diff --git a/cake/libs/cake_response.php b/cake/libs/cake_response.php
index 3f77dd824..12eecbeb0 100644
--- a/cake/libs/cake_response.php
+++ b/cake/libs/cake_response.php
@@ -493,7 +493,12 @@ class CakeResponse {
 * @return void
 */
 	public function disableCache() {
-
+		$this->header(array(
+			'Expires' => 'Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT',
+			'Last-Modified' => gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT",
+			'Cache-Control' => 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0',
+			'Pragma' => 'no-cache'
+		));
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_response.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_response.test.php
index b992586b4..4bbf1edc7 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_response.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_response.test.php
@@ -199,4 +199,20 @@ class CakeRequestTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 			->method('_sendHeader')->with('Location', 'http://www.example.com');
 		$response->send();
 	}
+
+/**
+* Tests the disableCache method
+*
+*/
+	public function testDisableCache() {
+		$response = new CakeResponse();
+		$expected = array(
+			'Expires' => 'Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT',
+			'Last-Modified' => gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT",
+			'Cache-Control' => 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0',
+			'Pragma' => 'no-cache'
+		);
+		$response->disableCache();
+		$this->assertEquals($response->header(), $expected);
+	}
 }
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