diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index c8a94bb8..5e1691f1 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ nova_ceilometer_enabled: False
 # Enable/Disable nova versioned notification
 nova_versioned_notification_enabled: False
 
+nova_memcached_servers: "{{ memcached_servers }}"
+
 ## Verbosity Options
 debug: False
 
@@ -465,6 +467,7 @@ nova_pip_packages:
   - nova
   - osprofiler
   - PyMySQL
+  - pymemcache
   - python-memcached
   - systemd-python
 
diff --git a/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/templates/nova.conf.j2
index a85a756c..9dbaa153 100644
--- a/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ transport_url = {{ nova_oslomsg_notify_transport }}://{% for host in nova_osloms
 [cache]
 enabled = true
 backend = oslo_cache.memcache_pool
-memcache_servers = {{ memcached_servers }}
+memcache_servers = {{ nova_memcached_servers }}
 
 
 # Cinder