diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 8e5452712..28db72a99 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -915,6 +915,10 @@ Other changes:
    channels.
    Bugzilla Report 30094.
 
+ * <get> has a new attribute that can be used to disable caching on
+   HTTP connections at the HttpUrlConnection level.
+   Bugzilla Report 41891.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.7.0 TO Ant 1.7.1
 =============================================
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/get.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/get.html
index bc89e225b..4e602aeda 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/get.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/get.html
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ plain text' authentication is used. This is only secure over an HTTPS link.
       <em>since Ant 1.8.0</em></td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No; default "false"</td>
   </tr>
+   <tr>
+    <td valign="top">httpusecaches</td>
+    <td valign="top">HTTP only - if true, allow caching at the
+      HttpUrlConnection level.  if false, turn caching off.<br/>
+      <b>Note</b> this is only a hint to the underlying UrlConnection
+      class, implementations and proxies are free to ignore the
+      setting.</td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top">No; default "true"</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 <h3>Examples</h3>
 <pre>  &lt;get src=&quot;http://ant.apache.org/&quot; dest=&quot;help/index.html&quot;/&gt;</pre>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
index f64a1272b..ca9550a6b 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public class Get extends Task {
     private long maxTime = 0;
     private int numberRetries = NUMBER_RETRIES;
     private boolean skipExisting = false;
+    private boolean httpUseCaches = true; // on by default
 
     /**
      * Does the work.
@@ -303,6 +304,20 @@ public class Get extends Task {
         this.skipExisting = s;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * HTTP connections only - control caching on the
+     * HttpUrlConnection: httpConnection.setUseCaches(); if false, do
+     * not allow caching on the HttpUrlConnection.
+     *
+     * <p>Defaults to true (allow caching, which is also the
+     * HttpUrlConnection default value.</p>
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
+     */
+    public void setHttpUseCaches(boolean httpUseCache) {
+        this.httpUseCaches = httpUseCache;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Interface implemented for reporting
      * progess of downloading.
@@ -507,6 +522,8 @@ public class Get extends Task {
             if (connection instanceof HttpURLConnection) {
                 ((HttpURLConnection) connection)
                         .setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
+                ((HttpURLConnection) connection)
+                        .setUseCaches(httpUseCaches);
             }
             // connect to the remote site (may take some time)
             connection.connect();
@@ -514,8 +531,6 @@ public class Get extends Task {
             // First check on a 301 / 302 (moved) response (HTTP only)
             if (connection instanceof HttpURLConnection) {
                 HttpURLConnection httpConnection = (HttpURLConnection) connection;
-              //  httpConnection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
-              //  httpConnection.setUseCaches(false);
                 int responseCode = httpConnection.getResponseCode();
                 if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_PERM || 
                         responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_TEMP ||