diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0a0275a..323d53d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 .DS_STORE
 *.rdb
 .nyc_output
+.idea
diff --git a/src/apicache.js b/src/apicache.js
index ac90887..c3bcb4a 100644
--- a/src/apicache.js
+++ b/src/apicache.js
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ function ApiCache() {
           0,
           (duration / 1000 - (new Date().getTime() / 1000 - cacheObject.timestamp)).toFixed(0)
         ),
-    })
+    }, globalOptions.headers)
 
     // only embed apicache headers when not in production environment
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
diff --git a/test/apicache_test.js b/test/apicache_test.js
index 08652bb..b1c1a0e 100644
--- a/test/apicache_test.js
+++ b/test/apicache_test.js
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ describe('.middleware {MIDDLEWARE}', function() {
               .expect('apicache-store', 'memory')
               .expect('apicache-version', pkg.version)
               .expect(200, movies)
+              .expect('Cache-Control', 'no-cache')
               .then(assertNumRequestsProcessed(app, 1))
           })
       })