diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## 0.5.0
+
+* Remove surrounding double quotes from cookie values when parsing [#31](https://github.com/snoyberg/cookie/pull/31)
+
+  This is a breaking change, as it changes the behavior of `parseCookies` and `parseSetCookie` to no
+  longer include the surrounding double quotes in the cookie value. This is the correct behavior
+  according to the RFC.
+
 ## 0.4.6
 
 * Resolve redundant import of Data.Monoid [#26](https://github.com/snoyberg/cookie/pull/26)
diff --git a/Web/Cookie.hs b/Web/Cookie.hs
--- a/Web/Cookie.hs
+++ b/Web/Cookie.hs
@@ -85,13 +85,22 @@
 parseCookie s =
     let (key, value) = breakDiscard 61 s -- equals sign
         key' = S.dropWhile (== 32) key -- space
-     in (key', value)
+        value' = dropEnds 34 value -- double quote
+     in (key', value')
 
 breakDiscard :: Word8 -> S.ByteString -> (S.ByteString, S.ByteString)
 breakDiscard w s =
     let (x, y) = S.break (== w) s
      in (x, S.drop 1 y)
 
+dropEnds :: Word8 -> S.ByteString -> S.ByteString
+dropEnds w s =
+    case S.unsnoc s of
+        Just (s', w') | w' == w -> case S.uncons s' of
+            Just (w'', s'') | w'' == w -> s''
+            _ -> s
+        _ -> s
+
 type CookieBuilder = (Builder, Builder)
 
 renderCookiesBuilder :: [CookieBuilder] -> Builder
@@ -240,7 +249,7 @@
 parseSetCookie :: S.ByteString -> SetCookie
 parseSetCookie a = SetCookie
     { setCookieName = name
-    , setCookieValue = value
+    , setCookieValue = dropEnds 34 value -- double quote
     , setCookiePath = lookup "path" flags
     , setCookieExpires =
         lookup "expires" flags >>= parseCookieExpires
diff --git a/cookie.cabal b/cookie.cabal
--- a/cookie.cabal
+++ b/cookie.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            cookie
-version:         0.4.6
+version:         0.5.0
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
--- a/test/Spec.hs
+++ b/test/Spec.hs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
     , testProperty "parse/render SetCookie" propParseRenderSetCookie
     , testProperty "parse/render cookies text" propParseRenderCookiesText
     , testCase "parseCookies" caseParseCookies
+    , testCase "parseQuotedCookies" caseParseQuotedCookies
+    , testCase "parseQuotedSetCookie" caseParseQuotedSetCookie
     , twoDigit 24 2024
     , twoDigit 69 2069
     , twoDigit 70 1970
@@ -106,3 +108,17 @@
         , show x
         , " 04:52:08 GMT"
         ]
+
+caseParseQuotedCookies :: Assertion
+caseParseQuotedCookies = do
+    let input = S8.pack "a=\"a1\";b=\"b2\"; c=\"c3\""
+        expected = [("a", "a1"), ("b", "b2"), ("c", "c3")]
+    map (S8.pack *** S8.pack) expected @=? parseCookies input
+
+caseParseQuotedSetCookie :: Assertion
+caseParseQuotedSetCookie = do
+    let input = S8.pack "a=\"a1\""
+        result = parseSetCookie input
+        resultNameAndValue = (setCookieName result, setCookieValue result)
+        expected = (S8.pack "a", S8.pack "a1")
+    expected @=? resultNameAndValue