diff --git a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
index 195f00b6..568fc002 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
             afterTileRender: lru_cache.afterTileRender,
             cacheStats: lru_cache.getStats,
             afterStateChange: lru_cache.afterStateChange
-        })
+        });
     }
 
+    // set the cache chanel info to invalidate the cache on the frontend server
+    serverOptions.afterTileRender = function(req, res, tile, headers, callback) {
+        res.header('X-Cache-Channel', req.params.dbname);
+        callback(null, tile, headers);
+    };
 
     // boot
     var ws = new Windshaft.Server(serverOptions);
+
     /**
      * Helper to allow access to the layer to be used in the maps infowindow popup.
      */