diff --git a/geniza/corpus/tests/test_corpus_views.py b/geniza/corpus/tests/test_corpus_views.py
index bf0b7ecf6..fbd760eef 100644
--- a/geniza/corpus/tests/test_corpus_views.py
+++ b/geniza/corpus/tests/test_corpus_views.py
@@ -96,6 +96,25 @@ def test_get_absolute_url(self, document):
             document.get_absolute_url()
         )
 
+    def test_last_modified(self, client, document, join):
+        """Ensure that the last modified header is set in the HEAD response"""
+        SolrClient().update.index([document.index_data()], commit=True)
+        response = client.head(document.get_absolute_url())
+        assert response["Last-Modified"]
+        init_last_modified = response["Last-Modified"]
+
+        # Sleeping is required to ensure that the last modified header is different.
+        sleep(1)
+
+        # Ensure that only one last modified header is updated when a document is updated.
+        SolrClient().update.index([join.index_data()], commit=True)
+        updated_doc_response = client.head(join.get_absolute_url())
+        other_doc_response = client.head(document.get_absolute_url())
+        assert (
+            updated_doc_response["Last-Modified"] != other_doc_response["Last-Modified"]
+        )
+        assert init_last_modified == other_doc_response["Last-Modified"]
+
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_old_pgp_tabulate_data():
@@ -601,6 +620,25 @@ def test_dispatch(self, client):
         # should not redirect
         assert response.status_code == 200
 
+    def test_last_modified(self, client, document):
+        """Ensure that the last modified header is set in the response"""
+        SolrClient().update.index([document.index_data()], commit=True)
+        response = client.head(reverse("corpus:document-search"))
+        assert response["Last-Modified"]
+        init_last_modified = response["Last-Modified"]
+
+        # Sleep to ensure the last modified header is different. Last-Modified only
+        #  has a resolution of 1 second.
+        sleep(1)
+
+        # Ensure that a document being suppressed changes the last modified header
+        document.status = Document.SUPPRESSED
+        document.save()
+        SolrClient().update.index([document.index_data()], commit=True)
+        response = client.head(reverse("corpus:document-search"))
+        new_last_modified = response["Last-Modified"]
+        assert new_last_modified != init_last_modified
+
 
 class TestDocumentScholarshipView:
     def test_page_title(self, document, client, source):
diff --git a/geniza/corpus/views.py b/geniza/corpus/views.py
index 4a129158f..6dae8a3a6 100644
--- a/geniza/corpus/views.py
+++ b/geniza/corpus/views.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from django.utils.translation import ngettext
 from django.views.generic import DetailView, FormView, ListView
 from django.views.generic.edit import FormMixin
+from parasolr.django.views import SolrLastModifiedMixin
 from piffle.presentation import IIIFPresentation
 from tabular_export.admin import export_to_csv_response
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 from geniza.footnotes.models import Footnote
 
 
-class DocumentSearchView(ListView, FormMixin):
+class DocumentSearchView(ListView, FormMixin, SolrLastModifiedMixin):
     model = Document
     form_class = DocumentSearchForm
     context_object_name = "documents"
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class DocumentSearchView(ListView, FormMixin):
     page_description = _("Search and browse Geniza documents.")
     paginate_by = 50
     initial = {"sort": "random"}
+    solr_lastmodified_filters = {"item_type_s": "document"}
 
     # map form sort to solr sort field
     solr_sort = {
@@ -192,8 +194,8 @@ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         return context_data
 
 
-class DocumentPastIdMixin:
-    """View mixin to handle redirects for documents with old PGPIDs.
+class DocumentDetailBase(SolrLastModifiedMixin):
+    """View mixin to handle lastmodified and redirects for documents with old PGPIDs.
     Overrides get request in the case of a 404, looking for any records
     with passed PGPID in old_pgpids, and if found, redirects to that document
     with current PGPID."""
@@ -213,8 +215,12 @@ def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
             # otherwise, continue raising the 404
             raise
 
+    def get_solr_lastmodified_filters(self):
+        """Filter solr last modified query by pgpid"""
+        return {"pgpid_i": self.kwargs["pk"], "item_type_s": "document"}
 
-class DocumentDetailView(DocumentPastIdMixin, DetailView):
+
+class DocumentDetailView(DocumentDetailBase, DetailView):
     """public display of a single :class:`~geniza.corpus.models.Document`"""
 
     model = Document