diff --git a/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/response_validator.rb b/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/response_validator.rb
index 7a04c37..3ee2266 100644
--- a/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/response_validator.rb
+++ b/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/response_validator.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module Rswag
 
       def validate!(response)
         validate_code!(response.code)
+        validate_headers!(response.headers)
         validate_body!(response.body)
       end
 
@@ -24,6 +25,20 @@ module Rswag
         end
       end
 
+      def validate_headers!(headers)
+        header_schema = @api_metadata[:response][:headers]
+        return if header_schema.nil?
+        header_schema.each do |header_name, schema|
+          validate_header!(schema, header_name, headers[header_name.to_s])
+        end
+      end
+
+      def validate_header!(schema, header_name, header_value)
+        JSON::Validator.validate!(schema.merge(@global_metadata), header_value.to_json)
+      rescue JSON::Schema::ValidationError => ex
+        raise UnexpectedResponse, "Expected response headers #{header_name} to match schema: #{ex.message}"
+      end
+
       def validate_body!(body)
         response_schema = @api_metadata[:response][:schema]
         return if response_schema.nil?
@@ -34,7 +49,7 @@ module Rswag
             .merge(@global_metadata.slice(:definitions))
           JSON::Validator.validate!(validation_schema, body)
         rescue JSON::Schema::ValidationError => ex
-          raise UnexpectedResponse, "Expected response body to match schema: #{ex.message}" 
+          raise UnexpectedResponse, "Expected response body to match schema: #{ex.message}"
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/rswag-specs/spec/rswag/specs/response_validator_spec.rb b/rswag-specs/spec/rswag/specs/response_validator_spec.rb
index c914264..e1d9d3f 100644
--- a/rswag-specs/spec/rswag/specs/response_validator_spec.rb
+++ b/rswag-specs/spec/rswag/specs/response_validator_spec.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,43 @@ module Rswag
             it { expect { call }.to raise_error UnexpectedResponse }
           end
         end
+
+        context "'headers' provided" do
+          before do
+            api_metadata[:response][:headers] = {
+              'X-Rate-Limit-Limit' => {
+                description: 'The number of allowed requests in the current period',
+                type: 'integer'
+              },
+              'X-Rate-Limit-Remaining' => {
+                description: 'The number of remaining requests in the current period',
+                type: 'integer'
+              },
+              'X-Rate-Limit-Reset' => {
+                description: 'The number of seconds left in the current period',
+                type: 'integer'
+              }
+            }
+          end
+
+          context 'response code & body matches' do
+            let(:response) { OpenStruct.new(code: 200, body: '{}', headers: {
+              'X-Rate-Limit-Limit' => 1,
+              'X-Rate-Limit-Remaining' => 1,
+              'X-Rate-Limit-Reset' => 1
+            }) }
+            it { expect { call }.to_not raise_error }
+          end
+
+          context 'response code matches & body does not' do
+            let(:response) { OpenStruct.new(code: 200, body: '{}', headers: {
+              'X-Rate-Limit-Limit' => 'invalid',
+              'X-Rate-Limit-Remaining' => 'invalid',
+              'X-Rate-Limit-Reset' => 'invalid'
+            }) }
+            it { expect { call }.to raise_error UnexpectedResponse }
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/test-app/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb b/test-app/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb
index dd1aca3..261d718 100644
--- a/test-app/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb
+++ b/test-app/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ class BlogsController < ApplicationController
   # GET /blogs/1
   def show
     @blog = Blog.find_by_id(params[:id])
+
+    fresh_when(@blog)
+    return unless stale?(@blog)
+
     respond_with @blog, status: :not_found and return unless @blog
     respond_with @blog
   end
diff --git a/test-app/spec/integration/blogs_spec.rb b/test-app/spec/integration/blogs_spec.rb
index 588ddb8..7a49ce9 100644
--- a/test-app/spec/integration/blogs_spec.rb
+++ b/test-app/spec/integration/blogs_spec.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ describe 'Blogs API', type: :request, swagger_doc: 'v1/swagger.json' do
       produces 'application/json'
 
       response '200', 'blog found' do
+        header 'ETag', type: :string
+        header 'Last-Modified', type: :string
+        header 'Cache-Control', type: :string
+
         schema '$ref' => '#/definitions/blog'
 
         response_examples 'application/json' => {
diff --git a/test-app/swagger/v1/swagger.json b/test-app/swagger/v1/swagger.json
index e2e0311..acbcd1e 100644
--- a/test-app/swagger/v1/swagger.json
+++ b/test-app/swagger/v1/swagger.json
@@ -89,8 +89,26 @@
         "responses": {
           "200": {
             "description": "blog found",
+            "headers": {
+              "ETag": {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "Last-Modified": {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "Cache-Control": {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
             "schema": {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/blog"
+            },
+            "examples": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "id": 1,
+                "title": "Hello world!",
+                "content": "Hello world and hello universe. Thank you all very much!!!"
+              }
             }
           },
           "404": {