diff --git a/middleware/compress.go b/middleware/compress.go
index 7754d5db8..a8660756f 100644
--- a/middleware/compress.go
+++ b/middleware/compress.go
@@ -21,6 +21,54 @@ const (
 	gzipScheme = "gzip"
 )
 
+// acceptsGzip reports whether the given Accept-Encoding header value indicates
+// that the client accepts the gzip coding.
+//
+// It parses the header according to RFC 9110 §12.5.3 instead of doing a naive
+// substring match. This avoids two classes of bugs:
+//   - "gzip;q=0" explicitly means the client does NOT want gzip, yet a substring
+//     match would still enable compression.
+//   - tokens such as "x-gzip" or "supergzip" would substring-match "gzip" even
+//     though they are distinct codings.
+//
+// A "*" coding with a non-zero q-value is also treated as accepting gzip.
+func acceptsGzip(acceptEncoding string) bool {
+	if acceptEncoding == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, part := range strings.Split(acceptEncoding, ",") {
+		coding, qvalue := parseCoding(part)
+		if coding != gzipScheme && coding != "*" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if qvalue == "0" || qvalue == "0.0" || qvalue == "0.00" || qvalue == "0.000" {
+			// q=0 means "not acceptable"; an explicit gzip rejection wins.
+			if coding == gzipScheme {
+				return false
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// parseCoding splits a single Accept-Encoding element into its coding name
+// (lower-cased) and its q-value parameter (empty string when absent).
+func parseCoding(part string) (coding, qvalue string) {
+	coding = part
+	if idx := strings.IndexByte(part, ';'); idx >= 0 {
+		coding = part[:idx]
+		for _, param := range strings.Split(part[idx+1:], ";") {
+			param = strings.TrimSpace(param)
+			if k, v, ok := strings.Cut(param, "="); ok && strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(k), "q") {
+				qvalue = strings.TrimSpace(v)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(coding)), qvalue
+}
+
 // GzipConfig defines the config for Gzip middleware.
 type GzipConfig struct {
 	// Skipper defines a function to skip middleware.
@@ -91,7 +139,7 @@ func (config GzipConfig) ToMiddleware() (echo.MiddlewareFunc, error) {
 
 			res := c.Response()
 			res.Header().Add(echo.HeaderVary, echo.HeaderAcceptEncoding)
-			if strings.Contains(c.Request().Header.Get(echo.HeaderAcceptEncoding), gzipScheme) {
+			if acceptsGzip(c.Request().Header.Get(echo.HeaderAcceptEncoding)) {
 				i := pool.Get()
 				w, ok := i.(*gzip.Writer)
 				if !ok {
diff --git a/middleware/compress_test.go b/middleware/compress_test.go
index 084ffc9c7..628095f00 100644
--- a/middleware/compress_test.go
+++ b/middleware/compress_test.go
@@ -396,3 +396,62 @@ func BenchmarkGzip(b *testing.B) {
 		h(c)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGzip_AcceptEncodingQValue(t *testing.T) {
+	// RFC 9110 §12.5.3: "gzip;q=0" means the client does not accept gzip, and a
+	// token like "supergzip"/"x-gzip" must not be mistaken for "gzip".
+	isGzipped := func(acceptEncoding string) bool {
+		h := Gzip()(func(c *echo.Context) error {
+			c.Response().Write([]byte("test")) // For Content-Type sniffing
+			return nil
+		})
+		e := echo.New()
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+		if acceptEncoding != "" {
+			req.Header.Set(echo.HeaderAcceptEncoding, acceptEncoding)
+		}
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		c := e.NewContext(req, rec)
+		assert.NoError(t, h(c))
+		return rec.Header().Get(echo.HeaderContentEncoding) == gzipScheme
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		acceptEncoding string
+		wantGzip       bool
+	}{
+		{"gzip", true},
+		{"gzip;q=1.0", true},
+		{"gzip;q=0.5", true},
+		{"deflate, gzip", true},
+		{"deflate, gzip;q=0.8", true},
+		{"*", true},
+		{"gzip;q=0", false},   // explicit rejection
+		{"gzip;q=0.0", false}, // explicit rejection
+		{"deflate, gzip;q=0", false},
+		{"identity", false},
+		{"supergzip", false}, // must not substring-match
+		{"x-gzip", false},    // distinct coding, not "gzip"
+		{"deflate", false},
+		{"", false},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		assert.Equalf(t, tt.wantGzip, isGzipped(tt.acceptEncoding),
+			"Accept-Encoding %q: expected gzip=%v", tt.acceptEncoding, tt.wantGzip)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAcceptsGzip(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.True(t, acceptsGzip("gzip"))
+	assert.True(t, acceptsGzip(" GZIP "))
+	assert.True(t, acceptsGzip("br, gzip;q=0.9"))
+	assert.True(t, acceptsGzip("*"))
+	assert.True(t, acceptsGzip("*;q=0.1"))
+	assert.False(t, acceptsGzip(""))
+	assert.False(t, acceptsGzip("gzip;q=0"))
+	assert.False(t, acceptsGzip("gzip; q=0.000"))
+	assert.False(t, acceptsGzip("identity"))
+	assert.False(t, acceptsGzip("supergzip"))
+	assert.False(t, acceptsGzip("x-gzip"))
+	assert.False(t, acceptsGzip("*;q=0"))
+}