diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0a72720bf..7f60226b6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4321,6 +4321,12 @@
             "pify": "^4.0.1",
             "semver": "^5.6.0"
           }
+        },
+        "mime": {
+          "version": "1.6.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime/-/mime-1.6.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-x0Vn8spI+wuJ1O6S7gnbaQg8Pxh4NNHb7KSINmEWKiPE4RKOplvijn+NkmYmmRgP68mc70j2EbeTFRsrswaQeg==",
+          "optional": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -4570,12 +4576,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "mime": {
-      "version": "1.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime/-/mime-1.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-x0Vn8spI+wuJ1O6S7gnbaQg8Pxh4NNHb7KSINmEWKiPE4RKOplvijn+NkmYmmRgP68mc70j2EbeTFRsrswaQeg==",
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "mime-db": {
       "version": "1.44.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.44.0.tgz",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index c149e113a..92a17c301 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const jwt = require('jwt-simple');
-const expressStaticGzip = require('express-static-gzip');
 const express = require('express');
 const app = express();
 
 const homebrewApi = require('./server/homebrew.api.js');
 const GoogleActions = require('./server/googleActions.js');
+const serveCompressedStaticAssets = require('./server/static-assets.mv.js');
 
-// Serve brotli-compressed static files if available
-app.use('/', expressStaticGzip(`${__dirname}/build`, {
-	enableBrotli    : true,
-	orderPreference : ['br'],
-	index           : false
-}));
+app.use('/', serveCompressedStaticAssets(`${__dirname}/build`));
 
 process.chdir(__dirname);
 
diff --git a/server/static-assets.mv.js b/server/static-assets.mv.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..732420d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/static-assets.mv.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+const expressStaticGzip = require('express-static-gzip');
+
+// Serve brotli-compressed static files if available
+const customCacheControlHandler=(response, path)=>{
+	if(path.endsWith('.br')) {
+		// Drop .br suffix to help mime understand the actual type of the file
+		path = path.slice(0, -3);
+	}
+	if(path.endsWith('.js') || path.endsWith('.css')) {
+		// .js and .css files are allowed to be cached up to 12 hours, but then
+		// they must be revalidated to see if there are any updates
+		response.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age: 43200, must-revalidate');
+	} else {
+		// Everything else is cached up to a months as we don't update our images
+		// or fonts frequently
+		response.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=2592000, must-revalidate');
+	}
+};
+
+const init=(pathToAssets)=>{
+	return expressStaticGzip(pathToAssets, {
+		enableBrotli    : true,
+		orderPreference : ['br'],
+		index           : false,
+		serveStatic     : {
+			cacheControl : false, // we are going to use custom cache-control
+			setHeaders   : customCacheControlHandler
+		} });
+};
+
+module.exports = init;