+            int value = Integer.parseInt(maxResult);
+            if (value < WRITER_MAX_RESULT_MINIMUM) {
+                throw new CompilationException(MINIMUM_VALUE_ALLOWED_FOR_PARAM, KEY_WRITER_MAX_RESULT,
+                        WRITER_MAX_RESULT_MINIMUM, value);
+            }
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
             throw CompilationException.create(ErrorCode.INTEGER_VALUE_EXPECTED, sourceLocation, maxResult);
         }