diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 547555e..30675fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ## 1.2.2 under development
 
-- no changes in this release.
+- New #11: Add ETag value normalization in `HttpCacheMiddleware` via `ETagValueNormalizerInterface` with
+  `NullETagValueNormalizer` and `SuffixETagValueNormalizer` implementations (@KalimeroMK)
 
 ## 1.2.1 August 10, 2026
 
diff --git a/docs/guide/en/http-cache-middleware.md b/docs/guide/en/http-cache-middleware.md
index f2befe8..524aeb4 100644
--- a/docs/guide/en/http-cache-middleware.md
+++ b/docs/guide/en/http-cache-middleware.md
@@ -90,6 +90,32 @@ Default: `new DefaultETagGenerator()`
 
 An instance of `ETagGeneratorInterface` that generates a string `ETag` value based on the provided seed.
 
+### `$eTagValueNormalizer`
+
+Type: `Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer\ETagValueNormalizerInterface`
+
+Default: `new NullETagValueNormalizer()`
+
+An instance of `ETagValueNormalizerInterface` that normalizes raw ETag values obtained from the `If-None-Match`
+request header before comparing them with the application generated ETag value.
+
+Normalization is needed when an intermediary, such as a web server compression module, modifies the ETag header value.
+For example, Apache `mod_deflate` and `mod_brotli` append `-gzip` and `-br` suffixes to the ETag value
+(see [mod_deflate documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_deflate.html#deflatealteretag)).
+
+Implementations out of the box:
+
+- `NullETagValueNormalizer` — returns ETag values unmodified.
+- `SuffixETagValueNormalizer` — removes the first matching suffix from a given list of suffixes.
+
+Example usage for a server that appends compression suffixes:
+
+```php
+use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer\SuffixETagValueNormalizer;
+
+$eTagValueNormalizer = new SuffixETagValueNormalizer(['-gzip', '-br']);
+```
+
 ## `Cache-Control` header value providers
 
 A provider should implement the `CacheControlProviderInterface` interface to supply the value of the `Cache-Control` 
diff --git a/src/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/ETagValueNormalizerInterface.php b/src/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/ETagValueNormalizerInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..280369f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/ETagValueNormalizerInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer;
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes raw ETag values obtained from the `If-None-Match` request header before comparing them with the
+ * application generated ETag value.
+ *
+ * Normalization is needed when an intermediary (for example, a web server compression module such as Apache
+ * `mod_deflate` or `mod_brotli`) modifies the ETag header value by appending a suffix (`-gzip`, `-br`, etc.).
+ */
+interface ETagValueNormalizerInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the normalized ETag value.
+     *
+     * @param string $value The raw ETag value (without quotes and `W/` prefix) to normalize.
+     * @return string The normalized ETag value.
+     */
+    public function normalize(string $value): string;
+}
diff --git a/src/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/NullETagValueNormalizer.php b/src/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/NullETagValueNormalizer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e656e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/NullETagValueNormalizer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer;
+
+/**
+ * Returns ETag values unmodified. It can be used when ETag normalization is not required.
+ */
+final class NullETagValueNormalizer implements ETagValueNormalizerInterface
+{
+    public function normalize(string $value): string
+    {
+        return $value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/SuffixETagValueNormalizer.php b/src/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/SuffixETagValueNormalizer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2202ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/SuffixETagValueNormalizer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer;
+
+use function is_string;
+use function str_ends_with;
+use function strlen;
+use function substr;
+
+/**
+ * Removes a suffix from ETag values.
+ *
+ * This is useful for normalizing ETag values modified by web server compression modules. For example, Apache
+ * `mod_deflate` and `mod_brotli` append `-gzip` and `-br` suffixes to the ETag header value
+ * (see {@link https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_deflate.html#deflatealteretag}).
+ *
+ * Only the first matching suffix is removed. For example, for value `content-gzip-br` and suffixes
+ * `['-gzip', '-br']`, the result is `content-gzip`.
+ */
+final class SuffixETagValueNormalizer implements ETagValueNormalizerInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string[] The suffixes to remove.
+     */
+    private readonly array $suffixes;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string|string[] $suffix A single suffix or a list of suffixes to remove from ETag values.
+     *
+     * @psalm-param string|list<string> $suffix
+     */
+    public function __construct(string|array $suffix)
+    {
+        $this->suffixes = is_string($suffix) ? [$suffix] : $suffix;
+    }
+
+    public function normalize(string $value): string
+    {
+        foreach ($this->suffixes as $suffix) {
+            if ($suffix !== '' && str_ends_with($value, $suffix)) {
+                return substr($value, 0, -strlen($suffix));
+            }
+        }
+        return $value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/HttpCache/HttpCacheMiddleware.php b/src/HttpCache/HttpCacheMiddleware.php
index bf3e0d4..5b360f9 100644
--- a/src/HttpCache/HttpCacheMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/HttpCache/HttpCacheMiddleware.php
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagGenerator\ETagGeneratorInterface;
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagProvider\ETagProviderInterface;
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagProvider\NullETagProvider;
+use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer\ETagValueNormalizerInterface;
+use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer\NullETagValueNormalizer;
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\LastModifiedProvider\LastModifiedProviderInterface;
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\LastModifiedProvider\NullLastModifiedProvider;
 
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ final class HttpCacheMiddleware implements MiddlewareInterface
      * @param LastModifiedProviderInterface $lastModifiedProvider The last modified dates provider.
      * @param ETagProviderInterface $eTagProvider The provider for {@see ETag}.
      * @param ETagGeneratorInterface $eTagGenerator The {@see ETag} string values generator.
+     * @param ETagValueNormalizerInterface $eTagValueNormalizer The normalizer for raw ETag values obtained from
+     * the `If-None-Match` request header.
      */
     public function __construct(
         private readonly ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory,
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ public function __construct(
         private readonly LastModifiedProviderInterface $lastModifiedProvider = new NullLastModifiedProvider(),
         private readonly ETagProviderInterface $eTagProvider = new NullETagProvider(),
         private readonly ETagGeneratorInterface $eTagGenerator = new DefaultETagGenerator(),
+        private readonly ETagValueNormalizerInterface $eTagValueNormalizer = new NullETagValueNormalizer(),
     ) {}
 
     public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface $handler): ResponseInterface
@@ -82,9 +87,6 @@ private function validateCache(
             }
 
             $headerETags = $this->extractRawETagValues($request);
-            if ($headerETags === []) {
-                return false;
-            }
             return in_array($eTagHeader->rawValue(), $headerETags, true);
         }
 
@@ -145,11 +147,12 @@ private function extractRawETagValues(ServerRequestInterface $request): array
         }
 
         return array_map(
-            static function (string $value): string {
+            function (string $value): string {
                 /**
                  * @var string We use a correct pattern, so `preg_replace` always returns a string.
                  */
-                return preg_replace('~^\s*(?:W/)?"([^"]+)"\s*$~', '$1', $value);
+                $rawETag = preg_replace('~^\s*(?:W/)?"([^"]+)"\s*$~', '$1', $value);
+                return $this->eTagValueNormalizer->normalize($rawETag);
             },
             explode(',', $rawValue),
         );
diff --git a/tests/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/NullETagValueNormalizerTest.php b/tests/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/NullETagValueNormalizerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5a9632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/NullETagValueNormalizerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\Tests\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer\NullETagValueNormalizer;
+
+use function PHPUnit\Framework\assertSame;
+
+final class NullETagValueNormalizerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testBase(): void
+    {
+        $normalizer = new NullETagValueNormalizer();
+
+        assertSame('tag1', $normalizer->normalize('tag1'));
+        assertSame('tag1-gzip', $normalizer->normalize('tag1-gzip'));
+        assertSame('', $normalizer->normalize(''));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/SuffixETagValueNormalizerTest.php b/tests/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/SuffixETagValueNormalizerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3768284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HttpCache/ETagValueNormalizer/SuffixETagValueNormalizerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\Tests\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\TestWith;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer\SuffixETagValueNormalizer;
+
+use function PHPUnit\Framework\assertSame;
+
+final class SuffixETagValueNormalizerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    #[TestWith(['tag1-gzip', 'tag1'])]
+    #[TestWith(['tag1-br', 'tag1'])]
+    #[TestWith(['tag1', 'tag1'])]
+    #[TestWith(['gzip', 'gzip'])]
+    public function testSingleSuffix(string $value, string $expected): void
+    {
+        $normalizer = new SuffixETagValueNormalizer(['-gzip', '-br']);
+
+        assertSame($expected, $normalizer->normalize($value));
+    }
+
+    public function testStringSuffix(): void
+    {
+        $normalizer = new SuffixETagValueNormalizer('-gzip');
+
+        assertSame('tag1', $normalizer->normalize('tag1-gzip'));
+        assertSame('tag1-br', $normalizer->normalize('tag1-br'));
+    }
+
+    public function testOnlyFirstMatchingSuffixIsRemoved(): void
+    {
+        $normalizer = new SuffixETagValueNormalizer(['-gzip', '-br']);
+
+        assertSame('content-gzip', $normalizer->normalize('content-gzip-br'));
+    }
+
+    public function testEmptySuffixIsIgnored(): void
+    {
+        $normalizer = new SuffixETagValueNormalizer('');
+
+        assertSame('tag1', $normalizer->normalize('tag1'));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/HttpCache/HttpCacheMiddlewareTest.php b/tests/HttpCache/HttpCacheMiddlewareTest.php
index c0b29af..b996ead 100644
--- a/tests/HttpCache/HttpCacheMiddlewareTest.php
+++ b/tests/HttpCache/HttpCacheMiddlewareTest.php
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagProvider\NullETagProvider;
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\HttpCacheMiddleware;
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagProvider\PredefinedETagProvider;
+use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer\ETagValueNormalizerInterface;
+use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\ETagValueNormalizer\SuffixETagValueNormalizer;
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\LastModifiedProvider\NullLastModifiedProvider;
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\HttpCache\LastModifiedProvider\PredefinedLastModifiedProvider;
 use Yiisoft\HttpMiddleware\Tests\Support\FakeRequestHandler;
 
+use function PHPUnit\Framework\assertFalse;
 use function PHPUnit\Framework\assertSame;
 
 final class HttpCacheMiddlewareTest extends TestCase
@@ -173,6 +176,35 @@ public function testIfNoneMatchEquals(array $ifNoneMatchValues): void
         );
     }
 
+    #[TestWith([['"tag1-gzip"']])]
+    #[TestWith([['W/"tag1-gzip"']])]
+    public function testIfNoneMatchEqualsWithSuffixNormalizer(array $ifNoneMatchValues): void
+    {
+        $request = new ServerRequest(
+            headers: [
+                'If-None-Match' => $ifNoneMatchValues,
+            ],
+        );
+        $middleware = new HttpCacheMiddleware(
+            new ResponseFactory(),
+            eTagProvider: new PredefinedETagProvider([new ETag('tag1')]),
+            eTagGenerator: new CallableETagGenerator(
+                static fn(string $seed) => $seed,
+            ),
+            eTagValueNormalizer: new SuffixETagValueNormalizer(['-gzip', '-br']),
+        );
+
+        $response = $middleware->process($request, new FakeRequestHandler());
+
+        assertSame(304, $response->getStatusCode());
+        assertSame(
+            [
+                'ETag' => ['"tag1"'],
+            ],
+            $response->getHeaders(),
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testIfNoneMatchWithoutEtag(): void
     {
         $request = new ServerRequest(
@@ -217,6 +249,37 @@ public function testEmptyIfNoneMatch(): void
         );
     }
 
+    public function testEmptyIfNoneMatchDoesNotCallETagValueNormalizer(): void
+    {
+        $request = new ServerRequest(
+            headers: [
+                'If-None-Match' => [''],
+            ],
+        );
+        $normalizer = new class implements ETagValueNormalizerInterface {
+            public bool $called = false;
+
+            public function normalize(string $value): string
+            {
+                $this->called = true;
+                return $value;
+            }
+        };
+        $middleware = new HttpCacheMiddleware(
+            new ResponseFactory(),
+            eTagProvider: new PredefinedETagProvider([new ETag('test')]),
+            eTagGenerator: new CallableETagGenerator(
+                static fn(string $seed) => $seed,
+            ),
+            eTagValueNormalizer: $normalizer,
+        );
+
+        $response = $middleware->process($request, new FakeRequestHandler());
+
+        assertSame(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+        assertFalse($normalizer->called);
+    }
+
     public function testIfModifiedSinceTrue(): void
     {
         $request = new ServerRequest(