diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/azure_blob.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/azure_blob.rs
index 548bde02f6..7ea1103eb2 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/azure_blob.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/azure_blob.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ impl AzureBlobStorage {
     ) -> Result<Download, DownloadError> {
         let mut response = builder.into_stream();
 
+        let mut etag = None;
+        let mut last_modified = None;
         let mut metadata = HashMap::new();
         // TODO give proper streaming response instead of buffering into RAM
         // https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/5563
@@ -124,6 +126,13 @@ impl AzureBlobStorage {
         let mut bufs = Vec::new();
         while let Some(part) = response.next().await {
             let part = part.map_err(to_download_error)?;
+            let etag_str: &str = part.blob.properties.etag.as_ref();
+            if etag.is_none() {
+                etag = Some(etag.unwrap_or_else(|| etag_str.to_owned()));
+            }
+            if last_modified.is_none() {
+                last_modified = Some(part.blob.properties.last_modified.into());
+            }
             if let Some(blob_meta) = part.blob.metadata {
                 metadata.extend(blob_meta.iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.to_owned(), v.to_owned())));
             }
@@ -136,6 +145,8 @@ impl AzureBlobStorage {
         }
         Ok(Download {
             download_stream: Box::pin(futures::stream::iter(bufs.into_iter().map(Ok))),
+            etag,
+            last_modified,
             metadata: Some(StorageMetadata(metadata)),
         })
     }
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
index e77c54e1e7..3e408e3119 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ mod local_fs;
 mod s3_bucket;
 mod simulate_failures;
 
-use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt::Debug, num::NonZeroUsize, pin::Pin, sync::Arc};
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap, fmt::Debug, num::NonZeroUsize, pin::Pin, sync::Arc, time::SystemTime,
+};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf};
@@ -207,8 +209,13 @@ pub trait RemoteStorage: Send + Sync + 'static {
     async fn delete_objects<'a>(&self, paths: &'a [RemotePath]) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
 }
 
+pub type DownloadStream = Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>> + Unpin + Send + Sync>>;
 pub struct Download {
-    pub download_stream: Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>> + Unpin + Send + Sync>>,
+    pub download_stream: DownloadStream,
+    /// The last time the file was modified (`last-modified` HTTP header)
+    pub last_modified: Option<SystemTime>,
+    /// A way to identify this specific version of the resource (`etag` HTTP header)
+    pub etag: Option<String>,
     /// Extra key-value data, associated with the current remote file.
     pub metadata: Option<StorageMetadata>,
 }
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/local_fs.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/local_fs.rs
index 03b98e5ea2..d1e7d325b9 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/local_fs.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/local_fs.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use tokio_util::io::ReaderStream;
 use tracing::*;
 use utils::{crashsafe::path_with_suffix_extension, fs_ext::is_directory_empty};
 
-use crate::{Download, DownloadError, Listing, ListingMode, RemotePath};
+use crate::{Download, DownloadError, DownloadStream, Listing, ListingMode, RemotePath};
 
 use super::{RemoteStorage, StorageMetadata};
 
@@ -331,6 +331,8 @@ impl RemoteStorage for LocalFs {
                 .map_err(DownloadError::Other)?;
             Ok(Download {
                 metadata,
+                last_modified: None,
+                etag: None,
                 download_stream: Box::pin(source),
             })
         } else {
@@ -372,17 +374,17 @@ impl RemoteStorage for LocalFs {
                 .await
                 .map_err(DownloadError::Other)?;
 
-            Ok(match end_exclusive {
-                Some(end_exclusive) => Download {
-                    metadata,
-                    download_stream: Box::pin(ReaderStream::new(
-                        source.take(end_exclusive - start_inclusive),
-                    )),
-                },
-                None => Download {
-                    metadata,
-                    download_stream: Box::pin(ReaderStream::new(source)),
-                },
+            let download_stream: DownloadStream = match end_exclusive {
+                Some(end_exclusive) => Box::pin(ReaderStream::new(
+                    source.take(end_exclusive - start_inclusive),
+                )),
+                None => Box::pin(ReaderStream::new(source)),
+            };
+            Ok(Download {
+                metadata,
+                last_modified: None,
+                etag: None,
+                download_stream,
             })
         } else {
             Err(DownloadError::NotFound)
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
index 98be6f0637..0f95458ad1 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ impl S3Bucket {
         match get_object {
             Ok(object_output) => {
                 let metadata = object_output.metadata().cloned().map(StorageMetadata);
+                let etag = object_output.e_tag.clone();
+                let last_modified = object_output.last_modified.and_then(|t| t.try_into().ok());
 
                 let body = object_output.body;
                 let body = ByteStreamAsStream::from(body);
@@ -239,6 +241,8 @@ impl S3Bucket {
 
                 Ok(Download {
                     metadata,
+                    etag,
+                    last_modified,
                     download_stream: Box::pin(body),
                 })
             }