diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index 82d5f22fdd..268d16fecb 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function _ceilometer_config_apache_wsgi {
 function _ceilometer_prepare_coordination {
     if echo $CEILOMETER_COORDINATION_URL | grep -q '^memcached:'; then
         install_package memcached
-    elif echo $CEILOMETER_COORDINATION_URL | grep -q '^redis:'; then
+    elif [[ "${CEILOMETER_COORDINATOR_URL%%:*}" == "redis" || "${CEILOMETER_CACHE_BACKEND##*.}" == "redis" ]]; then
         _ceilometer_install_redis
     fi
 }
@@ -218,6 +218,20 @@ function cleanup_ceilometer {
     fi
 }
 
+# Set configuraiton for cache backend.
+# NOTE(cdent): This currently only works for redis. Still working
+# out how to express the other backends.
+function _ceilometer_configure_cache_backend {
+    iniset $CEILOMETER_CONF cache backend $CEILOMETER_CACHE_BACKEND
+    iniset $CEILOMETER_CONF cache backend_argument url:$CEILOMETER_CACHE_URL
+    iniadd_literal $CEILOMETER_CONF cache backend_argument distributed_lock:True
+    if [[ "${CEILOMETER_CACHE_BACKEND##*.}" == "redis" ]]; then
+        iniadd_literal $CEILOMETER_CONF cache backend_argument db:0
+        iniadd_literal $CEILOMETER_CONF cache backend_argument redis_expiration_time:600
+    fi
+}
+
+
 # Set configuration for storage backend.
 function _ceilometer_configure_storage_backend {
     if [ "$CEILOMETER_BACKEND" = 'mysql' ] || [ "$CEILOMETER_BACKEND" = 'postgresql' ] ; then
@@ -253,6 +267,10 @@ function configure_ceilometer {
         iniset $CEILOMETER_CONF compute workload_partitioning True
     fi
 
+    if [[ -n "$CEILOMETER_CACHE_BACKEND" ]]; then
+        _ceilometer_configure_cache_backend
+    fi
+
     # Install the policy file and declarative configuration files to
     # the conf dir.
     # NOTE(cdent): Do not make this a glob as it will conflict
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index 4afcd50da1..db0ab8e230 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ CEILOMETER_EVENTS=${CEILOMETER_EVENTS:-True}
 CEILOMETER_COORDINATION_URL=${CEILOMETER_COORDINATION_URL:-}
 CEILOMETER_PIPELINE_INTERVAL=${CEILOMETER_PIPELINE_INTERVAL:-}
 
+# Cache Options
+# NOTE(cdent): These are incomplete and specific for this testing.
+CEILOMETER_CACHE_BACKEND=${CEILOMETER_CACHE_BACKEND:-dogpile.cache.redis}
+CEILOMETER_CACHE_URL=${CEILOMETER_CACHE_URL:-redis://localhost:6379}
+
 CEILOMETER_EVENT_ALARM=${CEILOMETER_EVENT_ALARM:-False}
 
 # Tell Tempest this project is present