diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index e611a2cbd..92ec5f6f9 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       buf << [ javascript_include_tag('jquery') ]
     end
     buf << [ javascript_include_tag('jquery_ujs') ]
+    buf << [ javascript_tag("jQuery.ajaxSetup({'cache': false});") ]
     buf.join("\n").html_safe
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
index 7a34f9b89..19079a273 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
@@ -78,5 +78,9 @@ describe ApplicationHelper do
     it 'inclues jquery_ujs.js' do
       jquery_include_tag.should match(/jquery_ujs\.js/)
     end
+
+    it "disables ajax caching" do
+      jquery_include_tag.should match(/jQuery\.ajaxSetup/)
+    end
   end
 end