diff --git a/src/templates/index.html b/src/templates/index.html
index 626630e3e..a52b2ae5b 100644
--- a/src/templates/index.html
+++ b/src/templates/index.html
@@ -34,6 +34,21 @@
         <link rel="shortcut icon" href="<%=settings.favicon%>">
 
         <link rel="localizations" type="application/l10n+json" href="locales.json">
+	<link rel="prefetch" href="static/css/pad.css">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="static/custom/pad.css">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="static/js/html10n.js">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="static/js/l10n.js">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="static/js/require-kernel.js">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="javascripts/lib/ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pad.js?callback=require.define">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="javascripts/lib/ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/ace2_common.js?callback=require.define">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="static/custom/pad.js">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="pluginfw/plugin-definitions.json">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="javascripts/lib/ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/ace2_inner.js?callback=require.define">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="locales.json">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="javascripts/lib/ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/ace2_common.js?callback=require.define">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="javascripts/lib/ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/ace2_inner.js?callback=require.define">
+        <link rel="prefetch" href="javascripts/lib/unorm/lib/unorm.js?callback=require.define">
+
         <script type="text/javascript" src="static/js/html10n.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="static/js/l10n.js"></script>