diff --git a/manifests/php.pp b/manifests/php.pp
index 559684c..a868220 100644
--- a/manifests/php.pp
+++ b/manifests/php.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ class mediawiki::php {
     'php5-mysql',
     'php-apc',
     'php5-intl',
-    'php-openid']:
+    'php-openid',
+    'php5-memcached']:
     ensure => present,
   }
   # TODO: apc configuration