diff --git a/src/axios/cache.ts b/src/axios/cache.ts
index 13a40eb..6d95be1 100644
--- a/src/axios/cache.ts
+++ b/src/axios/cache.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import { AxiosInstance } from 'axios';
 import { applyRequestInterceptor } from '../interceptors/request';
 import { applyResponseInterceptor } from '../interceptors/response';
 import { MemoryStorage } from '../storage/memory';
+import { defaultHeaderInterpreter } from '../header';
 import { defaultKeyGenerator } from '../util/key-generator';
-import { AxiosCacheInstance, CacheInstance, CacheProperties } from './types';
+import CacheInstance, { AxiosCacheInstance, CacheProperties } from './types';
 
 export function createCache(
   axios: AxiosInstance,
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ export function createCache(
   axiosCache.storage = options.storage || new MemoryStorage();
   axiosCache.generateKey = options.generateKey || defaultKeyGenerator;
   axiosCache.waiting = options.waiting || {};
-
+  axiosCache.interpretHeader = options.interpretHeader || defaultHeaderInterpreter;
+  
   // CacheRequestConfig values
   axiosCache.defaults = {
     ...axios.defaults,
diff --git a/src/axios/types.ts b/src/axios/types.ts
index e5a4c23..53fe473 100644
--- a/src/axios/types.ts
+++ b/src/axios/types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type {
   Method
 } from 'axios';
 import { Deferred } from 'src/util/deferred';
+import { HeaderInterpreter } from '../header';
 import { CachedResponse, CacheStorage } from '../storage/types';
 
 export type DefaultCacheRequestConfig = AxiosRequestConfig & {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ export type CacheRequestConfig = AxiosRequestConfig & {
   cache?: Partial<CacheProperties>;
 };
 
-export interface CacheInstance {
+export default interface CacheInstance {
   /**
    * The storage to save the cache data.
    *
@@ -97,6 +98,12 @@ export interface CacheInstance {
    * A simple object that holds all deferred objects until it is resolved.
    */
   waiting: Record<string, Deferred<CachedResponse>>;
+
+  /**
+   * The function to parse and interpret response headers.
+   * Only used if cache.interpretHeader is true.
+   */
+  interpretHeader: HeaderInterpreter;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/header/index.ts b/src/header/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f719e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/header/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from './interpreter';
+export * from './types';
diff --git a/src/header/interpreter.ts b/src/header/interpreter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e2fd22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/header/interpreter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { parse } from '@tusbar/cache-control';
+import { HeaderInterpreter } from './types';
+
+export const defaultHeaderInterpreter: HeaderInterpreter = (headers) => {
+  const cacheControl = headers?.['cache-control'];
+
+  if (!cacheControl) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  const { noCache, noStore, maxAge } = parse(cacheControl);
+
+  // Header told that this response should not be cached.
+  if (noCache || noStore) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (!maxAge) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  return Date.now() + maxAge * 1000;
+};
diff --git a/src/header/types.ts b/src/header/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f57777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/header/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Interpret the cache control header, if present.
+ *
+ * @param header the header object to interpret.
+ *
+ * @returns `false` if cache should not be used. `undefined` when provided
+ * headers was not enough to determine a valid value. Or a `number` containing
+ * the number of **seconds** to cache the response.
+ */
+export type HeaderInterpreter = (
+  headers: Record<string, string> | undefined
+) => false | undefined | number;
diff --git a/src/interceptors/response.ts b/src/interceptors/response.ts
index 122f0cb..ed6c203 100644
--- a/src/interceptors/response.ts
+++ b/src/interceptors/response.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { AxiosCacheInstance } from '../axios/types';
-import { interpretCacheHeader } from './util/interpret-header';
 import { updateCache } from '../util/update-cache';
 
 export function applyResponseInterceptor(axios: AxiosCacheInstance) {
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ export function applyResponseInterceptor(axios: AxiosCacheInstance) {
     let shouldCache = true;
 
     if (response.config.cache?.interpretHeader) {
-      const expirationTime = interpretCacheHeader(response.headers['cache-control']);
+      const expirationTime = axios.interpretHeader(response.headers['cache-control']);
 
       // Header told that this response should not be cached.
       if (expirationTime === false) {