diff --git a/composer-dist.json b/composer-dist.json
index c58f08e11..c914d1c32 100644
--- a/composer-dist.json
+++ b/composer-dist.json
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
         "seeddms/preview": "dev-master",
         "seeddms/sqlitefts": "dev-master",
         "seeddms/http_webdav_server": "dev-master",
-        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "dev-master"
+        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "dev-master",
+        "cache/memcached-adapter": "^1.2"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "composer/composer": "dev-main"
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e39a55b09..196257a4f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
         "seeddms/preview": "dev-master",
         "seeddms/sqlitefts": "dev-master",
         "seeddms/http_webdav_server": "dev-master",
-        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "dev-master"
+        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "dev-master",
+        "cache/memcached-adapter": "^1.2"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "composer/composer": "dev-main",
diff --git a/inc/inc.DBInit.php b/inc/inc.DBInit.php
index 72c70f15d..6434b55f2 100644
--- a/inc/inc.DBInit.php
+++ b/inc/inc.DBInit.php
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ $dms = new SeedDMS_Core_DMS($db, $storage ? $storage : $settings->_contentDir.$s
 
 $memcache = null;
 if($settings->_enableMemcached && extension_loaded('memcached')) {
-	$memcache = new Memcached('seeddms');
-	$memcache->addServers(array(
+	$mc = new Memcached('seeddms');
+	$mc->addServers(array(
 		array($settings->_memcachedHost ?? 'localhost', $settings->_memcachedPort ?? 11211),
 	));
-	$dms->setMemcache($memcache);
+	$memcache = new \Cache\Adapter\Memcached\MemcachedCachePool($mc);
+	$dms->setCache($memcache);
 }
 
 if(!$settings->_doNotCheckDBVersion && !$dms->checkVersion()) {