diff --git a/lib/public/AppFramework/Http/Response.php b/lib/public/AppFramework/Http/Response.php
index a48580c789..6f418e4255 100644
--- a/lib/public/AppFramework/Http/Response.php
+++ b/lib/public/AppFramework/Http/Response.php
@@ -105,12 +105,11 @@ class Response {
 	 * @return $this
 	 * @since 6.0.0 - return value was added in 7.0.0
 	 */
-	public function cacheFor(int $cacheSeconds) {
+	public function cacheFor(int $cacheSeconds, bool $public = false) {
 		if ($cacheSeconds > 0) {
-			$this->addHeader('Cache-Control', 'max-age=' . $cacheSeconds . ', must-revalidate');
-
-			// Old scool prama caching
-			$this->addHeader('Pragma', 'public');
+			$pragma = $public ? 'public' : 'private';
+			$this->addHeader('Cache-Control', $pragma . ', max-age=' . $cacheSeconds . ', must-revalidate');
+			$this->addHeader('Pragma', $pragma);
 
 			// Set expires header
 			$expires = new \DateTime();
diff --git a/tests/lib/AppFramework/Http/ResponseTest.php b/tests/lib/AppFramework/Http/ResponseTest.php
index e6f88b6a6e..f33d0a0089 100644
--- a/tests/lib/AppFramework/Http/ResponseTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/AppFramework/Http/ResponseTest.php
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class ResponseTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals(Http::STATUS_NOT_FOUND, $this->childResponse->getStatus());
 		$this->assertEquals('hi', $this->childResponse->getEtag());
 		$this->assertEquals('Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 +0000', $headers['Last-Modified']);
-		$this->assertEquals('max-age=33, must-revalidate',
+		$this->assertEquals('private, max-age=33, must-revalidate',
 			$headers['Cache-Control']);
 	}