diff --git a/default/config.yaml b/default/config.yaml
index e7fe7e196..00476a198 100644
--- a/default/config.yaml
+++ b/default/config.yaml
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ claude:
   # should be ideal for most use cases.
   # Any value other than a non-negative integer will be ignored and caching at depth will not be enabled.
   cachingAtDepth: -1
+  # Use 1h TTL instead of the default 5m.
+  ## 5m: base price x 1.25
+  ## 1h: base price x 2
+  extendedTTL: false
 # -- GOOGLE GEMINI API CONFIGURATION --
 gemini:
   # API endpoint version ("v1beta" or "v1alpha")
diff --git a/src/endpoints/backends/chat-completions.js b/src/endpoints/backends/chat-completions.js
index b357d3935..50ad3548b 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/backends/chat-completions.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/backends/chat-completions.js
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ async function sendClaudeRequest(request, response) {
         const convertedPrompt = convertClaudeMessages(request.body.messages, request.body.assistant_prefill, useSystemPrompt, useTools, getPromptNames(request));
         const useThinking = /^claude-(3-7|opus-4|sonnet-4)/.test(request.body.model) && Boolean(request.body.include_reasoning);
         const useWebSearch = /^claude-(3-5|3-7|opus-4|sonnet-4)/.test(request.body.model) && Boolean(request.body.enable_web_search);
+        const cacheTTL = getConfigValue('claude.extendedTTL', false, 'boolean') ? '1h' : '5m';
         let fixThinkingPrefill = false;
         // Add custom stop sequences
         const stopSequences = [];
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ async function sendClaudeRequest(request, response) {
         };
         if (useSystemPrompt) {
             if (enableSystemPromptCache && Array.isArray(convertedPrompt.systemPrompt) && convertedPrompt.systemPrompt.length) {
-                convertedPrompt.systemPrompt[convertedPrompt.systemPrompt.length - 1]['cache_control'] = { type: 'ephemeral', ttl: '1h' };
+                convertedPrompt.systemPrompt[convertedPrompt.systemPrompt.length - 1]['cache_control'] = { type: 'ephemeral', ttl: cacheTTL };
             }
 
             requestBody.system = convertedPrompt.systemPrompt;
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ async function sendClaudeRequest(request, response) {
                 .map(fn => ({ name: fn.name, description: fn.description, input_schema: fn.parameters }));
 
             if (enableSystemPromptCache && requestBody.tools.length) {
-                requestBody.tools[requestBody.tools.length - 1]['cache_control'] = { type: 'ephemeral', ttl: '1h' };
+                requestBody.tools[requestBody.tools.length - 1]['cache_control'] = { type: 'ephemeral', ttl: cacheTTL };
             }
         }
 
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ async function sendClaudeRequest(request, response) {
         }
 
         if (cachingAtDepth !== -1) {
-            cachingAtDepthForClaude(convertedPrompt.messages, cachingAtDepth);
+            cachingAtDepthForClaude(convertedPrompt.messages, cachingAtDepth, cacheTTL);
         }
 
         if (enableSystemPromptCache || cachingAtDepth !== -1) {
diff --git a/src/prompt-converters.js b/src/prompt-converters.js
index d882f92e0..70a77101e 100644
--- a/src/prompt-converters.js
+++ b/src/prompt-converters.js
@@ -854,7 +854,13 @@ export function convertTextCompletionPrompt(messages) {
     return messageStrings.join('\n') + '\nassistant:';
 }
 
-export function cachingAtDepthForClaude(messages, cachingAtDepth) {
+/**
+ * Append cache_control object to a Claude messages at depth. Directly modifies the messages array.
+ * @param {any[]} messages Messages to modify
+ * @param {number} cachingAtDepth Depth at which caching is supposed to occur
+ * @param {string} ttl TTL value
+ */
+export function cachingAtDepthForClaude(messages, cachingAtDepth, ttl) {
     let passedThePrefill = false;
     let depth = 0;
     let previousRoleName = '';
@@ -869,7 +875,7 @@ export function cachingAtDepthForClaude(messages, cachingAtDepth) {
         if (messages[i].role !== previousRoleName) {
             if (depth === cachingAtDepth || depth === cachingAtDepth + 2) {
                 const content = messages[i].content;
-                content[content.length - 1].cache_control = { type: 'ephemeral', ttl: '1h' };
+                content[content.length - 1].cache_control = { type: 'ephemeral', ttl: ttl };
             }
 
             if (depth === cachingAtDepth + 2) {