diff --git a/slogging/internal_proxy.py b/slogging/internal_proxy.py
index 5ddadff..ac9916a 100644
--- a/slogging/internal_proxy.py
+++ b/slogging/internal_proxy.py
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ class InternalProxy(object):
     :param retries: number of times to retry each request
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, proxy_server_conf=None, logger=None, retries=0):
-        self.upload_app = BaseApplication(proxy_server_conf, logger=logger)
+    def __init__(self, proxy_server_conf=None, logger=None, retries=0,
+                 memcache=None):
+        self.upload_app = BaseApplication(proxy_server_conf, memcache=memcache,
+                                          logger=logger)
         self.retries = retries
 
     def _handle_request(self, req, source_file=None, compress=True):
diff --git a/slogging/log_common.py b/slogging/log_common.py
index 56a90c4..9e9ac30 100644
--- a/slogging/log_common.py
+++ b/slogging/log_common.py
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ class LogProcessorCommon(object):
                 proxy_server_conf = None
             self._internal_proxy = InternalProxy(proxy_server_conf,
                                                  self.logger,
-                                                 retries=3)
+                                                 retries=3,
+                                                 memcache=self.memcache)
         return self._internal_proxy
 
     def calculate_lookback(self):