diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f5e00c..7399090 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ This major version has been reworked to avoid breaking changes but some edge-cas
 
 ## New Features
 
-????
+### Cache-Control header
+
+Redis middleware now add a cache-control header with a max-age based on your route expiration, you can opt-out of this behavior by using `res.express_redis_cache_disable_cache_control=true`
 
 # Changes between 0.0.8 and 0.1.x
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53512c6..6b117c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@ app.get('/index.html',
   function (req, res)  { ... });
 ```
 
-You can also specify
+## Cache-Control header
+
+Redis middleware add a cache-control header with a max-age based on your route expiration,
+you can opt-out of this behavior by using `res.express_redis_cache_disable_cache_control=true`
 
 # Content Type
 
diff --git a/lib/ExpressRedisCache/route.js b/lib/ExpressRedisCache/route.js
index c4fdced..f1fc16d 100644
--- a/lib/ExpressRedisCache/route.js
+++ b/lib/ExpressRedisCache/route.js
@@ -162,12 +162,16 @@ function route() {
         return next();
       }
 
-      if (!res._headers["cache-control"] && typeof expire === "number") {
+      /** set a default cache-control value based on the default expiration **/
+      if (
+        !res._headers["cache-control"] &&
+        typeof expire === "number" &&
+        !res.express_redis_cache_disable_cache_control
+      ) {
         res._headers["cache-control"] = `max-age=${expire}000`;
       }
 
       /** if it's cached, display cache **/
-
       if (cache.length && cache[0].body != null) {
         res.contentType(cache[0].type || "text/html");
         if (binary) {
@@ -195,13 +199,23 @@ function route() {
             return ret;
           }
 
+          const expire = expirationPolicy(req, res);
+
+          /** update the default cache-control value based on the response status **/
+          if (
+            !res._headers["cache-control"] &&
+            typeof expire === "number" &&
+            !res.express_redis_cache_disable_cache_control
+          ) {
+            res._headers["cache-control"] = `max-age=${expire}000`;
+          }
           /** Create the new cache **/
           self.add(
             name,
             body,
             {
               type: this._headers["content-type"],
-              expire: expirationPolicy(req, res),
+              expire,
               tag
             },
             function (name, cache) {}); // eslint-disable-line