diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Interfaces/IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Interfaces/IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier.cs
similarity index 57%
rename from src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Interfaces/IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider.cs
rename to src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Interfaces/IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier.cs
index 7514fa4254..d78c27cd90 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Interfaces/IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Interfaces/IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier.cs
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching
 {
-    public interface IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider
+    public interface IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Create a key segment that is appended to the default cache key.
+        /// Create a key segment that is prepended to the default cache key.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="httpContext">The <see cref="HttpContext"/>.</param>
-        /// <returns>The key segment that will be appended to the default cache key.</returns>
-        string CreateCustomKeySuffix(HttpContext httpContext);
+        /// <returns>The key segment that will be prepended to the default cache key.</returns>
+        string CreatKeyPrefix(HttpContext httpContext);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Internal/NoopCacheKeySuffixProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Internal/NoopCacheKeyModifier.cs
similarity index 62%
rename from src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Internal/NoopCacheKeySuffixProvider.cs
rename to src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Internal/NoopCacheKeyModifier.cs
index 43daeb5a5d..a32332c366 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Internal/NoopCacheKeySuffixProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Internal/NoopCacheKeyModifier.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Internal
 {
-    internal class NoopCacheKeySuffixProvider : IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider
+    internal class NoopCacheKeyModifier : IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier
     {
-        public string CreateCustomKeySuffix(HttpContext httpContext) => null;
+        public string CreatKeyPrefix(HttpContext httpContext) => null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingContext.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingContext.cs
index 7caa7b285b..17ebe49caf 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingContext.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingContext.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching
         private readonly ISystemClock _clock;
         private readonly ObjectPool<StringBuilder> _builderPool;
         private readonly IResponseCachingCacheabilityValidator _cacheabilityValidator;
-        private readonly IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider _cacheKeySuffixProvider;
+        private readonly IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier _cacheKeyModifier;
 
         private string _cacheKey;
         private ResponseType? _responseType;
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching
             IResponseCache cache,
             ObjectPool<StringBuilder> builderPool,
             IResponseCachingCacheabilityValidator cacheabilityValidator,
-            IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider cacheKeySuffixProvider)
-            : this(httpContext, cache, new SystemClock(), builderPool, cacheabilityValidator, cacheKeySuffixProvider)
+            IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier cacheKeyModifier)
+            : this(httpContext, cache, new SystemClock(), builderPool, cacheabilityValidator, cacheKeyModifier)
         {
         }
 
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching
             ISystemClock clock,
             ObjectPool<StringBuilder> builderPool,
             IResponseCachingCacheabilityValidator cacheabilityValidator,
-            IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider cacheKeySuffixProvider)
+            IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier cacheKeyModifier)
         {
             _httpContext = httpContext;
             _cache = cache;
             _clock = clock;
             _builderPool = builderPool;
             _cacheabilityValidator = cacheabilityValidator;
-            _cacheKeySuffixProvider = cacheKeySuffixProvider;
+            _cacheKeyModifier = cacheKeyModifier;
         }
 
         internal bool CacheResponse
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching
 
             try
             {
+                // Prepend custom cache key prefix
+                var customKeyPrefix = _cacheKeyModifier.CreatKeyPrefix(_httpContext);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(customKeyPrefix))
+                {
+                    builder.Append(customKeyPrefix)
+                        .Append(KeyDelimiter);
+                }
+
                 // Default key 
                 builder
                     .Append(request.Method.ToUpperInvariant())
@@ -225,18 +233,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching
                     }
                 }
 
-                // Append custom cache key segment
-                var customKey = _cacheKeySuffixProvider.CreateCustomKeySuffix(_httpContext);
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(customKey))
-                {
-                    // Append a group separator for the custom segment of the cache key
-                    builder.Append(KeyDelimiter)
-                        .Append('C');
-
-                    builder.Append(KeyDelimiter)
-                        .Append(customKey);
-                }
-
                 return builder.ToString();
             }
             finally
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingMiddleware.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingMiddleware.cs
index 9c6a922eb8..5fe8718134 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingMiddleware.cs
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching
         private readonly IResponseCache _cache;
         private readonly ObjectPool<StringBuilder> _builderPool;
         private readonly IResponseCachingCacheabilityValidator _cacheabilityValidator;
-        private readonly IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider _cacheKeySuffixProvider;
+        private readonly IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier _cacheKeyModifier;
 
         public ResponseCachingMiddleware(
             RequestDelegate next, 
             IResponseCache cache,
             ObjectPoolProvider poolProvider,
             IResponseCachingCacheabilityValidator cacheabilityValidator,
-            IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider cacheKeySuffixProvider)
+            IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier cacheKeyModifier)
         {
             if (next == null)
             {
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(cacheabilityValidator));
             }
-            if (cacheKeySuffixProvider == null)
+            if (cacheKeyModifier == null)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(cacheKeySuffixProvider));
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(cacheKeyModifier));
             }
 
             _next = next;
             _cache = cache;
             _builderPool = poolProvider.CreateStringBuilderPool();
             _cacheabilityValidator = cacheabilityValidator;
-            _cacheKeySuffixProvider = cacheKeySuffixProvider;
+            _cacheKeyModifier = cacheKeyModifier;
         }
 
         public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching
                 _cache,
                 _builderPool,
                 _cacheabilityValidator,
-                _cacheKeySuffixProvider);
+                _cacheKeyModifier);
 
             // Should we attempt any caching logic?
             if (cachingContext.RequestIsCacheable())
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index b6e18f7874..c2ad4a050d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/ResponseCachingServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
 
         private static IServiceCollection AddResponseCachingServices(this IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            services.TryAdd(ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider, NoopCacheKeySuffixProvider>());
+            services.TryAdd(ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier, NoopCacheKeyModifier>());
             services.TryAdd(ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<IResponseCachingCacheabilityValidator, NoopCacheabilityValidator>());
 
             return services;
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests/ResponseCachingContextTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests/ResponseCachingContextTests.cs
index 54bd5a55ba..e66a33af06 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests/ResponseCachingContextTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests/ResponseCachingContextTests.cs
@@ -258,22 +258,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests
             }));
         }
 
-        private class CustomizeKeySuffixProvider : IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider
+        private class KeyModifier : IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier
         {
-            public string CreateCustomKeySuffix(HttpContext httpContext) => "CustomizedKey";
+            public string CreatKeyPrefix(HttpContext httpContext) => "CustomizedKeyPrefix";
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public void CreateCacheKey_OptionalCacheKey_AppendedToDefaultKey()
+        public void CreateCacheKey_CacheKeyModifier_AddsPrefix()
         {
             var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
             httpContext.Request.Method = "GET";
             httpContext.Request.Path = "/";
             httpContext.Request.Headers["HeaderA"] = "ValueA";
             httpContext.Request.Headers["HeaderB"] = "ValueB";
-            var responseCachingContext = CreateTestContext(httpContext, new CustomizeKeySuffixProvider());
+            var responseCachingContext = CreateTestContext(httpContext, new KeyModifier());
 
-            Assert.Equal($"GET{KeyDelimiter}/{KeyDelimiter}H{KeyDelimiter}HeaderA=ValueA{KeyDelimiter}HeaderC=null{KeyDelimiter}C{KeyDelimiter}CustomizedKey", responseCachingContext.CreateCacheKey(new CachedVaryBy()
+            Assert.Equal($"CustomizedKeyPrefix{KeyDelimiter}GET{KeyDelimiter}/{KeyDelimiter}H{KeyDelimiter}HeaderA=ValueA{KeyDelimiter}HeaderC=null", responseCachingContext.CreateCacheKey(new CachedVaryBy()
             {
                 Headers = new string[] { "HeaderA", "HeaderC" }
             }));
@@ -831,15 +831,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests
         {
             return CreateTestContext(
                 httpContext,
-                new NoopCacheKeySuffixProvider(),
+                new NoopCacheKeyModifier(),
                 new NoopCacheabilityValidator());
         }
 
-        private static ResponseCachingContext CreateTestContext(HttpContext httpContext, IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider cacheKeySuffixProvider)
+        private static ResponseCachingContext CreateTestContext(HttpContext httpContext, IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier cacheKeyModifier)
         {
             return CreateTestContext(
                 httpContext,
-                cacheKeySuffixProvider,
+                cacheKeyModifier,
                 new NoopCacheabilityValidator());
         }
 
@@ -847,13 +847,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests
         {
             return CreateTestContext(
                 httpContext,
-                new NoopCacheKeySuffixProvider(),
+                new NoopCacheKeyModifier(),
                 cacheabilityValidator);
         }
 
         private static ResponseCachingContext CreateTestContext(
             HttpContext httpContext,
-            IResponseCachingCacheKeySuffixProvider cacheKeySuffixProvider,
+            IResponseCachingCacheKeyModifier cacheKeyModifier,
             IResponseCachingCacheabilityValidator cacheabilityValidator)
         {
             return new ResponseCachingContext(
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests
                 new SystemClock(),
                 new DefaultObjectPool<StringBuilder>(new StringBuilderPooledObjectPolicy()),
                 cacheabilityValidator,
-                cacheKeySuffixProvider);
+                cacheKeyModifier);
         }
 
         private class TestResponseCache : IResponseCache