diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index c25261c8e..0b720da81 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -62,12 +62,14 @@ class openstack_integration::config (
     # Note (dmsimard): ipv6 parsing in Swift and keystone_authtoken are
     # different: https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1610064
     $memcached_servers = ["inet6:[${host}]:11211"]
+    $memcache_servers = ["[${host}]:11211"]
     $swift_memcached_servers = ["[${host}]:11211"]
   } else {
     $host = '127.0.0.1'
     $hostname = 'localhost'
     $ip_version = '4'
     $memcached_servers = ["${host}:11211"]
+    $memcache_servers = $memcached_servers
     $swift_memcached_servers = $memcached_servers
   }
 
diff --git a/manifests/heat.pp b/manifests/heat.pp
index 7613942f6..e47767a0f 100644
--- a/manifests/heat.pp
+++ b/manifests/heat.pp
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ class openstack_integration::heat (
   class { 'heat::logging':
     debug => true,
   }
+  class { 'heat::cache':
+    backend          => 'dogpile.cache.pymemcache',
+    enabled          => true,
+    memcache_servers => $::openstack_integration::config::memcache_servers,
+  }
   class { 'heat::db':
     database_connection => os_database_connection({
       'dialect'  => 'mysql+pymysql',
diff --git a/manifests/keystone.pp b/manifests/keystone.pp
index 65f34d60e..68473f722 100644
--- a/manifests/keystone.pp
+++ b/manifests/keystone.pp
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ class openstack_integration::keystone (
   class { 'keystone::logging':
     debug => true,
   }
-  include keystone::cache
+  class { 'keystone::cache':
+    backend          => 'dogpile.cache.pymemcache',
+    enabled          => true,
+    memcache_servers => $::openstack_integration::config::memcache_servers,
+  }
   class { 'keystone':
     enabled                    => true,
     service_name               => 'httpd',
diff --git a/manifests/nova.pp b/manifests/nova.pp
index d1e6839bc..7ff5b728a 100644
--- a/manifests/nova.pp
+++ b/manifests/nova.pp
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ class openstack_integration::nova (
     service_name               => 'httpd',
     nova_metadata_wsgi_enabled => true,
   }
+  class { 'nova::cache':
+    backend          => 'dogpile.cache.pymemcache',
+    enabled          => true,
+    memcache_servers => $::openstack_integration::config::memcache_servers,
+  }
   class { 'nova::db::sync':
     extra_params    => '--debug',
     db_sync_timeout => 600,