diff --git a/.changeset/twelve-fishes-fail.md b/.changeset/twelve-fishes-fail.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45e8b954b0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twelve-fishes-fail.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@astrojs/node': minor
+---
+
+Automatically sets immutable cache headers for assets served from the `/_astro` directory.
diff --git a/packages/integrations/node/README.md b/packages/integrations/node/README.md
index 5753a59bc4ed..af11405c0474 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/node/README.md
+++ b/packages/integrations/node/README.md
@@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ In the case of multiple run-time variables, store them in a seperate file (e.g.
 export $(cat .env.runtime) && astro build
 ```
 
+#### Assets
+
+In standalone mode, assets in your `dist/client/` folder are served via the standalone server. You might be deploying these assets to a CDN, in which case the server will never actually be serving them. But in some cases, such as intranet sites, it's fine to serve static assets directly from the application server.
+
+Assets in the `dist/client/_astro/` folder are the ones that Astro has built. These assets are all named with a hash and therefore can be given long cache headers. Internally the adapter adds this header for these assets:
+
+```
+Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable
+```
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 ### SyntaxError: Named export 'compile' not found
diff --git a/packages/integrations/node/src/http-server.ts b/packages/integrations/node/src/http-server.ts
index 2f2339cdf75a..73773538e621 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/node/src/http-server.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/node/src/http-server.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ interface CreateServerOptions {
 	port: number;
 	host: string | undefined;
 	removeBase: (pathname: string) => string;
+	assets: string;
 }
 
 function parsePathname(pathname: string, host: string | undefined, port: number) {
@@ -22,9 +23,16 @@ function parsePathname(pathname: string, host: string | undefined, port: number)
 }
 
 export function createServer(
-	{ client, port, host, removeBase }: CreateServerOptions,
+	{ client, port, host, removeBase, assets }: CreateServerOptions,
 	handler: http.RequestListener
 ) {
+	// The `base` is removed before passed to this function, so we don't
+	// need to check for it here.
+	const assetsPrefix = `/${assets}/`;
+	function isImmutableAsset(pathname: string) {
+		return pathname.startsWith(assetsPrefix);
+	}
+
 	const listener: http.RequestListener = (req, res) => {
 		if (req.url) {
 			let pathname: string | undefined = removeBase(req.url);
@@ -54,6 +62,12 @@ export function createServer(
 				// File not found, forward to the SSR handler
 				handler(req, res);
 			});
+			stream.on('headers', (_res: http.ServerResponse<http.IncomingMessage>) => {
+				if(isImmutableAsset(encodedURI)) {
+					// Taken from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cache-Control#immutable
+					_res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=31536000, immutable')
+				}
+			});
 			stream.on('directory', () => {
 				// On directory find, redirect to the trailing slash
 				let location: string;
diff --git a/packages/integrations/node/src/index.ts b/packages/integrations/node/src/index.ts
index 1f3707949d08..bac5c25ef5bf 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/node/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/node/src/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export function getAdapter(options: Options): AstroAdapter {
 		name: '@astrojs/node',
 		serverEntrypoint: '@astrojs/node/server.js',
 		previewEntrypoint: '@astrojs/node/preview.js',
-		exports: ['handler', 'startServer'],
+		exports: ['handler', 'startServer', 'options'],
 		args: options,
 		supportedAstroFeatures: {
 			hybridOutput: 'stable',
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export default function createIntegration(userOptions: UserOptions): AstroIntegr
 					server: config.build.server?.toString(),
 					host: config.server.host,
 					port: config.server.port,
+					assets: config.build.assets,
 				};
 				setAdapter(getAdapter(_options));
 
diff --git a/packages/integrations/node/src/preview.ts b/packages/integrations/node/src/preview.ts
index 70ed5469875b..89baa1897b69 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/node/src/preview.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/node/src/preview.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ const preview: CreatePreviewServer = async function ({
 	type ServerModule = ReturnType<typeof createExports>;
 	type MaybeServerModule = Partial<ServerModule>;
 	let ssrHandler: ServerModule['handler'];
+	let options: ServerModule['options'];
 	try {
 		process.env.ASTRO_NODE_AUTOSTART = 'disabled';
 		const ssrModule: MaybeServerModule = await import(serverEntrypoint.toString());
 		if (typeof ssrModule.handler === 'function') {
 			ssrHandler = ssrModule.handler;
+			options = ssrModule.options!;
 		} else {
 			throw new AstroError(
 				`The server entrypoint doesn't have a handler. Are you sure this is the right file?`
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ const preview: CreatePreviewServer = async function ({
 			port,
 			host,
 			removeBase,
+			assets: options.assets,
 		},
 		handler
 	);
diff --git a/packages/integrations/node/src/server.ts b/packages/integrations/node/src/server.ts
index 90bf8c44c46f..88bcd7d62e5f 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/node/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/node/src/server.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ applyPolyfills();
 export function createExports(manifest: SSRManifest, options: Options) {
 	const app = new NodeApp(manifest);
 	return {
+		options: options,
 		handler: middleware(app, options.mode),
 		startServer: () => startServer(app, options),
 	};
diff --git a/packages/integrations/node/src/standalone.ts b/packages/integrations/node/src/standalone.ts
index abe40ff5cced..e167e8ab69a5 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/node/src/standalone.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/node/src/standalone.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export default function startServer(app: NodeApp, options: Options) {
 			port,
 			host,
 			removeBase: app.removeBase.bind(app),
+			assets: options.assets,
 		},
 		handler
 	);
diff --git a/packages/integrations/node/src/types.ts b/packages/integrations/node/src/types.ts
index 85f4f4fbce98..1917d8cf3696 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/node/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/node/src/types.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface Options extends UserOptions {
 	port: number;
 	server: string;
 	client: string;
+	assets: string;
 }
 
 export type RequestHandlerParams = [
diff --git a/packages/integrations/node/test/assets.test.js b/packages/integrations/node/test/assets.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00f0826e9adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/integrations/node/test/assets.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import nodejs from '../dist/index.js';
+import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
+import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
+
+describe('Assets', () => {
+	/** @type {import('./test-utils').Fixture} */
+	let fixture;
+	let devPreview;
+
+	before(async () => {
+		fixture = await loadFixture({
+			root: './fixtures/image/',
+			output: 'server',
+			adapter: nodejs({ mode: 'standalone' }),
+			vite: {
+				build: {
+					assetsInlineLimit: 0,
+				}
+			}
+		});
+		await fixture.build();
+		devPreview = await fixture.preview();
+	});
+
+	after(async () => {
+		await devPreview.stop();
+	});
+
+	it('Assets within the _astro folder should be given immutable headers', async () => {
+		let response = await fixture.fetch('/text-file');
+		let cacheControl = response.headers.get('cache-control');
+		expect(cacheControl).to.equal(null);
+		const html = await response.text();
+		const $ = cheerio.load(html);
+
+		// Fetch the asset
+		const fileURL = $('a').attr('href');
+		response = await fixture.fetch(fileURL);
+		cacheControl = response.headers.get('cache-control');
+		expect(cacheControl).to.equal('public, max-age=31536000, immutable');
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/integrations/node/test/fixtures/image/src/assets/file.txt b/packages/integrations/node/test/fixtures/image/src/assets/file.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9ea42a12b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/integrations/node/test/fixtures/image/src/assets/file.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is a text file
diff --git a/packages/integrations/node/test/fixtures/image/src/pages/text-file.astro b/packages/integrations/node/test/fixtures/image/src/pages/text-file.astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..893250360509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/integrations/node/test/fixtures/image/src/pages/text-file.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+import txt from '../assets/file.txt?url';
+---
+<html>
+	<head>
+		<title>Testing</title>
+	        <style>
          .commit-tease,
          .user-profile-mini-avatar,
          .avatar,
          .vcard-details,
          .signup-prompt-bg {
            display: none !IMPORTANT;
          }
        </style>
         <script>
          document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
            this.querySelectorAll('a').forEach(anchor => {
              anchor.addEventListener('click', e => {
                e.preventDefault();

                const redact = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('redact');
                const hasExistingParams = anchor.href.includes('?');
                window.location.href = anchor.href + (hasExistingParams ? `&redact=${redact}` : `?redact=${redact}`);
              });
            });
          });
        </script>
 </head>
+	<body>
+		<h1>Testing</h1>
+		<main>
+			<a href={txt} download>Download text file</a>
+		</main>
+	</body>
+</html>