diff --git a/packages/next/src/client/components/app-router-headers.ts b/packages/next/src/client/components/app-router-headers.ts
index ac9b33615a129b..940ba3e7ba73be 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/client/components/app-router-headers.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/client/components/app-router-headers.ts
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ export const FLIGHT_HEADERS = [
 
 export const NEXT_RSC_UNION_QUERY = '_rsc' as const
 
+// TODO: Rebase on Seb's PR
+export const NEXT_ROUTER_STALE_TIME_HEADER = 'x-nextjs-stale-time' as const
 export const NEXT_DID_POSTPONE_HEADER = 'x-nextjs-postponed' as const
 export const NEXT_IS_PRERENDER_HEADER = 'x-nextjs-prerender' as const
diff --git a/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/fetch-server-response.ts b/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/fetch-server-response.ts
index 634c6e2c79bbe2..46ef02e6e2be27 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/fetch-server-response.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/fetch-server-response.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   RSC_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER,
   NEXT_HMR_REFRESH_HEADER,
   NEXT_DID_POSTPONE_HEADER,
+  NEXT_ROUTER_STALE_TIME_HEADER,
 } from '../app-router-headers'
 import { callServer } from '../../app-call-server'
 import { findSourceMapURL } from '../../app-find-source-map-url'
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export type FetchServerResponseResult = {
   couldBeIntercepted: boolean
   prerendered: boolean
   postponed: boolean
+  staleTime: number
 }
 
 function urlToUrlWithoutFlightMarker(url: string): URL {
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ function doMpaNavigation(url: string): FetchServerResponseResult {
     couldBeIntercepted: false,
     prerendered: false,
     postponed: false,
+    staleTime: -1,
   }
 }
 
@@ -177,6 +180,9 @@ export async function fetchServerResponse(
     const contentType = res.headers.get('content-type') || ''
     const interception = !!res.headers.get('vary')?.includes(NEXT_URL)
     const postponed = !!res.headers.get(NEXT_DID_POSTPONE_HEADER)
+    const staleTimeHeader = res.headers.get(NEXT_ROUTER_STALE_TIME_HEADER)
+    const staleTime =
+      staleTimeHeader !== null ? parseInt(staleTimeHeader, 10) : -1
     let isFlightResponse = contentType.startsWith(RSC_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER)
 
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
@@ -222,6 +228,7 @@ export async function fetchServerResponse(
       couldBeIntercepted: interception,
       prerendered: response.S,
       postponed,
+      staleTime,
     }
   } catch (err) {
     console.error(
@@ -237,6 +244,7 @@ export async function fetchServerResponse(
       couldBeIntercepted: false,
       prerendered: false,
       postponed: false,
+      staleTime: -1,
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/prefetch-cache-utils.ts b/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/prefetch-cache-utils.ts
index 9e353cfc23ed53..4984dd52b8ec8e 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/prefetch-cache-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/prefetch-cache-utils.ts
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ export function createSeededPrefetchCacheEntry({
     kind,
     prefetchTime: Date.now(),
     lastUsedTime: Date.now(),
+    staleTime: -1,
     key: prefetchCacheKey,
     status: PrefetchCacheEntryStatus.fresh,
     url,
@@ -360,6 +361,11 @@ function createLazyPrefetchEntry({
         )
         if (existingCacheEntry) {
           existingCacheEntry.kind = PrefetchKind.FULL
+          if (prefetchResponse.staleTime !== -1) {
+            // This is the stale time that was collected by the server during
+            // static generation. Use this in place of the default stale time.
+            existingCacheEntry.staleTime = prefetchResponse.staleTime
+          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -373,6 +379,7 @@ function createLazyPrefetchEntry({
     kind,
     prefetchTime: Date.now(),
     lastUsedTime: null,
+    staleTime: -1,
     key: prefetchCacheKey,
     status: PrefetchCacheEntryStatus.fresh,
     url,
@@ -408,7 +415,22 @@ function getPrefetchEntryCacheStatus({
   kind,
   prefetchTime,
   lastUsedTime,
+  staleTime,
 }: PrefetchCacheEntry): PrefetchCacheEntryStatus {
+  if (staleTime !== -1) {
+    // `staleTime` is the value sent by the server during static generation.
+    // When this is available, it takes precedence over any of the heuristics
+    // that follow.
+    //
+    // TODO: When PPR is enabled, the server will *always* return a stale time
+    // when prefetching. We should never use a prefetch entry that hasn't yet
+    // received data from the server. So the only two cases should be 1) we use
+    // the server-generated stale time 2) the unresolved entry is discarded.
+    return Date.now() < prefetchTime + staleTime
+      ? PrefetchCacheEntryStatus.fresh
+      : PrefetchCacheEntryStatus.stale
+  }
+
   // We will re-use the cache entry data for up to the `dynamic` staletime window.
   if (Date.now() < (lastUsedTime ?? prefetchTime) + DYNAMIC_STALETIME_MS) {
     return lastUsedTime
diff --git a/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/router-reducer-types.ts b/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/router-reducer-types.ts
index b5cb9a3fdf3a6c..0be11bee972725 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/router-reducer-types.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/client/components/router-reducer/router-reducer-types.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ export type PrefetchCacheEntry = {
   data: Promise<FetchServerResponseResult>
   kind: PrefetchKind
   prefetchTime: number
+  staleTime: number
   lastUsedTime: number | null
   key: string
   status: PrefetchCacheEntryStatus