diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 59d9844f..a6b942dc 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 1.3.9
 -----
 * Do not choke on multiple `skipfields` parameter
+* Do not request caching of TRUNCATE queries
 
 1.3.8
 -----
diff --git a/app/controllers/app.js b/app/controllers/app.js
index b390bd08..aeceeb14 100755
--- a/app/controllers/app.js
+++ b/app/controllers/app.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ app.get('/api/v1/cachestatus',  function(req, res) { handleCacheStatus(req, res)
 //
 function queryMayWrite(sql) {
   var mayWrite = false;
-  var pattern = RegExp("(alter|insert|update|delete|create|drop)", "i");
+  var pattern = RegExp("(alter|insert|update|delete|create|drop|truncate)", "i");
   if ( pattern.test(sql) ) {
     mayWrite = true;
   }
diff --git a/test/acceptance/app.test.js b/test/acceptance/app.test.js
index 3c07b475..1b60dfa9 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/app.test.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/app.test.js
@@ -445,6 +445,39 @@ test('multistatement insert, alter, select, begin, commit', function(done){
     });
 });
 
+test('TRUNCATE TABLE with GET and auth', function(done){
+    assert.response(app, {
+        url: "/api/v1/sql?" + querystring.stringify({
+          q: 'TRUNCATE TABLE test_table',
+          api_key: 1234
+        }),
+        headers: {host: 'vizzuality.cartodb.com'},
+        method: 'GET'
+    },{}, function(res) {
+      assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200, res.statusCode + ': ' + res.body);
+      assert.equal(res.headers['x-cache-channel'], 'NONE');
+      assert.equal(res.headers['cache-control'], expected_cache_control);
+      var pbody = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      assert.equal(pbody.rows.length, 0);
+      assert.response(app, {
+          url: "/api/v1/sql?" + querystring.stringify({
+            q: 'SELECT count(*) FROM test_table',
+            api_key: 1234
+          }),
+          headers: {host: 'vizzuality.cartodb.com'},
+          method: 'GET'
+      },{}, function(res) {
+        assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200, res.statusCode + ': ' + res.body);
+        assert.equal(res.headers['x-cache-channel'], 'cartodb_test_user_1_db:test_table');
+        assert.equal(res.headers['cache-control'], expected_cache_control);
+        var pbody = JSON.parse(res.body);
+        assert.equal(pbody.total_rows, 1);
+        assert.equal(pbody.rows[0]['count'], 0);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+});
+
 test('DROP TABLE with GET and auth', function(done){
     assert.response(app, {
         url: "/api/v1/sql?" + querystring.stringify({