diff --git a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
index f450240a..838b4340 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
         res.header('X-Cache-Channel', req.params.dbname);
         // note - may not be invalidating properly
         res.header('Last-Modified', new Date().toUTCString());
-        res.header('Cache-Control', 'no-cache,must-revalidate, public');
+        res.header('Cache-Control', 'no-cache,max-age=3600,must-revalidate, public');
         callback(null, tile, headers);
     };