diff --git a/src/fastapi_redis_cache/cache.py b/src/fastapi_redis_cache/cache.py
index 5257a14..6e614fd 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_redis_cache/cache.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_redis_cache/cache.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 from functools import partial, update_wrapper, wraps
 from http import HTTPStatus
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Optional, Union
 
 from fastapi import Response
 
@@ -19,13 +19,20 @@
 )
 
 
-def cache(*, expire: Union[int, timedelta] = ONE_YEAR_IN_SECONDS):
+def cache(*, expire: Union[int, timedelta] = ONE_YEAR_IN_SECONDS, web_expire: Optional[Union[int, timedelta]] = None):
     """Enable caching behavior for the decorated function.
 
     Args:
         expire (Union[int, timedelta], optional): The number of seconds
             from now when the cached response should expire. Defaults to 31,536,000
             seconds (i.e., the number of seconds in one year).
+
+        web_expire (Optional[Union[int, timedelta]]): The number of seconds
+            from now when cached web responses should expire. This is achived
+            by setting the ``cache-control`` header's ``max-age`` directive to the
+            specified number of seconds. If ``web_expire`` is not specified, the
+            value specified for ``expire`` or the default value for ``expire``
+            will be used.
     """
 
     def outer_wrapper(func):
@@ -36,7 +43,9 @@ async def inner_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             func_kwargs = kwargs.copy()
             request = func_kwargs.pop("request", None)
             response = func_kwargs.pop("response", None)
+
             create_response_directly = not response
+
             if create_response_directly:
                 response = Response()
             redis_cache = FastApiRedisCache()
@@ -46,6 +55,8 @@ async def inner_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             key = redis_cache.get_cache_key(func, *args, **kwargs)
             ttl, in_cache = redis_cache.check_cache(key)
             if in_cache:
+                if web_expire is not None:
+                    ttl = calculate_ttl(web_expire)
                 redis_cache.set_response_headers(response, True, deserialize_json(in_cache), ttl)
                 if redis_cache.requested_resource_not_modified(request, in_cache):
                     response.status_code = int(HTTPStatus.NOT_MODIFIED)
@@ -65,10 +76,11 @@ async def inner_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                     else deserialize_json(in_cache)
                 )
             response_data = await get_api_response_async(func, *args, **kwargs)
-            ttl = calculate_ttl(expire)
-            cached = redis_cache.add_to_cache(key, response_data, ttl)
+            redis_ttl = calculate_ttl(expire)
+            web_ttl = calculate_ttl(web_expire) if web_expire is not None else redis_ttl
+            cached = redis_cache.add_to_cache(key, response_data, redis_ttl)
             if cached:
-                redis_cache.set_response_headers(response, cache_hit=False, response_data=response_data, ttl=ttl)
+                redis_cache.set_response_headers(response, cache_hit=False, response_data=response_data, ttl=web_ttl)
                 return (
                     Response(
                         content=serialize_json(response_data), media_type="application/json", headers=response.headers
diff --git a/src/fastapi_redis_cache/version.py b/src/fastapi_redis_cache/version.py
index 4bf3b7b..30b867d 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_redis_cache/version.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_redis_cache/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # flake8: noqa
-__version_info__ = ("0", "2", "5")  # pragma: no cover
+__version_info__ = ("0", "3", "0")  # pragma: no cover
 __version__ = ".".join(__version_info__)  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/tests/main.py b/tests/main.py
index be2b693..fac7f1b 100644
--- a/tests/main.py
+++ b/tests/main.py
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ def cache_json_encoder():
 
 @app.get("/cache_one_hour")
 @cache_one_hour()
-def partial_cache_one_hour(response: Response):
+def cache_one_hour(response: Response):
     return {"success": True, "message": "this data should be cached for one hour"}
 
 
+REDIS_EXPIRE_SECONDS = 10
+WEB_EXPIRE_SECONDS = 5
+
+
+@app.get("/cache_web_expires_before_redis")
+@cache(expire=REDIS_EXPIRE_SECONDS, web_expire=WEB_EXPIRE_SECONDS)
+async def cache_web_expires_before_redis(request: Request, response: Response):
+    return {"success": True, "message": "this data should be web cached for five seconds"}
+
+
 @app.get("/cache_invalid_type")
 @cache_one_minute()
 def cache_invalid_type(request: Request, response: Response):
diff --git a/tests/test_cache.py b/tests/test_cache.py
index bdc0ccb..0a81686 100644
--- a/tests/test_cache.py
+++ b/tests/test_cache.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 from fastapi_redis_cache.util import deserialize_json
 from tests.main import app
+from tests.main import REDIS_EXPIRE_SECONDS, WEB_EXPIRE_SECONDS
 
 client = TestClient(app)
 MAX_AGE_REGEX = re.compile(r"max-age=(?P<ttl>\d+)")
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ def test_if_none_match():
     assert "etag" in response.headers
 
 
-def test_partial_cache_one_hour():
+def test_cache_one_hour():
     # Simple test that verifies that the @cache_for_one_hour partial function version of the @cache decorator
     # is working correctly.
     response = client.get("/cache_one_hour")
@@ -214,3 +215,98 @@ def test_cache_invalid_type():
         assert "cache-control" not in response.headers
         assert "expires" not in response.headers
         assert "etag" not in response.headers
+
+
+def test_cache_web_expires_before_redis():
+    target_endpoint = "/cache_web_expires_before_redis"
+    expected_response = {"success": True, "message": "this data should be web cached for five seconds"}
+
+    # Store time when response data was added to cache
+    added_at_utc = datetime.utcnow()
+
+    # Initial request, X-FastAPI-Cache header field should equal "Miss"
+    response = client.get(target_endpoint)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == expected_response
+    assert "x-fastapi-cache" in response.headers and response.headers["x-fastapi-cache"] == "Miss"
+    assert "expires" in response.headers
+    assert "etag" in response.headers
+
+    # Store 'max-age' value of 'cache-control' header field
+    assert "cache-control" in response.headers
+    match = MAX_AGE_REGEX.search(response.headers.get("cache-control"))
+    assert match
+    miss_ttl = int(match.groupdict()["ttl"])
+    assert miss_ttl <= WEB_EXPIRE_SECONDS
+
+    # Store eTag value from response header
+    check_etag = response.headers["etag"]
+
+    # Send request, X-FastAPI-Cache header field should now equal "Hit"
+    response = client.get(target_endpoint)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == expected_response
+    assert "x-fastapi-cache" in response.headers and response.headers["x-fastapi-cache"] == "Hit"
+
+    # Verify eTag value matches the value stored from the initial response
+    assert "etag" in response.headers
+    assert response.headers["etag"] == check_etag
+
+    # Store 'max-age' value of 'cache-control' header field
+    assert "cache-control" in response.headers
+    match = MAX_AGE_REGEX.search(response.headers.get("cache-control"))
+    assert match
+    hit_ttl = int(match.groupdict()["ttl"])
+    assert hit_ttl <= miss_ttl
+
+    # Store value of 'expires' header field
+    assert "expires" in response.headers
+    expire_at_utc = datetime.strptime(response.headers["expires"], HTTP_TIME)
+
+    # Wait until web expiration time has passed
+    now = datetime.utcnow()
+    time.sleep((expire_at_utc - now).total_seconds())
+    # Wait any additional time neecessary to ensure the web expiration has passed
+    now = datetime.utcnow()
+    while expire_at_utc > now:
+        time.sleep(1)
+        now = datetime.utcnow()
+
+    # Wait one additional second to ensure the web cache has expired
+    time.sleep(1)
+
+    # Verify that the time elapsed since the data was added to the cache is greater than the ttl value
+    second_request_utc = datetime.utcnow()
+    elapsed = (second_request_utc - added_at_utc).total_seconds()
+    assert elapsed > hit_ttl
+
+    # Send request, X-FastAPI-Cache header field should equal "Hit" since the Redis cached value has a longer
+    # lifespan than the web cache value
+    response = client.get(target_endpoint)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == expected_response
+    assert "x-fastapi-cache" in response.headers and response.headers["x-fastapi-cache"] == "Hit"
+    assert "cache-control" in response.headers
+    assert "expires" in response.headers
+
+    # Check eTag value again. Since data is the same, the value should still match
+    assert "etag" in response.headers
+    assert response.headers["etag"] == check_etag
+
+    # Wait until Redis expiration time has passed
+    elapsed_since_added = (datetime.utcnow() - added_at_utc).total_seconds()
+    if elapsed_since_added < REDIS_EXPIRE_SECONDS:
+        time.sleep(REDIS_EXPIRE_SECONDS - elapsed_since_added)
+    # Wait any additional time neecessary, waiting an additional second to ensure Redis has
+    # deleted the response data
+    while (datetime.utcnow() - added_at_utc).total_seconds() < REDIS_EXPIRE_SECONDS:
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+    # Send request, X-FastAPI-Cache header field should equal "Miss" since the Redis cached value has now expired
+    response = client.get(target_endpoint)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == expected_response
+    assert "x-fastapi-cache" in response.headers and response.headers["x-fastapi-cache"] == "Miss"
+    assert "cache-control" in response.headers
+    assert "expires" in response.headers
+    assert "etag" in response.headers