diff --git a/src/Util/Network.php b/src/Util/Network.php
index 6c7fd731c..6b73369d3 100644
--- a/src/Util/Network.php
+++ b/src/Util/Network.php
@@ -910,4 +910,46 @@ class Network
 
 		return self::unparseURL($parsed);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates ETag and Last-Modified response headers and checks them against
+	 * If-None-Match and If-Modified-Since request headers if present.
+	 *
+	 * Blocking function, sends 304 headers and exits if check passes.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $etag          The page etag
+	 * @param string $last_modified The page last modification UTC date
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public static function checkEtagModified(string $etag, string $last_modified)
+	{
+		$last_modified = DateTimeFormat::utc($last_modified, 'D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT';
+
+		/**
+		 * @see http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.26
+		 */
+		$if_none_match     = filter_input(INPUT_SERVER, 'HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH');
+		$if_modified_since = filter_input(INPUT_SERVER, 'HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE');
+		$flag_not_modified = null;
+		if ($if_none_match) {
+			$result = [];
+			preg_match('/^(?:W\/")?([^"]+)"?$/i', $etag, $result);
+			$etagTrimmed = $result[1];
+			// Lazy exact ETag match, could check weak/strong ETags
+			$flag_not_modified = $if_none_match == '*' || strpos($if_none_match, $etagTrimmed) !== false;
+		}
+
+		if ($if_modified_since && (!$if_none_match || $flag_not_modified)) {
+			// Lazy exact Last-Modified match, could check If-Modified-Since validity
+			$flag_not_modified = $if_modified_since == $last_modified;
+		}
+
+		header('Etag: ' . $etag);
+		header('Last-Modified: ' . $last_modified);
+
+		if ($flag_not_modified) {
+			header("HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified");
+			exit;
+		}
+	}
 }