diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index 3166a7c0..33ab2183 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Version 1.2 ()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    * Enabled setting cache-control headers by default.
+    
     * Fix wrong next/previous page links when using wrapper.php indexFile
       option. (garvinhicking)
 
diff --git a/serendipity_config.inc.php b/serendipity_config.inc.php
index 7e0d5d0b..ac2a609f 100644
--- a/serendipity_config.inc.php
+++ b/serendipity_config.inc.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ if (!isset($serendipity['useHTTP-Auth'])) {
 }
 
 if (!isset($serendipity['CacheControl'])) {
-    $serendipity['CacheControl'] = false;
+    $serendipity['CacheControl'] = true;
 }
 
 if (!isset($serendipity['expose_s9y'])) {