diff --git a/django/middleware/gzip.py b/django/middleware/gzip.py
index 39ec6248514..69f938cf0a4 100644
--- a/django/middleware/gzip.py
+++ b/django/middleware/gzip.py
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class GZipMiddleware(object):
         if len(compressed_content) >= len(response.content):
             return response
 
+        if response.has_header('ETag'):
+            response['ETag'] = re.sub('"$', ';gzip"', response['ETag'])
+
         response.content = compressed_content
         response['Content-Encoding'] = 'gzip'
         response['Content-Length'] = str(len(response.content))
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py
index 50cb81d9a10..3adb10964af 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ from django.middleware.clickjacking import XFrameOptionsMiddleware
 from django.middleware.common import CommonMiddleware
 from django.middleware.http import ConditionalGetMiddleware
 from django.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
-from django.test import TestCase
-
+from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
+from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
 class CommonMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -582,3 +582,32 @@ class GZipMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
         r = GZipMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
         self.assertEqual(r.content, self.uncompressible_string)
         self.assertEqual(r.get('Content-Encoding'), None)
+
+
+@override_settings(USE_ETAGS=True)
+class ETagGZipMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests if the ETag middleware behaves correctly with GZip middleware.
+    """
+    compressible_string = 'a' * 500
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.rf = RequestFactory()
+
+    def test_compress_response(self):
+        """
+        Tests that ETag is changed after gzip compression is performed.
+        """
+        request = self.rf.get('/', HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING='gzip, deflate')
+        response = GZipMiddleware().process_response(request,
+            CommonMiddleware().process_response(request,
+                HttpResponse(self.compressible_string)))
+        gzip_etag = response.get('ETag')
+
+        request = self.rf.get('/', HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING='')
+        response = GZipMiddleware().process_response(request,
+            CommonMiddleware().process_response(request,
+                HttpResponse(self.compressible_string)))
+        nogzip_etag = response.get('ETag')
+
+        self.assertNotEqual(gzip_etag, nogzip_etag)