diff --git a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
index ebb589bd..8305a103 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
 
     // set cache if requested
     if(serverOptions.lru_cache) {
-        var lru_cache = Cache.LRUcache(serverOptions.lru_cache_size || 10000, serverOptions.redis);
+        var lru_cache = Cache.LRUcache(serverOptions.lru_cache_size || 10000,
+                serverOptions.redis,
+                serverOptions.ttl_timeout);
         _.extend(serverOptions, {
             beforeTileRender: lru_cache.beforeTileRender,
             afterTileRender: lru_cache.afterTileRender,
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/tile_cache.js b/lib/cartodb/tile_cache.js
index bc7b85ef..40c4ca6e 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/tile_cache.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/tile_cache.js
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ module.exports.NoCache = function() {
 
 }
 
-module.exports.LRUcache = function(max_items, redis_opts) {
+module.exports.LRUcache = function(max_items, redis_opts, ttl_timeout) {
     var cache_validator = CacheValidator(redis_opts);
-    return GenericCache(new LRUCache(max_items), cache_validator);
+    return GenericCache(new LRUCache(max_items), cache_validator, ttl_timeout || 600);
 }
 
 // implements a generic cache for tile
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ function GenericCache (cache_policy, cache_validator, ttl_timeout) {
              cache_invalidated: me.cache_invalidated,
              cache_not_modified: me.cache_not_modified,
              current_items: me.current_items,
+             expired: me.expired,
              max_items: me.max_items,
              memory: mem,
              memory_per_item: total ? mem/total: 0,
diff --git a/test/acceptance/cache.js b/test/acceptance/cache.js
index 05c6b09d..c37f7557 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/cache.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/cache.js
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ tests["cache should be invalidated"] = function() {
             },{
                 status: 200
             }, function(r) {
-                console.log('hiy', r.header('X-Cache-hit'));
                 assert.ok(r.header('X-Cache-hit') === undefined);
             });
         });
@@ -171,3 +170,45 @@ tests["Last-Modified header should be sent"] = function() {
         });
     });
 }
+
+tests["TTL should invalidate a tile"] = function() {
+
+    var url = '/tiles/test_table_2/6/31/24.png';
+    
+    //create another server to not take previos test stats into account
+    var so = _.clone(serverOptions);
+    _(so).extend({ttl_timeout: 1});
+
+    var _cached_server = new CartodbWindshaft(so);
+    // cache it
+    assert.response(_cached_server, {
+            url: url,
+            headers: {host: 'vizzuality.localhost.lan'},
+            method: 'GET'
+    },{
+        status: 200
+    }, function(res) {
+        console.log("WAIT A LITTLE BIT PLEASE");
+
+        // test before invalidating
+        setTimeout(function() {
+            var st = so.cacheStats();
+            assert.eql(st.expired, 0);
+        }, 500);
+
+        // test after invalidation
+        setTimeout(function() {
+            assert.response(_cached_server, {
+                    url: url,
+                    headers: {host: 'vizzuality.localhost.lan'},
+                    method: 'GET'
+            },{
+                status: 200
+            }, function(res) {
+                assert.ok(res.header('X-Cache-hit') === undefined);
+                var st = so.cacheStats();
+                assert.eql(st.expired, 1);
+            });
+        }, 2000);
+    });
+}