diff --git a/lib/http/cookie.rb b/lib/http/cookie.rb
index 73030bf..f2ffbe9 100644
--- a/lib/http/cookie.rb
+++ b/lib/http/cookie.rb
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ class HTTP::Cookie
           first_elem, *cookie_elem = c.split(/;+/)
           first_elem.strip!
           key, value = first_elem.split(/\=/, 2)
+          # RFC 6265 2.2
+          # A cookie-value may be DQUOTE'd.
+          case value
+          when /\A"(.*)"\z/
+            value = $1.gsub(/\\(.)/, "\\1")
+          end
 
           begin
             cookie = new(key, value.dup)
diff --git a/test/test_http_cookie.rb b/test/test_http_cookie.rb
index c5f7466..f1381e2 100644
--- a/test/test_http_cookie.rb
+++ b/test/test_http_cookie.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class TestHTTPCookie < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     assert_equal 1, HTTP::Cookie.parse(cookie_str, :origin => uri) { |cookie|
       assert_equal 'quoted', cookie.name
-      assert_equal '"value"', cookie.value
+      assert_equal 'value', cookie.value
       assert_equal 'comment is "comment"', cookie.comment
     }.size
   end