diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 40e089c..2dcf890 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.2.0
+- feat: Cache-Control: max-age as cache trigger added.
+- core: update README.md.
+
 ## 2.1.1
 - fix: refreshForceCache policy added.
 Get parity with refresh/request and refreshForceCache/forceCache.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e26d491..4e108c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,11 +3,17 @@
 Dio HTTP cache interceptor with multiple stores respecting HTTP directives (or not).
 
 ## HTTP directives:
-- ETag
-- Last-Modified
-- Cache-Control
-- Date
-- Expires
+|                   |                                |
+|-------------------|--------------------------------|
+| Cache triggers    | ETag                           |
+|                   | Last-Modified                  |
+|                   | max-age (Cache-Control)        |
+| Cache freshness   | Date (request date otherwise)  |
+|                   | Expires                        |
+|                   | max-age (Cache-Control)        |
+| Cache commutators | no-cache (Cache-Control)       |
+|                   | no-store (Cache-Control)       |
+|                   |                                |
 
 ## Stores
 - BackupCacheStore: Combined store with primary and secondary.
diff --git a/lib/src/dio_cache_interceptor.dart b/lib/src/dio_cache_interceptor.dart
index 6fc96ae..93c7422 100644
--- a/lib/src/dio_cache_interceptor.dart
+++ b/lib/src/dio_cache_interceptor.dart
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ class DioCacheInterceptor extends Interceptor {
         options.policy != CachePolicy.refreshForceCache) {
       final cacheResp = await _getCacheResponse(request);
       if (cacheResp != null) {
-        if (_shouldReturnCache(options, cacheResp)) {
+        if (_isCacheValid(options, cacheResp)) {
           handler.resolve(cacheResp.toResponse(request, fromNetwork: false));
           return;
         }
 
         // Update request with cache directives
-        _addCacheDirectives(request, cacheResp);
+        _addCacheValidationHeaders(request, cacheResp);
       }
     }
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class DioCacheInterceptor extends Interceptor {
       await _getCacheStore(options).delete(
         options.keyBuilder(response.requestOptions),
       );
-    } else if (_hasCacheDirectives(response, policy: policy)) {
+    } else if (_shouldStoreResponse(response, policy: policy)) {
       // Cache response into store
       final cacheResp = await _buildCacheResponse(
         options.keyBuilder(response.requestOptions),
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ class DioCacheInterceptor extends Interceptor {
     handler.next(err);
   }
 
-  void _addCacheDirectives(RequestOptions request, CacheResponse response) {
+  void _addCacheValidationHeaders(
+    RequestOptions request,
+    CacheResponse response,
+  ) {
     if (response.eTag != null) {
       request.headers[ifNoneMatchHeader] = response.eTag;
     }
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ class DioCacheInterceptor extends Interceptor {
     }
   }
 
-  bool _hasCacheDirectives(Response response, {CachePolicy? policy}) {
+  bool _shouldStoreResponse(Response response, {CachePolicy? policy}) {
     if (policy == CachePolicy.forceCache ||
         policy == CachePolicy.refreshForceCache) {
       return true;
@@ -156,13 +159,15 @@ class DioCacheInterceptor extends Interceptor {
     );
 
     if (cacheControl != null) {
+      final checkedMaxAge = cacheControl.maxAge;
+      result |= checkedMaxAge != null && checkedMaxAge > 0;
       result &= !(cacheControl.noStore ?? false);
     }
 
     return result;
   }
 
-  bool _shouldReturnCache(CacheOptions options, CacheResponse cacheResp) {
+  bool _isCacheValid(CacheOptions options, CacheResponse cacheResp) {
     // Forced cache response
     if (options.policy == CachePolicy.forceCache) {
       return true;
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index defe6e0..5460064 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: Dio HTTP cache interceptor with multiple stores respecting HTTP dir
 repository: https://github.com/llfbandit/dio_cache_interceptor
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/llfbandit/dio_cache_interceptor/issues
 
-version: 2.1.1
+version: 2.2.0
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.12.0 <3.0.0"
diff --git a/test/cache_interceptor_test.dart b/test/cache_interceptor_test.dart
index b680015..d97259f 100644
--- a/test/cache_interceptor_test.dart
+++ b/test/cache_interceptor_test.dart
@@ -275,4 +275,17 @@ void main() {
     final cacheKey = resp.extra[CacheResponse.cacheKey];
     expect(cacheKey, isNull);
   });
+
+  test('Fetch max-age', () async {
+    final resp = await _dio.get('${MockHttpClientAdapter.mockBase}/max-age');
+    final cacheKey = resp.extra[CacheResponse.cacheKey];
+    final cacheResp = await store.get(cacheKey);
+    expect(cacheResp, isNotNull);
+
+    // We're before max-age: 1
+    expect(cacheResp!.isExpired(), isFalse);
+    // We're after max-age: 1
+    await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
+    expect(cacheResp.isExpired(), isTrue);
+  });
 }
diff --git a/test/mock_httpclient_adapter.dart b/test/mock_httpclient_adapter.dart
index 58cb585..a831f0b 100644
--- a/test/mock_httpclient_adapter.dart
+++ b/test/mock_httpclient_adapter.dart
@@ -145,6 +145,17 @@ class MockHttpClientAdapter extends HttpClientAdapter {
             },
           );
         }
+      case '/max-age':
+        {
+          return ResponseBody.fromBytes(
+            utf8.encode(jsonEncode({'path': uri.path})),
+            200,
+            headers: {
+              Headers.contentTypeHeader: [Headers.jsonContentType],
+              'cache-control': ['public', 'max-age=1'],
+            },
+          );
+        }
       default:
         return ResponseBody.fromString('', 404);
     }