diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index 6f972ceaf4..73f612da64 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ class FrameworkExtension extends Extension
 
         // session storage
         $container->setAlias('session.storage', $config['storage_id'])->setPrivate(true);
-        $options = array();
+        $options = array('cache_limiter' => '0');
         foreach (array('name', 'cookie_lifetime', 'cookie_path', 'cookie_domain', 'cookie_secure', 'cookie_httponly', 'use_cookies', 'gc_maxlifetime', 'gc_probability', 'gc_divisor', 'use_strict_mode') as $key) {
             if (isset($config[$key])) {
                 $options[$key] = $config[$key];
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/SaveSessionListener.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/SaveSessionListener.php
index 36809b59af..1cee45e59a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/SaveSessionListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/SaveSessionListener.php
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ class SaveSessionListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
         $session = $event->getRequest()->getSession();
         if ($session && $session->isStarted()) {
             $session->save();
+            $event->getResponse()
+                ->setPrivate()
+                ->setMaxAge(0)
+                ->headers->addCacheControlDirective('must-revalidate');
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/SaveSessionListenerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/SaveSessionListenerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80200881c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/SaveSessionListenerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Tests\EventListener;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\SessionInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\FilterResponseEvent;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\EventListener\SaveSessionListener;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
+
+class SaveSessionListenerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testOnlyTriggeredOnMasterRequest()
+    {
+        $listener = new SaveSessionListener();
+        $event = $this->getMockBuilder(FilterResponseEvent::class)->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
+        $event->expects($this->once())->method('isMasterRequest')->willReturn(false);
+        $event->expects($this->never())->method('getRequest');
+
+        // sub request
+        $listener->onKernelResponse($event);
+    }
+
+    public function testSessionSavedAndResponsePrivate()
+    {
+        $listener = new SaveSessionListener();
+        $kernel = $this->getMockBuilder(HttpKernelInterface::class)->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
+
+        $session = $this->getMockBuilder(SessionInterface::class)->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
+        $session->expects($this->once())->method('isStarted')->willReturn(true);
+        $session->expects($this->once())->method('save');
+
+        $request = new Request();
+        $request->setSession($session);
+        $response = new Response();
+        $listener->onKernelResponse(new FilterResponseEvent($kernel, $request, HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST, $response));
+
+        $this->assertTrue($response->headers->hasCacheControlDirective('private'));
+        $this->assertTrue($response->headers->hasCacheControlDirective('must-revalidate'));
+        $this->assertSame('0', $response->headers->getCacheControlDirective('max-age'));
+    }
+}