diff --git a/esphome/dashboard/dashboard.py b/esphome/dashboard/dashboard.py
index f6eb079430..b416b00e60 100644
--- a/esphome/dashboard/dashboard.py
+++ b/esphome/dashboard/dashboard.py
@@ -1328,9 +1328,11 @@ def make_app(debug=get_bool_env(ENV_DEV)):
             if "favicon.ico" in path:
                 self.set_header("Cache-Control", "max-age=84600, public")
             else:
-                self.set_header(
-                    "Cache-Control", "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0"
-                )
+                if debug:
+                    self.set_header(
+                        "Cache-Control",
+                        "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0",
+                    )
 
     app_settings = {
         "debug": debug,