diff --git a/manifests/cache.pp b/manifests/cache.pp
index 1bd725ca..f04d9d5d 100644
--- a/manifests/cache.pp
+++ b/manifests/cache.pp
@@ -167,6 +167,21 @@
 #   be available.
 #   Default to $::os_service_default
 #
+# [*enable_retry_client*]
+#   (Optional) Enable retry client mechanisms to handle failure.
+#   Those mechanisms can be used to wrap all kind of pymemcache
+#   clients. The wrapper allows you to define how many attempts
+#   to make and how long to wait between attemots.
+#   Default to $::os_service_default
+#
+# [*retry_attempts*]
+#   (Optional) Number of times to attempt an action before failing.
+#   Default to $::os_service_default
+#
+# [*retry_delay*]
+#   (Optional) Number of seconds to sleep between each attempt.
+#   Default to $::os_service_default
+#
 class heat::cache (
   $config_prefix                         = $::os_service_default,
   $expiration_time                       = $::os_service_default,
@@ -197,6 +212,9 @@ class heat::cache (
   $tls_certfile                          = $::os_service_default,
   $tls_keyfile                           = $::os_service_default,
   $tls_allowed_ciphers                   = $::os_service_default,
+  $enable_retry_client                   = $::os_service_default,
+  $retry_attempts                        = $::os_service_default,
+  $retry_delay                           = $::os_service_default,
 ) {
 
   include heat::deps
@@ -225,6 +243,9 @@ class heat::cache (
     tls_certfile                         => $tls_certfile,
     tls_keyfile                          => $tls_keyfile,
     tls_allowed_ciphers                  => $tls_allowed_ciphers,
+    enable_retry_client                  => $enable_retry_client,
+    retry_attempts                       => $retry_attempts,
+    retry_delay                          => $retry_delay,
   }
 
   heat_config {
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add_cache_retry_options-834d1d634700dbf6.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add_cache_retry_options-834d1d634700dbf6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38d728c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add_cache_retry_options-834d1d634700dbf6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add cache client retry options for the pymemcache (dogpile.cache) backend.
diff --git a/spec/classes/heat_cache_spec.rb b/spec/classes/heat_cache_spec.rb
index 729c64b5..81be2bea 100644
--- a/spec/classes/heat_cache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/heat_cache_spec.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ describe 'heat::cache' do
           :tls_certfile                         => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
           :tls_keyfile                          => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
           :tls_allowed_ciphers                  => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
+          :enable_retry_client                  => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
+          :retry_attempts                       => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
+          :retry_delay                          => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
           :manage_backend_package               => true,
         )
         is_expected.to contain_heat_config('constraint_validation_cache/caching').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
@@ -64,6 +67,9 @@ describe 'heat::cache' do
           :memcache_pool_unused_timeout          => '120',
           :memcache_pool_connection_get_timeout  => '360',
           :tls_enabled                           => false,
+          :enable_retry_client                   => false,
+          :retry_attempts                        => 2,
+          :retry_delay                           => 0,
           :manage_backend_package                => false,
           :constraint_validation_caching         => true,
           :constraint_validation_expiration_time => '3600',
@@ -98,6 +104,9 @@ describe 'heat::cache' do
           :tls_certfile                         => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
           :tls_keyfile                          => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
           :tls_allowed_ciphers                  => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
+          :enable_retry_client                  => false,
+          :retry_attempts                       => 2,
+          :retry_delay                          => 0,
           :manage_backend_package               => false,
         )
         is_expected.to contain_heat_config('constraint_validation_cache/caching').with_value('true')