diff --git a/app/controllers/asset_manager_redirect_controller.rb b/app/controllers/asset_manager_redirect_controller.rb
index fc877b585..942e762d8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/asset_manager_redirect_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/asset_manager_redirect_controller.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ def show
       asset_url = Plek.new.external_url_for("draft-assets")
     end
 
+    expires_in 1.day, public: true
     redirect_to host: URI.parse(asset_url).host, status: :moved_permanently
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/controllers/asset_manager_redirect_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/asset_manager_redirect_controller_test.rb
index a013a984a..61b87e5f3 100644
--- a/test/controllers/asset_manager_redirect_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/asset_manager_redirect_controller_test.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ class AssetManagerRedirectControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     Plek.any_instance.stubs(:external_url_for).returns("http://draft-asset-host.com")
   end
 
+  test "sets the cache-control max-age to 1 day" do
+    request.host = "some-host.com"
+    get :show, params: { path: "asset.txt" }
+
+    assert_equal @response.headers["Cache-Control"], "max-age=86400, public"
+  end
+
   test "redirects asset requests made via public host to the public asset host" do
     request.host = "some-host.com"
     get :show, params: { path: "asset.txt" }