diff --git a/pkg/middleware/middleware.go b/pkg/middleware/middleware.go
index 2a1d3e080a5..eaa300c8611 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/middleware.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/middleware.go
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ func AddDefaultResponseHeaders() macaron.Handler {
 	return func(ctx *Context) {
 		if ctx.IsApiRequest() && ctx.Req.Method == "GET" {
 			ctx.Resp.Header().Add("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+			ctx.Resp.Header().Add("Pragma", "no-cache")
+			ctx.Resp.Header().Add("Expires", "-1")
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/middleware_test.go b/pkg/middleware/middleware_test.go
index f18261e478d..a279743aed3 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/middleware_test.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/middleware_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ func TestMiddlewareContext(t *testing.T) {
 		middlewareScenario("middleware should add Cache-Control header for GET requests to API", func(sc *scenarioContext) {
 			sc.fakeReq("GET", "/api/search").exec()
 			So(sc.resp.Header().Get("Cache-Control"), ShouldEqual, "no-cache")
+			So(sc.resp.Header().Get("Pragma"), ShouldEqual, "no-cache")
+			So(sc.resp.Header().Get("Expires"), ShouldEqual, "-1")
 		})
 
 		middlewareScenario("middleware should not add Cache-Control header to for non-API GET requests", func(sc *scenarioContext) {