diff --git a/config/nginx/blot-blogs.conf b/config/nginx/blot-blogs.conf
index 28cff91c1fa..5e5d734ed8c 100644
--- a/config/nginx/blot-blogs.conf
+++ b/config/nginx/blot-blogs.conf
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ root /cache;
 
 # use $request_uri if you want the query string also
 # use $uri if you don't
-set $cache /$host$uri;
-set $cache_index /$host$uri/index.html;
+set $cache_permanent_folder /$host/$scheme/permanent$request_uri;
+set $cache_blot_folder /$host/$scheme/temporary$request_uri;
+set $cache_blot_folder_index /$host/$scheme/temporary$request_uri/index.html;
 
 # This is used to determine whether the server is handling
 # requests, don't remove it unless you change monit.rc too!
@@ -14,8 +15,15 @@ location = /health {
 }
 
 location / {
+  add_header 'Cache-Hit' 'true-permanent' always;
+  add_header 'Cache-Control' 'max-age=31536000' always;
+  try_files $cache_permanent_folder @temporary;
+}
+
+location @temporary {
+  add_header 'Cache-Control' '' always;
   add_header 'Cache-Hit' 'true' always;
-  try_files $cache $cache_index @blot;
+  try_files $cache_blot_folder $cache_blot_folder_index @blot;
 }
 
 location @blot {
diff --git a/config/nginx/blot-site.conf b/config/nginx/blot-site.conf
index 422b8e0ff41..0bc085a3c3e 100644
--- a/config/nginx/blot-site.conf
+++ b/config/nginx/blot-site.conf
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ root /cache;
 
 # use $request_uri if you want the query string also
 # use $uri if you don't
-set $cache_blot_folder /$host$uri;
-set $cache_blot_folder_index /$host$uri/index.html;
+set $cache_permanent_folder /$host/$scheme/permanent$request_uri;
+set $cache_blot_folder /$host/$scheme/temporary$request_uri;
+set $cache_blot_folder_index /$host/$scheme/temporary$request_uri/index.html;
 
 # This is used to determine whether the server is handling
 # requests, don't remove it unless you change monit.rc too!
@@ -24,6 +25,13 @@ if ($cookie_connect.sid) {
 }
 
 location / {
+  add_header 'Cache-Hit' 'true-permanent' always;
+  add_header 'Cache-Control' 'max-age=31536000' always;
+  try_files $cache_permanent_folder @temporary;
+}
+
+location @temporary {
+  add_header 'Cache-Control' '' always;
   add_header 'Cache-Hit' 'true' always;
   try_files $cache_blot_folder $cache_blot_folder_index @blot;
 }