diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 66c3eb20..c4a84140 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
 #    Valid values are TLSv1, SSLv23 and SSLv3. SSLv2 may be
 #    available on some distributions.
 #    Defaults to 'TLSv1'
+#  [*memcached_servers*]
+#    (optional) A list of memcached server(s) to use for caching.
+#    Defaults to undef
 #
 # [*qpid_hostname*]
 # [*qpid_port*]
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ class ceilometer(
   $kombu_ssl_certfile                 = undef,
   $kombu_ssl_keyfile                  = undef,
   $kombu_ssl_version                  = 'TLSv1',
+  $memcached_servers                  = undef,
   $qpid_hostname                      = 'localhost',
   $qpid_port                          = 5672,
   $qpid_username                      = 'guest',
@@ -304,4 +308,17 @@ class ceilometer(
     }
   }
 
+  if $memcached_servers {
+    validate_array($memcached_servers)
+  }
+
+  if $memcached_servers {
+    ceilometer_config {
+      'DEFAULT/memcached_servers': value  => join($memcached_servers, ',')
+    }
+  } else {
+    ceilometer_config {
+      'DEFAULT/memcached_servers': ensure => absent;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
index 9b151293..c582fa13 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
@@ -331,6 +331,16 @@ describe 'ceilometer' do
     end
   end
 
+  shared_examples_for 'memcached support' do
+    context "with memcached enabled" do
+      before { params.merge!(
+        :memcached_servers => ['1.2.3.4','1.2.3.5']
+      ) }
+
+      it { is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('DEFAULT/memcached_servers').with_value('1.2.3.4,1.2.3.5') }
+    end
+  end
+
   context 'on Debian platforms' do
     let :facts do
       { :osfamily => 'Debian' }