diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/ResponseCacheStrategy.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/ResponseCacheStrategy.php
index 39a99e6966c22..6e24016340ed6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/ResponseCacheStrategy.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/ResponseCacheStrategy.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ResponseCacheStrategy implements ResponseCacheStrategyInterface
      */
     public function add(Response $response)
     {
-        if ($response->isValidateable()) {
+        if ($response->isValidateable() || !$response->isCacheable()) {
             $this->cacheable = false;
         } else {
             $maxAge = $response->getMaxAge();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpCache/ResponseCacheStrategyTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpCache/ResponseCacheStrategyTest.php
index a37a85bc436a9..4188bb37f243c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpCache/ResponseCacheStrategyTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpCache/ResponseCacheStrategyTest.php
@@ -137,4 +137,45 @@ public function testMasterResponseWithExpirationIsUnchangedWhenThereIsNoEmbedded
 
         $this->assertTrue($masterResponse->isFresh());
     }
+
+    public function testMasterResponseIsNotCacheableWhenEmbeddedResponseIsNotCacheable()
+    {
+        $cacheStrategy = new ResponseCacheStrategy();
+
+        $masterResponse = new Response();
+        $masterResponse->setSharedMaxAge(3600); // Public, cacheable
+
+        /* This response has no validation or expiration information.
+           That makes it uncacheable, it is always stale.
+           (It does *not* make this private, though.) */
+        $embeddedResponse = new Response();
+        $this->assertFalse($embeddedResponse->isFresh()); // not fresh, as no lifetime is provided
+
+        $cacheStrategy->add($embeddedResponse);
+        $cacheStrategy->update($masterResponse);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($masterResponse->headers->hasCacheControlDirective('no-cache'));
+        $this->assertTrue($masterResponse->headers->hasCacheControlDirective('must-revalidate'));
+        $this->assertFalse($masterResponse->isFresh());
+    }
+
+    public function testEmbeddingPrivateResponseMakesMainResponsePrivate()
+    {
+        $cacheStrategy = new ResponseCacheStrategy();
+
+        $masterResponse = new Response();
+        $masterResponse->setSharedMaxAge(3600); // public, cacheable
+
+        // The embedded response might for example contain per-user data that remains valid for 60 seconds
+        $embeddedResponse = new Response();
+        $embeddedResponse->setPrivate();
+        $embeddedResponse->setMaxAge(60); // this would implicitly set "private" as well, but let's be explicit
+
+        $cacheStrategy->add($embeddedResponse);
+        $cacheStrategy->update($masterResponse);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($masterResponse->headers->hasCacheControlDirective('private'));
+        // Not sure if we should pass "max-age: 60" in this case, as long as the response is private and
+        // that's the more conservative of both the master and embedded response...?
+    }
 }