diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/com/adobe/testing/s3mock/its/GetPutDeleteObjectIT.kt b/integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/com/adobe/testing/s3mock/its/GetPutDeleteObjectIT.kt
index 160eb45e0..d3b9fb1ba 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/com/adobe/testing/s3mock/its/GetPutDeleteObjectIT.kt
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/com/adobe/testing/s3mock/its/GetPutDeleteObjectIT.kt
@@ -1336,6 +1336,23 @@ internal class GetPutDeleteObjectIT : S3TestBase() {
       }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @S3VerifiedSuccess(year = 2025)
+  fun `GET object succeeds with unquoted if-match header`(testInfo: TestInfo) {
+    val (bucketName, putObjectResponse) = givenBucketAndObject(testInfo, UPLOAD_FILE_NAME)
+    val matchingEtag = putObjectResponse.eTag()
+    val unquotedEtag = matchingEtag.substring(1,matchingEtag.length - 1)
+
+    s3Client.getObject {
+      it.bucket(bucketName)
+      it.key(UPLOAD_FILE_NAME)
+      it.ifMatch(unquotedEtag)
+    }.use {
+      assertThat(it.response().eTag()).isEqualTo(matchingEtag)
+      assertThat(it.response().contentLength()).isEqualTo(UPLOAD_FILE_LENGTH)
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   @S3VerifiedSuccess(year = 2025)
   fun `GET object succeeds with if-match=true and if-unmodified-since=false`(testInfo: TestInfo) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/adobe/testing/s3mock/service/ObjectService.java b/server/src/main/java/com/adobe/testing/s3mock/service/ObjectService.java
index 8d2dab691..83b8873a9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/adobe/testing/s3mock/service/ObjectService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/adobe/testing/s3mock/service/ObjectService.java
@@ -368,11 +368,13 @@ public void verifyObjectMatching(
 
     var setMatch = match != null && !match.isEmpty();
     if (setMatch) {
-      if (match.contains(WILDCARD_ETAG) || match.contains(WILDCARD) || match.contains(etag)) {
-        // request cares only that the object exists or that the etag matches.
+      assert etag != null;
+      var unquotedEtag = etag.replace("\"", "");
+      if (match.contains(WILDCARD_ETAG) || match.contains(WILDCARD) || match.contains(unquotedEtag)
+          || match.contains(etag)) {
         LOG.debug("Object {} exists", s3ObjectMetadata.key());
         return;
-      } else if (!match.contains(etag)) {
+      } else if (!match.contains(unquotedEtag) && !match.contains(etag)) {
         LOG.debug("Object {} does not match etag {}", s3ObjectMetadata.key(), etag);
         throw PRECONDITION_FAILED;
       }