diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Configuration/DefaultConfiguration.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Configuration/DefaultConfiguration.php
index f3cf53fca0a1aa7fb468cdb2b05047ffb9055bdd..dea48e1b270898d5f9da6097f71ecde2e37769ad 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Configuration/DefaultConfiguration.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Configuration/DefaultConfiguration.php
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ return array(
 					'frontend' => 'TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache\Frontend\VariableFrontend',
 					'backend' => 'TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache\Backend\Typo3DatabaseBackend',
 					'options' => array(
-						'compression' => TRUE
+						'compression' => TRUE,
+						'defaultLifetime' => 2592000   //  30 days; set this to a lower value in case your cache gets too big
 					),
 					'groups' => array('pages', 'all')
 				),