diff --git a/sanic/exceptions.py b/sanic/exceptions.py
index ad2205dd..61077cea 100644
--- a/sanic/exceptions.py
+++ b/sanic/exceptions.py
@@ -126,8 +126,11 @@ class HeaderNotFound(InvalidUsage):
     **Status**: 400 Bad Request
     """
 
-    status_code = 400
-    quiet = True
+
+class InvalidHeader(InvalidUsage):
+    """
+    **Status**: 400 Bad Request
+    """
 
 
 class ContentRangeError(SanicException):
diff --git a/sanic/headers.py b/sanic/headers.py
index 66427442..cc05f8e0 100644
--- a/sanic/headers.py
+++ b/sanic/headers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import re
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 from urllib.parse import unquote
 
+from sanic.exceptions import InvalidHeader
 from sanic.helpers import STATUS_CODES
 
 
@@ -30,6 +33,154 @@ _host_re = re.compile(
 # For more information, consult ../tests/test_requests.py
 
 
+def parse_arg_as_accept(f):
+    def func(self, other, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not isinstance(other, Accept):
+            other = Accept.parse(other)
+        return f(self, other, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    return func
+
+
+class MediaType(str):
+    def __new__(cls, value: str):
+        return str.__new__(cls, value)
+
+    def __init__(self, value: str) -> None:
+        self.value = value
+        self.is_wildcard = self.check_if_wildcard(value)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if self.is_wildcard:
+            return True
+
+        if self.match(other):
+            return True
+
+        other_is_wildcard = (
+            other.is_wildcard
+            if isinstance(other, MediaType)
+            else self.check_if_wildcard(other)
+        )
+
+        return other_is_wildcard
+
+    def match(self, other):
+        other_value = other.value if isinstance(other, MediaType) else other
+        return self.value == other_value
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def check_if_wildcard(value):
+        return value == "*"
+
+
+class Accept(str):
+    def __new__(cls, value: str, *args, **kwargs):
+        return str.__new__(cls, value)
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        value: str,
+        type_: MediaType,
+        subtype: MediaType,
+        *,
+        q: str = "1.0",
+        **kwargs: str,
+    ):
+        qvalue = float(q)
+        if qvalue > 1 or qvalue < 0:
+            raise InvalidHeader(
+                f"Accept header qvalue must be between 0 and 1, not: {qvalue}"
+            )
+        self.value = value
+        self.type_ = type_
+        self.subtype = subtype
+        self.qvalue = qvalue
+        self.params = kwargs
+
+    def _compare(self, other, method):
+        try:
+            return method(self.qvalue, other.qvalue)
+        except (AttributeError, TypeError):
+            return NotImplemented
+
+    @parse_arg_as_accept
+    def __lt__(self, other: Union[str, Accept]):
+        return self._compare(other, lambda s, o: s < o)
+
+    @parse_arg_as_accept
+    def __le__(self, other: Union[str, Accept]):
+        return self._compare(other, lambda s, o: s <= o)
+
+    @parse_arg_as_accept
+    def __eq__(self, other: Union[str, Accept]):  # type: ignore
+        return self._compare(other, lambda s, o: s == o)
+
+    @parse_arg_as_accept
+    def __ge__(self, other: Union[str, Accept]):
+        return self._compare(other, lambda s, o: s >= o)
+
+    @parse_arg_as_accept
+    def __gt__(self, other: Union[str, Accept]):
+        return self._compare(other, lambda s, o: s > o)
+
+    @parse_arg_as_accept
+    def __ne__(self, other: Union[str, Accept]):  # type: ignore
+        return self._compare(other, lambda s, o: s != o)
+
+    @parse_arg_as_accept
+    def match(
+        self,
+        other,
+        *,
+        allow_type_wildcard: bool = True,
+        allow_subtype_wildcard: bool = True,
+    ) -> bool:
+        type_match = (
+            self.type_ == other.type_
+            if allow_type_wildcard
+            else (
+                self.type_.match(other.type_)
+                and not self.type_.is_wildcard
+                and not other.type_.is_wildcard
+            )
+        )
+        subtype_match = (
+            self.subtype == other.subtype
+            if allow_subtype_wildcard
+            else (
+                self.subtype.match(other.subtype)
+                and not self.subtype.is_wildcard
+                and not other.subtype.is_wildcard
+            )
+        )
+
+        return type_match and subtype_match
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parse(cls, raw: str) -> Accept:
+        invalid = False
+        mtype = raw.strip()
+
+        try:
+            media, *raw_params = mtype.split(";")
+            type_, subtype = media.split("/")
+        except ValueError:
+            invalid = True
+
+        if invalid or not type_ or not subtype:
+            raise InvalidHeader(f"Header contains invalid Accept value: {raw}")
+
+        params = dict(
+            [
+                (key.strip(), value.strip())
+                for key, value in (param.split("=", 1) for param in raw_params)
+            ]
+        )
+
+        return cls(mtype, MediaType(type_), MediaType(subtype), **params)
+
+
 def parse_content_header(value: str) -> Tuple[str, Options]:
     """Parse content-type and content-disposition header values.
 
@@ -194,3 +345,29 @@ def format_http1_response(status: int, headers: HeaderBytesIterable) -> bytes:
         ret += b"%b: %b\r\n" % h
     ret += b"\r\n"
     return ret
+
+
+def _sort_accept_value(accept: Accept):
+    return (
+        accept.qvalue,
+        len(accept.params),
+        accept.subtype != "*",
+        accept.type_ != "*",
+    )
+
+
+def parse_accept(accept: str) -> List[Accept]:
+    """Parse an Accept header and order the acceptable media types in
+    accorsing to RFC 7231, s. 5.3.2
+    https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-5.3.2
+    """
+    media_types = accept.split(",")
+    accept_list: List[Accept] = []
+
+    for mtype in media_types:
+        if not mtype:
+            continue
+
+        accept_list.append(Accept.parse(mtype))
+
+    return sorted(accept_list, key=_sort_accept_value, reverse=True)
diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index e37de36a..7f94de2d 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ from sanic.compat import CancelledErrors, Header
 from sanic.constants import DEFAULT_HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE
 from sanic.exceptions import InvalidUsage
 from sanic.headers import (
+    Accept,
     Options,
+    parse_accept,
     parse_content_header,
     parse_forwarded,
     parse_host,
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ class Request:
         "head",
         "headers",
         "method",
+        "parsed_accept",
         "parsed_args",
         "parsed_not_grouped_args",
         "parsed_files",
@@ -136,6 +139,7 @@ class Request:
         self.conn_info: Optional[ConnInfo] = None
         self.ctx = SimpleNamespace()
         self.parsed_forwarded: Optional[Options] = None
+        self.parsed_accept: Optional[List[Accept]] = None
         self.parsed_json = None
         self.parsed_form = None
         self.parsed_files = None
@@ -296,6 +300,13 @@ class Request:
 
         return self.parsed_json
 
+    @property
+    def accept(self) -> List[Accept]:
+        if self.parsed_accept is None:
+            accept_header = self.headers.getone("accept", "")
+            self.parsed_accept = parse_accept(accept_header)
+        return self.parsed_accept
+
     @property
     def token(self):
         """Attempt to return the auth header token.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9341eae8..d65703ac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ tests_require = [
     "mypy>=0.901",
     "docutils",
     "pygments",
-    "uvicorn",
+    "uvicorn<0.15.0",
     types_ujson,
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_headers.py b/tests/test_headers.py
index 546a9ef7..928847e0 100644
--- a/tests/test_headers.py
+++ b/tests/test_headers.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from unittest.mock import Mock
 import pytest
 
 from sanic import headers, text
-from sanic.exceptions import PayloadTooLarge
+from sanic.exceptions import InvalidHeader, PayloadTooLarge
 from sanic.http import Http
 
 
@@ -182,3 +182,159 @@ def test_request_line(app):
     )
 
     assert request.request_line == b"GET / HTTP/1.1"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "raw",
+    (
+        "show/first, show/second",
+        "show/*, show/first",
+        "*/*, show/first",
+        "*/*, show/*",
+        "other/*; q=0.1, show/*; q=0.2",
+        "show/first; q=0.5, show/second; q=0.5",
+        "show/first; foo=bar, show/second; foo=bar",
+        "show/second, show/first; foo=bar",
+        "show/second; q=0.5, show/first; foo=bar; q=0.5",
+        "show/second; q=0.5, show/first; q=1.0",
+        "show/first, show/second; q=1.0",
+    ),
+)
+def test_parse_accept_ordered_okay(raw):
+    ordered = headers.parse_accept(raw)
+    expected_subtype = (
+        "*" if all(q.subtype.is_wildcard for q in ordered) else "first"
+    )
+    assert ordered[0].type_ == "show"
+    assert ordered[0].subtype == expected_subtype
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "raw",
+    (
+        "missing",
+        "missing/",
+        "/missing",
+    ),
+)
+def test_bad_accept(raw):
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidHeader):
+        headers.parse_accept(raw)
+
+
+def test_empty_accept():
+    assert headers.parse_accept("") == []
+
+
+def test_wildcard_accept_set_ok():
+    accept = headers.parse_accept("*/*")[0]
+    assert accept.type_.is_wildcard
+    assert accept.subtype.is_wildcard
+
+    accept = headers.parse_accept("foo/bar")[0]
+    assert not accept.type_.is_wildcard
+    assert not accept.subtype.is_wildcard
+
+
+def test_accept_parsed_against_str():
+    accept = headers.Accept.parse("foo/bar")
+    assert accept > "foo/bar; q=0.1"
+
+
+def test_media_type_equality():
+    assert headers.MediaType("foo") == headers.MediaType("foo") == "foo"
+    assert headers.MediaType("foo") == headers.MediaType("*") == "*"
+    assert headers.MediaType("foo") != headers.MediaType("bar")
+    assert headers.MediaType("foo") != "bar"
+
+
+def test_media_type_matching():
+    assert headers.MediaType("foo").match(headers.MediaType("foo"))
+    assert headers.MediaType("foo").match("foo")
+
+    assert not headers.MediaType("foo").match(headers.MediaType("*"))
+    assert not headers.MediaType("foo").match("*")
+
+    assert not headers.MediaType("foo").match(headers.MediaType("bar"))
+    assert not headers.MediaType("foo").match("bar")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value,other,outcome,allow_type,allow_subtype",
+    (
+        # ALLOW BOTH
+        ("foo/bar", "foo/bar", True, True, True),
+        ("foo/bar", headers.Accept.parse("foo/bar"), True, True, True),
+        ("foo/bar", "foo/*", True, True, True),
+        ("foo/bar", headers.Accept.parse("foo/*"), True, True, True),
+        ("foo/bar", "*/*", True, True, True),
+        ("foo/bar", headers.Accept.parse("*/*"), True, True, True),
+        ("foo/*", "foo/bar", True, True, True),
+        ("foo/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/bar"), True, True, True),
+        ("foo/*", "foo/*", True, True, True),
+        ("foo/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/*"), True, True, True),
+        ("foo/*", "*/*", True, True, True),
+        ("foo/*", headers.Accept.parse("*/*"), True, True, True),
+        ("*/*", "foo/bar", True, True, True),
+        ("*/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/bar"), True, True, True),
+        ("*/*", "foo/*", True, True, True),
+        ("*/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/*"), True, True, True),
+        ("*/*", "*/*", True, True, True),
+        ("*/*", headers.Accept.parse("*/*"), True, True, True),
+        # ALLOW TYPE
+        ("foo/bar", "foo/bar", True, True, False),
+        ("foo/bar", headers.Accept.parse("foo/bar"), True, True, False),
+        ("foo/bar", "foo/*", False, True, False),
+        ("foo/bar", headers.Accept.parse("foo/*"), False, True, False),
+        ("foo/bar", "*/*", False, True, False),
+        ("foo/bar", headers.Accept.parse("*/*"), False, True, False),
+        ("foo/*", "foo/bar", False, True, False),
+        ("foo/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/bar"), False, True, False),
+        ("foo/*", "foo/*", False, True, False),
+        ("foo/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/*"), False, True, False),
+        ("foo/*", "*/*", False, True, False),
+        ("foo/*", headers.Accept.parse("*/*"), False, True, False),
+        ("*/*", "foo/bar", False, True, False),
+        ("*/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/bar"), False, True, False),
+        ("*/*", "foo/*", False, True, False),
+        ("*/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/*"), False, True, False),
+        ("*/*", "*/*", False, True, False),
+        ("*/*", headers.Accept.parse("*/*"), False, True, False),
+        # ALLOW SUBTYPE
+        ("foo/bar", "foo/bar", True, False, True),
+        ("foo/bar", headers.Accept.parse("foo/bar"), True, False, True),
+        ("foo/bar", "foo/*", True, False, True),
+        ("foo/bar", headers.Accept.parse("foo/*"), True, False, True),
+        ("foo/bar", "*/*", False, False, True),
+        ("foo/bar", headers.Accept.parse("*/*"), False, False, True),
+        ("foo/*", "foo/bar", True, False, True),
+        ("foo/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/bar"), True, False, True),
+        ("foo/*", "foo/*", True, False, True),
+        ("foo/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/*"), True, False, True),
+        ("foo/*", "*/*", False, False, True),
+        ("foo/*", headers.Accept.parse("*/*"), False, False, True),
+        ("*/*", "foo/bar", False, False, True),
+        ("*/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/bar"), False, False, True),
+        ("*/*", "foo/*", False, False, True),
+        ("*/*", headers.Accept.parse("foo/*"), False, False, True),
+        ("*/*", "*/*", False, False, True),
+        ("*/*", headers.Accept.parse("*/*"), False, False, True),
+    ),
+)
+def test_accept_matching(value, other, outcome, allow_type, allow_subtype):
+    assert (
+        headers.Accept.parse(value).match(
+            other,
+            allow_type_wildcard=allow_type,
+            allow_subtype_wildcard=allow_subtype,
+        )
+        is outcome
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", ("foo/bar", "foo/*", "*/*"))
+def test_value_in_accept(value):
+    acceptable = headers.parse_accept(value)
+    assert "foo/bar" in acceptable
+    assert "foo/*" in acceptable
+    assert "*/*" in acceptable
diff --git a/tests/test_request.py b/tests/test_request.py
index e4b21f66..ca2c1e4a 100644
--- a/tests/test_request.py
+++ b/tests/test_request.py
@@ -140,3 +140,39 @@ def test_ipv6_address_is_not_wrapped(app):
     assert resp.json["client"] == "[::1]"
     assert resp.json["client_ip"] == "::1"
     assert request.ip == "::1"
+
+
+def test_request_accept():
+    app = Sanic("req-generator")
+
+    @app.get("/")
+    async def get(request):
+        return response.empty()
+
+    request, _ = app.test_client.get(
+        "/",
+        headers={
+            "Accept": "text/*, text/plain, text/plain;format=flowed, */*"
+        },
+    )
+    assert request.accept == [
+        "text/plain;format=flowed",
+        "text/plain",
+        "text/*",
+        "*/*",
+    ]
+
+    request, _ = app.test_client.get(
+        "/",
+        headers={
+            "Accept": (
+                "text/plain; q=0.5, text/html, text/x-dvi; q=0.8, text/x-c"
+            )
+        },
+    )
+    assert request.accept == [
+        "text/html",
+        "text/x-c",
+        "text/x-dvi; q=0.8",
+        "text/plain; q=0.5",
+    ]