diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 65e77a1..cf2bfaf 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class openstack_health::api(
     version    => 'system',
   }
 
+  class { '::memcached':
+    max_memory => '60%',
+    listen_ip  => '127.0.0.1',
+  }
+
   vcsrepo { $elastic_recheck_dir :
     ensure   => latest,
     owner    => 'openstack_health',
@@ -95,9 +100,16 @@ class openstack_health::api(
     ensure => present,
   }
 
+  package {'libmemcached-dev':
+    ensure => present,
+  }
+
   exec { 'requirements':
-    command     => "${virtualenv_dir}/bin/pip install -U -r ${source_dir}/requirements.txt",
-    require     => Python::Virtualenv[$virtualenv_dir],
+    command     => "${virtualenv_dir}/bin/pip install -U -r ${source_dir}/requirements.txt pylibmc",
+    require     => [
+      Python::Virtualenv[$virtualenv_dir],
+      Package['libmemcached-dev'],
+    ],
     subscribe   => Vcsrepo[$source_dir],
     refreshonly => true,
     timeout     => 1800,
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 99bb290..90cd9fa 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "dependencies": [
-    {"name":"openstackinfra/vcsrepo","version_requirement":">= 0.0.8"}
+    {"name":"openstackinfra/vcsrepo","version_requirement":">= 0.0.8"},
+    {"name":"saz/memcached","version_requirement":">= 2.8.1"}
   ]
 }
diff --git a/templates/openstack-health.conf.erb b/templates/openstack-health.conf.erb
index c54c0c1..d9921f3 100644
--- a/templates/openstack-health.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/openstack-health.conf.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [default]
 query_dir = <%= @elastic_recheck_dir %>/queries
 cache_expiration = <%= @cache_expiration %>
+cache_backend = dogpile.cache.pylibmc
+cache_url = 127.0.0.1
 db_uri = <%= scope.lookupvar("openstack_health::api::db_uri") %>
 <% if @ignored_keys.length > 0 -%>
 ignored_run_metadata_keys =