diff --git a/rest_framework/cache_lookups.py b/rest_framework/cache_lookups.py
index 2d9271b0c..2973d5029 100644
--- a/rest_framework/cache_lookups.py
+++ b/rest_framework/cache_lookups.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class ETagCacheLookup(BaseCacheLookup):
     """
     """
     etag_variable = 'etag'
+    request_header = 'HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH'
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_cache_key(cls, pk):
@@ -32,19 +33,22 @@ class ETagCacheLookup(BaseCacheLookup):
     def get_etag(self, obj):
         return getattr(obj, self.etag_variable)
 
-    def get_header(self, obj):
+    def get_request_header(self):
+        return self.request_header
+
+    def get_response_header(self, obj):
         key = self.get_cache_key(obj, 'pk')
         etag = self.get_etag(obj)
         cache.set(key, etag)
         return {'ETag': etag}
 
     def precondition_check(self, obj, request):
-        if self.get_etag(obj) != request.META.get('HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH'):
+        if self.get_etag(obj) != request.META.get(self.get_request_header()):
             raise PreconditionFailed
 
     def resource_unchanged(self, request, key):
         etag = cache.get(key)
-        header = request.META.get('HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH')
+        header = request.META.get(self.get_request_header())
         if etag is not None and etag == header:
             return True
         return False
diff --git a/rest_framework/mixins.py b/rest_framework/mixins.py
index e5de46abb..29d0f03dc 100644
--- a/rest_framework/mixins.py
+++ b/rest_framework/mixins.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class RetrieveModelMixin(object):
         filtered_queryset = self.filter_queryset(queryset)
         self.object = self.get_object(filtered_queryset)
 
-        headers = self.get_cache_lookup_headers(self.object)
+        headers = self.get_cache_lookup_response_headers(self.object)
 
         serializer = self.get_serializer(self.object)
         return Response(serializer.data, headers=headers)
diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index 4caec27c0..837d20912 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@ class APIView(View):
             if cache_lookup.resource_unchanged(request, cache_key):
                 return Response(status=304)
 
-    def get_cache_lookup_headers(self, obj):
+    def get_cache_lookup_response_headers(self, obj):
         headers = {}
         for cache_lookup in self.get_cache_lookups():
-            headers.update(cache_lookup.get_header(obj))
+            headers.update(cache_lookup.get_response_header(obj))
         return headers
 
     def check_update_validity(self, request):