diff --git a/inc/inc.ClassSettings.php b/inc/inc.ClassSettings.php
index d3860fbd3..4016f8245 100644
--- a/inc/inc.ClassSettings.php
+++ b/inc/inc.ClassSettings.php
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ class Settings { /* {{{ */
 	var $_showSingleSearchHit = true;
 	// enable/disable use of memcached
 	var $_enableMemcached = false;
+	// memcached host
+	var $_memcachedHost = 'localhost';
+	// memcached port
+	var $_memcachedPort = '11211';
 	// contentOffsetDirTo
 	var $_contentOffsetDir = "1048576";
 	// Maximum number of sub-directories per parent directory
@@ -653,6 +657,8 @@ class Settings { /* {{{ */
 			$this->_maxUploadSize = strval($tab["maxUploadSize"]);
 			$this->_enableXsendfile = Settings::boolVal($tab["enableXsendfile"]);
 			$this->_enableMemcached = Settings::boolVal($tab["enableMemcached"]);
+			$this->_memcachedHost = strval($tab["memcachedHost"]);
+			$this->_memcachedPort = strval($tab["memcachedPort"]);
 		}
 
 		// XML Path: /configuration/system/authentication
@@ -1055,6 +1061,8 @@ class Settings { /* {{{ */
     $this->setXMLAttributValue($node, "maxUploadSize", $this->_maxUploadSize);
     $this->setXMLAttributValue($node, "enableXsendfile", $this->_enableXsendfile);
     $this->setXMLAttributValue($node, "enableMemcached", $this->_enableMemcached);
+    $this->setXMLAttributValue($node, "memcachedHost", $this->_memcachedHost);
+    $this->setXMLAttributValue($node, "memcachedPort", $this->_memcachedPort);
 
     // XML Path: /configuration/system/authentication
     $node = $this->getXMLNode($xml, '/configuration/system', 'authentication');
diff --git a/inc/inc.DBInit.php b/inc/inc.DBInit.php
index 5c5f41bba..6220261da 100644
--- a/inc/inc.DBInit.php
+++ b/inc/inc.DBInit.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ $dms = new SeedDMS_Core_DMS($db, $storage ? $storage : $settings->_contentDir.$s
 if($settings->_enableMemcached && extension_loaded('memcached')) {
 	$memcache = new Memcached('seeddms');
 	$memcache->addServers(array(
-		array('localhost',11211),
+		array($settings->_memcachedHost ?? 'localhost', $settings->_memcachedPort ?? 11211),
 	));
 	$dms->setMemcache($memcache);
 }
diff --git a/op/op.Settings.php b/op/op.Settings.php
index a2661b858..9bdf58051 100644
--- a/op/op.Settings.php
+++ b/op/op.Settings.php
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ if ($action == "saveSettings")
 	setStrValue("maxUploadSize"); // TODO: check if valid value, e.g. 1M or 5K
   setBoolValue("enableXsendfile");
   setBoolValue("enableMemcached");
+  setStrValue("memcachedHost");
+  setStrValue("memcachedPort");
 
   // SETTINGS - SYSTEM - AUTHENTICATION
   setBoolValue("enableGuestLogin");
diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.Settings.php b/views/bootstrap/class.Settings.php
index af73f2ef4..6e46f57de 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.Settings.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.Settings.php
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@ if(($kkk = $this->callHook('getFullSearchEngine')) && is_array($kkk))
 <?php $this->showConfigText('settings_maxUploadSize', 'maxUploadSize'); ?>
 <?php $this->showConfigCheckbox('settings_enableXsendfile', 'enableXsendfile'); ?>
 <?php $this->showConfigCheckbox('settings_enableMemcached', 'enableMemcached'); ?>
+<?php $this->showConfigText('settings_memcachedHost', 'memcachedHost', '', 'localhost'); ?>
+<?php $this->showConfigText('settings_memcachedPort', 'memcachedPort', '', '11211'); ?>
       <!--
         -- SETTINGS - SYSTEM - AUTHENTICATION
       -->