diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/app.go b/modules/caddyhttp/app.go
index bc2b896cd..79fd5f414 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/app.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/app.go
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ func init() {
 // `{http.request.orig_uri.query}` | The request's original query string (without `?`)
 // `{http.request.orig_uri.prefixed_query}` | The request's original query string with a `?` prefix, if non-empty
 // `{http.request.port}` | The port part of the request's Host header
-// `{http.request.proto}` | The protocol of the request
+// `{http.request.proto}` | The raw protocol of the request as returned by Go (e.g., HTTP/2.0 or HTTP/3.0)
+// `{http.request.proto_name}` | The spec-defined protocol of the request (e.g., HTTP/2 or HTTP/3)
 // `{http.request.local.host}` | The host (IP) part of the local address the connection arrived on
 // `{http.request.local.port}` | The port part of the local address the connection arrived on
 // `{http.request.local}` | The local address the connection arrived on
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go b/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go
index 623a6ef4b..65f9dd475 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ func addHTTPVarsToReplacer(repl *caddy.Replacer, req *http.Request, w http.Respo
 				return "http", true
 			case "http.request.proto":
 				return req.Proto, true
+			case "http.request.proto_name":
+				if req.ProtoMajor == 2 {
+					return "HTTP/2", true
+				}
+				if req.ProtoMajor == 3 {
+					return "HTTP/3", true
+				}
+				return req.Proto, true
 			case "http.request.host":
 				host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(req.Host)
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/replacer_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/replacer_test.go
index c75fe82ed..4f8d8f0b2 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/replacer_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/replacer_test.go
@@ -266,3 +266,33 @@ eqp31wM9il1n+guTNyxJd+FzVAH+hCZE5K+tCgVDdVFUlDEHHbS/wqb2PSIoouLV
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHTTPProtoNameNormalization(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		proto      string
+		major      int
+		expectRaw  string
+		expectName string
+	}{
+		{proto: "HTTP/1.0", major: 1, expectRaw: "HTTP/1.0", expectName: "HTTP/1.0"},
+		{proto: "HTTP/1.1", major: 1, expectRaw: "HTTP/1.1", expectName: "HTTP/1.1"},
+		{proto: "HTTP/2.0", major: 2, expectRaw: "HTTP/2.0", expectName: "HTTP/2"},
+		{proto: "HTTP/3.0", major: 3, expectRaw: "HTTP/3.0", expectName: "HTTP/3"},
+	} {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+		req.Proto = tc.proto
+		req.ProtoMajor = tc.major
+		repl := caddy.NewReplacer()
+		addHTTPVarsToReplacer(repl, req, nil)
+
+		gotRaw, okRaw := repl.GetString("http.request.proto")
+		if !okRaw || gotRaw != tc.expectRaw {
+			t.Errorf("proto=%s: expected http.request.proto to be %q, got %q (ok=%t)", tc.proto, tc.expectRaw, gotRaw, okRaw)
+		}
+
+		gotName, okName := repl.GetString("http.request.proto_name")
+		if !okName || gotName != tc.expectName {
+			t.Errorf("proto=%s: expected http.request.proto_name to be %q, got %q (ok=%t)", tc.proto, tc.expectName, gotName, okName)
+		}
+	}
+}