diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b50cf7fa646..e4b3d63f4850 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ CHANGELOG
  * Deprecate `Response::create()`, `JsonResponse::create()`,
    `RedirectResponse::create()`, and `StreamedResponse::create()` methods (use
    `__construct()` instead)
+ * added `Request::preferSafeContent()` and `Response::setContentSafe()` to handle "safe" HTTP preference
+   according to [RFC 8674](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8674)
 
 5.0.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index 21cb15744e70..847c44b943b1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ class Request
     private $isHostValid = true;
     private $isForwardedValid = true;
 
+    /**
+     * @var bool|null
+     */
+    private $isSafeContentPreferred;
+
     private static $trustedHeaderSet = -1;
 
     private static $forwardedParams = [
@@ -1702,6 +1707,29 @@ public function isXmlHttpRequest()
         return 'XMLHttpRequest' == $this->headers->get('X-Requested-With');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the client browser prefers safe content or not according to RFC8674.
+     *
+     * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8674
+     */
+    public function preferSafeContent(): bool
+    {
+        if (null !== $this->isSafeContentPreferred) {
+            return $this->isSafeContentPreferred;
+        }
+
+        if (!$this->isSecure()) {
+            // see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8674#section-3
+            $this->isSafeContentPreferred = false;
+
+            return $this->isSafeContentPreferred;
+        }
+
+        $this->isSafeContentPreferred = AcceptHeader::fromString($this->headers->get('Prefer'))->has('safe');
+
+        return $this->isSafeContentPreferred;
+    }
+
     /*
      * The following methods are derived from code of the Zend Framework (1.10dev - 2010-01-24)
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
index 6e2d289ad08e..7e8c5f1f5cb7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
@@ -1210,6 +1210,22 @@ public static function closeOutputBuffers(int $targetLevel, bool $flush): void
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Mark a response as safe according to RFC8674.
+     *
+     * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8674
+     */
+    public function setContentSafe(bool $safe = true): void
+    {
+        if ($safe) {
+            $this->headers->set('Preference-Applied', 'safe');
+        } elseif ('safe' === $this->headers->get('Preference-Applied')) {
+            $this->headers->remove('Preference-Applied');
+        }
+
+        $this->setVary('Prefer', false);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks if we need to remove Cache-Control for SSL encrypted downloads when using IE < 9.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
index 3c206f9f0ade..b8c57fc92418 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
@@ -2325,6 +2325,64 @@ public function trustedProxiesRemoteAddr()
             [null, ['REMOTE_ADDR', '2.2.2.2'], ['2.2.2.2']],
         ];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider preferSafeContentData
+     */
+    public function testPreferSafeContent($server, bool $safePreferenceExpected)
+    {
+        $request = new Request([], [], [], [], [], $server);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($safePreferenceExpected, $request->preferSafeContent());
+    }
+
+    public function preferSafeContentData()
+    {
+        return [
+            [[], false],
+            [
+                [
+                    'HTTPS' => 'on',
+                ],
+                false,
+            ],
+            [
+                [
+                    'HTTPS' => 'off',
+                    'HTTP_PREFER' => 'safe',
+                ],
+                false,
+            ],
+            [
+                [
+                    'HTTPS' => 'on',
+                    'HTTP_PREFER' => 'safe',
+                ],
+                true,
+            ],
+            [
+                [
+                    'HTTPS' => 'on',
+                    'HTTP_PREFER' => 'unknown-preference',
+                ],
+                false,
+            ],
+            [
+                [
+                    'HTTPS' => 'on',
+                    'HTTP_PREFER' => 'unknown-preference=42, safe',
+                ],
+                true,
+            ],
+            [
+                [
+                    'HTTPS' => 'on',
+                    'HTTP_PREFER' => 'safe, unknown-preference=42',
+                ],
+                true,
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
 }
 
 class RequestContentProxy extends Request
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php
index 9d1713d06542..ca75881dafc7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php
@@ -1040,6 +1040,24 @@ public function testReasonPhraseDefaultsAgainstIana($code, $reasonPhrase)
     {
         $this->assertEquals($reasonPhrase, Response::$statusTexts[$code]);
     }
+
+    public function testSetContentSafe()
+    {
+        $response = new Response();
+
+        $this->assertFalse($response->headers->has('Preference-Applied'));
+        $this->assertFalse($response->headers->has('Vary'));
+
+        $response->setContentSafe();
+
+        $this->assertSame('safe', $response->headers->get('Preference-Applied'));
+        $this->assertSame('Prefer', $response->headers->get('Vary'));
+
+        $response->setContentSafe(false);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($response->headers->has('Preference-Applied'));
+        $this->assertSame('Prefer', $response->headers->get('Vary'));
+    }
 }
 
 class StringableObject