diff --git a/TechnitiumLibrary.Net/Dns/EDnsOptions/EDnsCookieOptionData.cs b/TechnitiumLibrary.Net/Dns/EDnsOptions/EDnsCookieOptionData.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc4cfce5
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+++ b/TechnitiumLibrary.Net/Dns/EDnsOptions/EDnsCookieOptionData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+/*
+Technitium Library
+Copyright(C) 2026  Shreyas Zare(shreyas @technitium.com)
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace TechnitiumLibrary.Net.Dns.EDnsOptions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// RFC 7873 DNS COOKIE EDNS option.
+    /// Option data:
+    /// - Client cookie: 8 bytes (MUST)
+    /// - Server cookie: 0 or 8-32 bytes (MAY)
+    /// Total option data length: 8 OR 16-40 bytes.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class EDnsCookieOptionData : EDnsOptionData
+    {
+        #region variables
+
+        public const int CLIENT_COOKIE_LENGTH = 8;
+        public const int SERVER_COOKIE_MAX_LENGTH = 32;
+        public const int SERVER_COOKIE_MIN_LENGTH = 8;
+        byte[] _clientCookie;
+        byte[] _serverCookie; // null means absent (client-cookie-only) 
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region constructor
+
+        public EDnsCookieOptionData(byte[] clientCookie, byte[] serverCookie = null)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(clientCookie);
+
+            if (clientCookie.Length != CLIENT_COOKIE_LENGTH)
+                throw new ArgumentException("Client cookie must be 8 bytes.", nameof(clientCookie));
+
+            if (serverCookie is not null &&
+                (serverCookie.Length < SERVER_COOKIE_MIN_LENGTH || serverCookie.Length > SERVER_COOKIE_MAX_LENGTH))
+                throw new ArgumentException("Server cookie must be 8-32 bytes.", nameof(serverCookie));
+
+            _clientCookie = (byte[])clientCookie.Clone();
+            _serverCookie = serverCookie is null ? null : (byte[])serverCookie.Clone();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parsing ctor. The stream is positioned at OPTION-LENGTH (immediately after OPTION-CODE),
+        /// because EDnsOption(Stream) already read OPTION-CODE.
+        /// </summary>
+        public EDnsCookieOptionData(Stream s)
+            : base(s)
+        { }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region protected
+
+        protected override void ReadOptionData(Stream s)
+        {
+            // _length is OPTION-LENGTH (bytes of option data).
+            if (_length < CLIENT_COOKIE_LENGTH)
+                throw new InvalidDataException($"Invalid COOKIE option length: {_length} bytes");
+
+            int serverLen = _length - CLIENT_COOKIE_LENGTH;
+
+            // Valid serverLen: 0 OR 8..32.
+            if (serverLen != 0 && (serverLen < SERVER_COOKIE_MIN_LENGTH || serverLen > SERVER_COOKIE_MAX_LENGTH))
+                throw new InvalidDataException($"Invalid server cookie length: {serverLen} bytes. Valid lengths are exactly 0 bytes, or between {SERVER_COOKIE_MIN_LENGTH} and {SERVER_COOKIE_MAX_LENGTH} bytes.");
+
+            _clientCookie = new byte[CLIENT_COOKIE_LENGTH];
+            s.ReadExactly(_clientCookie);
+
+            if (serverLen == 0)
+            {
+                _serverCookie = null;
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _serverCookie = new byte[serverLen];
+            s.ReadExactly(_serverCookie);
+        }
+
+        protected override void WriteOptionData(Stream s)
+        {
+            s.Write(_clientCookie);
+
+            if (_serverCookie is not null)
+                s.Write(_serverCookie);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region public
+
+        public bool Equals(EDnsCookieOptionData other)
+        {
+            if (other is null)
+                return false;
+
+            if (!_clientCookie.AsSpan().SequenceEqual(other._clientCookie))
+                return false;
+
+            if (_serverCookie is null && other._serverCookie is null)
+                return true;
+
+            if (_serverCookie is null || other._serverCookie is null)
+                return false;
+
+            return _serverCookie.AsSpan().SequenceEqual(other._serverCookie);
+        }
+
+        public override bool Equals(object obj) => Equals(obj as EDnsCookieOptionData);
+
+        public override int GetHashCode()
+        {
+            HashCode hash = new();
+
+            foreach (byte b in _clientCookie)
+                hash.Add(b);
+
+            if (_serverCookie is not null)
+                foreach (byte b in _serverCookie)
+                    hash.Add(b);
+
+            return hash.ToHashCode();
+        }
+
+        public override void SerializeTo(Utf8JsonWriter writer)
+        {
+            writer.WriteStartObject();
+
+            writer.WriteString("ClientCookie", Convert.ToHexString(_clientCookie));
+
+            if (_serverCookie is not null)
+                writer.WriteString("ServerCookie", Convert.ToHexString(_serverCookie));
+
+            writer.WriteEndObject();
+        }
+
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            if (_serverCookie is null)
+                return $"COOKIE client={Convert.ToHexString(_clientCookie)}";
+
+            return $"COOKIE client={Convert.ToHexString(_clientCookie)} server={Convert.ToHexString(_serverCookie)}";
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region properties
+        public ReadOnlySpan<byte> ClientCookie => _clientCookie;
+        public bool HasServerCookie => _serverCookie is not null;
+        public ReadOnlySpan<byte> ServerCookie => _serverCookie is null ? ReadOnlySpan<byte>.Empty : _serverCookie;
+        public override int UncompressedLength => CLIENT_COOKIE_LENGTH + (_serverCookie?.Length ?? 0);
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TechnitiumLibrary.Net/Dns/EDnsOptions/EDnsOption.cs b/TechnitiumLibrary.Net/Dns/EDnsOptions/EDnsOption.cs
index e22b7d51..1ed9fd02 100644
--- a/TechnitiumLibrary.Net/Dns/EDnsOptions/EDnsOption.cs
+++ b/TechnitiumLibrary.Net/Dns/EDnsOptions/EDnsOption.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public EDnsOption(Stream s)
                     _data = new EDnsExtendedDnsErrorOptionData(s);
                     break;
 
+                case EDnsOptionCode.COOKIE:
+                    _data = new EDnsCookieOptionData(s);
+                    break;
+
                 default:
                     _data = new EDnsUnknownOptionData(s);
                     break;
@@ -92,6 +96,14 @@ public void WriteTo(Stream s)
         {
             DnsDatagram.WriteUInt16NetworkOrder((ushort)_code, s);
 
+            // OPTION-LENGTH=0 is valid; represent with null data.
+            if (_data is null)
+            {
+                DnsDatagram.WriteUInt16NetworkOrder(0, s);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // EDnsOptionData.WriteTo writes OPTION-LENGTH + option bytes.
             _data.WriteTo(s);
         }
 
@@ -128,12 +140,19 @@ public void SerializeTo(Utf8JsonWriter jsonWriter)
         {
             jsonWriter.WriteStartObject();
 
-            jsonWriter.WriteString("Code", _code.ToString());
-            jsonWriter.WriteString("Length", _data.Length + " bytes");
-
-            jsonWriter.WritePropertyName("Data");
-            _data.SerializeTo(jsonWriter);
+            jsonWriter.WriteString(nameof(Code), _code.ToString());
 
+            if (_data is null)
+            {
+                jsonWriter.WriteString("Length", "0 bytes");
+                jsonWriter.WriteNull(nameof(Data));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                jsonWriter.WriteString("Length", _data.Length + " bytes");
+                jsonWriter.WritePropertyName(nameof(Data));
+                _data.SerializeTo(jsonWriter);
+            }
             jsonWriter.WriteEndObject();
         }
 
@@ -147,8 +166,7 @@ public EDnsOptionCode Code
         public EDnsOptionData Data
         { get { return _data; } }
 
-        public int UncompressedLength
-        { get { return 2 + 2 + _data.UncompressedLength; } }
+        public int UncompressedLength => 2 + 2 + (_data?.UncompressedLength ?? 0);
 
         #endregion
     }