diff --git a/internal/elements.go b/internal/elements.go
index 786922e..7dc5639 100644
--- a/internal/elements.go
+++ b/internal/elements.go
@@ -374,11 +374,16 @@ type GetETag struct {
 type ETag string
 
 func (etag *ETag) UnmarshalText(b []byte) error {
-	s, err := strconv.Unquote(string(b))
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("webdav: failed to unquote ETag: %v", err)
+	s := string(b)
+	if (s[0:1] == "\"") {
+		sUnquoted, err := strconv.Unquote(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("webdav: failed to unquote ETag: %v", err)
+		}
+		*etag = ETag(sUnquoted)
+	} else {
+		*etag = ETag(s)
 	}
-	*etag = ETag(s)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/elements_test.go b/internal/elements_test.go
index 73a6ef5..662e627 100644
--- a/internal/elements_test.go
+++ b/internal/elements_test.go
@@ -63,3 +63,19 @@ func TestTimeRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid round-trip:\ngot= %s\nwant=%s", got, want)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestETagUnmarshalText(t *testing.T) {
+	quotedEtag := `"123"`
+
+	var got ETag
+	err := got.UnmarshalText([]byte(quotedEtag))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UnmarshalText failed for ETag: %+v", err)
+	}
+
+	unquotedEtag := "123"
+	err = got.UnmarshalText([]byte(unquotedEtag))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UnmarshalText failed for ETag: %+v", err)
+	}
+}