diff --git a/app/controllers/alchemy/pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/alchemy/pages_controller.rb
index a01fb8abd7..28bbd1556b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/alchemy/pages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/alchemy/pages_controller.rb
@@ -189,7 +189,10 @@ def render_page
     end
 
     def set_expiration_headers
-      if must_not_cache?
+      if page_cache_disabled_by_elements?
+        # no-cache still allows storage and conditional 304 responses, which would skip element-level cache variants.
+        no_store
+      elsif must_not_cache?
         expires_now
       else
         expires_in @page.expiration_time, {public: !@page.restricted}.merge(caching_options)
@@ -247,7 +250,11 @@ def render_fresh_page?
 
     # don't cache pages if we have flash message to display or the page has caching disabled
     def must_not_cache?
-      !caching_enabled? || !@page.cache_page? || flash.present?
+      !caching_enabled? || !@page.cache_page? || flash.present? || page_cache_disabled_by_elements?
+    end
+
+    def page_cache_disabled_by_elements?
+      @page&.find_elements&.any? { |element| element.definition.page_cache == false } || false
     end
 
     def caching_enabled?
diff --git a/app/models/alchemy/element.rb b/app/models/alchemy/element.rb
index 6829b50131..c5c9676ccc 100644
--- a/app/models/alchemy/element.rb
+++ b/app/models/alchemy/element.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class Element < BaseRecord
       "ingredients",
       "message",
       "nestable_elements",
+      "page_cache",
       "searchable",
       "taggable",
       "warning"
diff --git a/app/models/alchemy/element_definition.rb b/app/models/alchemy/element_definition.rb
index e9634a15e6..bbd1fed2a7 100644
--- a/app/models/alchemy/element_definition.rb
+++ b/app/models/alchemy/element_definition.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class ElementDefinition
     attribute :taggable, :boolean, default: false
     attribute :compact, :boolean, default: false
     attribute :fixed, :boolean, default: false
+    attribute :page_cache, :boolean, default: true
     attribute :ingredients, default: []
     attribute :nestable_elements, default: []
     attribute :autogenerate, default: []
diff --git a/spec/models/alchemy/element_definition_spec.rb b/spec/models/alchemy/element_definition_spec.rb
index 0cd47b3084..251fece0e4 100644
--- a/spec/models/alchemy/element_definition_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/alchemy/element_definition_spec.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module Alchemy
       it { is_expected.to have_key(:taggable) }
       it { is_expected.to have_key(:compact) }
       it { is_expected.to have_key(:fixed) }
+      it { is_expected.to have_key(:page_cache) }
       it { is_expected.to have_key(:ingredients) }
       it { is_expected.to have_key(:nestable_elements) }
       it { is_expected.to have_key(:autogenerate) }
@@ -35,6 +36,16 @@ module Alchemy
       it { is_expected.to have_key(:searchable) }
     end
 
+    describe "#page_cache" do
+      it "defaults to true" do
+        expect(described_class.new.page_cache).to be(true)
+      end
+
+      it "can be disabled" do
+        expect(described_class.new(page_cache: false).page_cache).to be(false)
+      end
+    end
+
     describe "validations" do
       it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:name) }
       it { is_expected.to allow_value("article").for(:name) }
diff --git a/spec/requests/alchemy/page_request_caching_spec.rb b/spec/requests/alchemy/page_request_caching_spec.rb
index 73b370ffd8..21c29f71e6 100644
--- a/spec/requests/alchemy/page_request_caching_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/alchemy/page_request_caching_spec.rb
@@ -124,6 +124,46 @@
         end
       end
 
+      context "with an element-level page cache opt-out" do
+        around do |example|
+          Alchemy::ElementDefinition.add({"name" => "uncached_element", "page_cache" => false})
+          Alchemy::PageDefinition.add({"name" => "uncached_layout", "elements" => ["uncached_element"]})
+
+          example.run
+        ensure
+          Alchemy::ElementDefinition.reset!
+          Alchemy::PageDefinition.reset!
+        end
+
+        it "sets no-store when a published element disables page caching" do
+          create(:alchemy_element, name: "uncached_element", page_version: page.public_version)
+
+          get "/#{page.urlname}"
+
+          expect(response.headers).to have_key("Cache-Control")
+          expect(response.headers["Cache-Control"]).to eq("no-store")
+        end
+
+        it "keeps page caching when the page layout allows but does not contain an element that disables page caching" do
+          uncached_page = create(:alchemy_page, :public, page_layout: "uncached_layout")
+
+          get "/#{uncached_page.urlname}"
+
+          expect(response.headers).to have_key("Cache-Control")
+          expect(response.headers["Cache-Control"]).to eq("max-age=60, public, must-revalidate")
+        end
+
+        it "renders without conditional cache revalidation when a published element disables page caching" do
+          create(:alchemy_element, name: "uncached_element", page_version: page.public_version)
+
+          expect_any_instance_of(Alchemy::PagesController).not_to receive(:stale?)
+
+          get "/#{page.urlname}", headers: {"If-None-Match" => "\"cached-page\""}
+
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+        end
+      end
+
       it "does not set last-modified header" do
         get "/#{page.urlname}"
         expect(response.headers).to_not have_key("Last-Modified")