diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/default_middleware_stack.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/default_middleware_stack.rb
index 570ff02c833027c5039153d2e134dcf3820f836e..a00afe008c0c55847f045d07089438d49b7c31a1 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/default_middleware_stack.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/default_middleware_stack.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ def initialize(app, config, paths)
 
       def build_stack
         ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack.new.tap do |middleware|
-          if rack_cache = load_rack_cache
-            require "action_dispatch/http/rack_cache"
-            middleware.use ::Rack::Cache, rack_cache
-          end
-
           if config.force_ssl
             middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::SSL, config.ssl_options
           end
@@ -26,6 +21,11 @@ def build_stack
             middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Static, paths["public"].first, config.static_cache_control
           end
 
+          if rack_cache = load_rack_cache
+            require "action_dispatch/http/rack_cache"
+            middleware.use ::Rack::Cache, rack_cache
+          end
+
           middleware.use ::Rack::Lock unless allow_concurrency?
           middleware.use ::Rack::Runtime
           middleware.use ::Rack::MethodOverride
diff --git a/railties/test/application/middleware_test.rb b/railties/test/application/middleware_test.rb
index 20d1d76d7895a0791832f4cbd5d884eaa9e4de3a..1557b90d2729958ab89923d3295fa8691a93301d 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/middleware_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/middleware_test.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def app
 
       boot!
 
-      assert_equal "Rack::Cache", middleware.first
+      assert middleware.include?("Rack::Cache")
     end
 
     test "ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending is present when active_record.migration_error is set to :page_load" do