diff --git a/rapidoid-http-server/src/main/java/org/rapidoid/setup/PojoHandlersSetup.java b/rapidoid-http-server/src/main/java/org/rapidoid/setup/PojoHandlersSetup.java
index 4abda6b0ef..ba2bc93fc2 100644
--- a/rapidoid-http-server/src/main/java/org/rapidoid/setup/PojoHandlersSetup.java
+++ b/rapidoid-http-server/src/main/java/org/rapidoid/setup/PojoHandlersSetup.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import org.rapidoid.RapidoidThing;
 import org.rapidoid.annotation.*;
 import org.rapidoid.beany.Metadata;
+import org.rapidoid.cache.Cached;
 import org.rapidoid.cls.Cls;
 import org.rapidoid.ioc.IoCContext;
 import org.rapidoid.log.Log;
@@ -150,20 +151,15 @@ protected List<String> getControllerUris(Class<?> component) {
 
 	private void registerOrDeregister(boolean register, Object bean, String ctxPath, Method method) {
 
-		Transaction transaction = method.getAnnotation(Transaction.class);
-		TransactionMode tx = transaction != null ? transaction.value() : null;
-
-		Set<String> rolesAllowed = Secure.getRolesAllowed(method);
-		String[] roles = U.arrayOf(String.class, rolesAllowed);
-
 		for (Annotation ann : method.getAnnotations()) {
+
 			if (ann instanceof Page) {
 				Page page = (Page) ann;
 
 				String path = pathOf(method, ctxPath, uriOf(ann));
 
 				if (register) {
-					OnRoute route = route(setup.page(path), tx).roles(roles);
+					OnRoute route = route(setup.page(path), method);
 
 					if (U.notEmpty(page.view())) {
 						route.view(page.view());
@@ -183,7 +179,7 @@ private void registerOrDeregister(boolean register, Object bean, String ctxPath,
 				String path = pathOf(method, ctxPath, uriOf(ann));
 
 				if (register) {
-					route(setup.get(path), tx).roles(roles).json(method, bean);
+					route(setup.get(path), method).json(method, bean);
 				} else {
 					setup.deregister(Constants.GET, path);
 				}
@@ -192,7 +188,7 @@ private void registerOrDeregister(boolean register, Object bean, String ctxPath,
 				String path = pathOf(method, ctxPath, uriOf(ann));
 
 				if (register) {
-					route(setup.post(path), tx).roles(roles).json(method, bean);
+					route(setup.post(path), method).json(method, bean);
 				} else {
 					setup.deregister(Constants.POST, path);
 				}
@@ -201,7 +197,7 @@ private void registerOrDeregister(boolean register, Object bean, String ctxPath,
 				String path = pathOf(method, ctxPath, uriOf(ann));
 
 				if (register) {
-					route(setup.put(path), tx).roles(roles).json(method, bean);
+					route(setup.put(path), method).json(method, bean);
 				} else {
 					setup.deregister(Constants.PUT, path);
 				}
@@ -210,7 +206,7 @@ private void registerOrDeregister(boolean register, Object bean, String ctxPath,
 				String path = pathOf(method, ctxPath, uriOf(ann));
 
 				if (register) {
-					route(setup.delete(path), tx).roles(roles).json(method, bean);
+					route(setup.delete(path), method).json(method, bean);
 				} else {
 					setup.deregister(Constants.DELETE, path);
 				}
@@ -219,7 +215,7 @@ private void registerOrDeregister(boolean register, Object bean, String ctxPath,
 				String path = pathOf(method, ctxPath, uriOf(ann));
 
 				if (register) {
-					route(setup.patch(path), tx).roles(roles).json(method, bean);
+					route(setup.patch(path), method).json(method, bean);
 				} else {
 					setup.deregister(Constants.PATCH, path);
 				}
@@ -228,7 +224,7 @@ private void registerOrDeregister(boolean register, Object bean, String ctxPath,
 				String path = pathOf(method, ctxPath, uriOf(ann));
 
 				if (register) {
-					route(setup.options(path), tx).roles(roles).json(method, bean);
+					route(setup.options(path), method).json(method, bean);
 				} else {
 					setup.deregister(Constants.OPTIONS, path);
 				}
@@ -237,7 +233,7 @@ private void registerOrDeregister(boolean register, Object bean, String ctxPath,
 				String path = pathOf(method, ctxPath, uriOf(ann));
 
 				if (register) {
-					route(setup.head(path), tx).roles(roles).json(method, bean);
+					route(setup.head(path), method).json(method, bean);
 				} else {
 					setup.deregister(Constants.HEAD, path);
 				}
@@ -246,7 +242,7 @@ private void registerOrDeregister(boolean register, Object bean, String ctxPath,
 				String path = pathOf(method, ctxPath, uriOf(ann));
 
 				if (register) {
-					route(setup.trace(path), tx).roles(roles).json(method, bean);
+					route(setup.trace(path), method).json(method, bean);
 				} else {
 					setup.deregister(Constants.TRACE, path);
 				}
@@ -254,11 +250,32 @@ private void registerOrDeregister(boolean register, Object bean, String ctxPath,
 		}
 	}
 
-	private OnRoute route(OnRoute route, TransactionMode tx) {
+	private OnRoute route(OnRoute route, Method method) {
+
+		// TRANSACTION
+
+		Transaction transaction = method.getAnnotation(Transaction.class);
+		TransactionMode tx = transaction != null ? transaction.value() : null;
+
 		if (tx != null) {
 			route.tx(tx);
 		}
 
+		// ROLES
+
+		Set<String> rolesAllowed = Secure.getRolesAllowed(method);
+		String[] roles = U.arrayOf(String.class, rolesAllowed);
+
+		route.roles(roles);
+
+		// CACHE
+
+		Cached cached = method.getAnnotation(Cached.class);
+
+		if (cached != null) {
+			route.cacheTTL(cached.ttl());
+		}
+
 		return route;
 	}
 
diff --git a/rapidoid-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/rapidoid/http/HttpCachingTest.java b/rapidoid-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/rapidoid/http/HttpCachingTest.java
index 77bc6d81f3..c7bb4177b5 100644
--- a/rapidoid-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/rapidoid/http/HttpCachingTest.java
+++ b/rapidoid-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/rapidoid/http/HttpCachingTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.rapidoid.annotation.Authors;
+import org.rapidoid.annotation.GET;
 import org.rapidoid.annotation.Since;
+import org.rapidoid.cache.Cached;
+import org.rapidoid.setup.App;
 import org.rapidoid.setup.On;
 import org.rapidoid.u.U;
 
@@ -55,4 +58,41 @@ public void testHttpCaching() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testHttpCachingWithAnnotations() {
+
+		App.beans(CachingCtrl.class);
+
+		int next = 1;
+		for (int n = 1; n <= 3; n++) {
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+				Self.get("/x").expect("" + next++);
+				Self.get("/y").expect("" + n);
+			}
+
+			U.sleep(2100);
+		}
+	}
+
+	static class CachingCtrl {
+
+		// without caching
+		AtomicInteger x = new AtomicInteger();
+
+		// with caching
+		AtomicInteger y = new AtomicInteger();
+
+		@GET
+		public Object x() {
+			return x.incrementAndGet();
+		}
+
+		@GET
+		@Cached(ttl = 2000)
+		public Object y() {
+			return y.incrementAndGet();
+		}
+	}
+
 }