diff --git a/collects/web-server/default-web-root/htdocs/index.html b/collects/web-server/default-web-root/htdocs/index.html
index 4cff268bfb..b1ad866fa6 100644
--- a/collects/web-server/default-web-root/htdocs/index.html
+++ b/collects/web-server/default-web-root/htdocs/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <html>
  <head>
+   <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache" />
    <title>Welcome to the Racket Web server!</title>
  </head>
 
