diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1c5fb4d..f9aabe3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,5 +25,8 @@ services:
    MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret
    MYSQL_DATABASE: todos
 
+ cacheserver:
+  image: memcached
+
 volumes:
  dbvolume:
diff --git a/phpfpm/Dockerfile b/phpfpm/Dockerfile
index eafa6ae..33fef4f 100644
--- a/phpfpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/phpfpm/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ RUN apt-get install -y graphviz aspell clamav
 RUN apt-get install -y libxml2-dev
 RUN apt-get install -y libzip-dev
 RUN apt-get install -y libpng-dev
+RUN apt-get install -y libmemcached-dev
+RUN printf "\n" | pecl install memcached
 
 RUN docker-php-ext-install soap
 RUN docker-php-ext-install zip
@@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ RUN docker-php-ext-enable gd
 RUN docker-php-ext-enable xmlrpc
 RUN docker-php-ext-enable mysqli
 RUN docker-php-ext-enable pdo_mysql
+RUN docker-php-ext-enable memcached
diff --git a/src/index.php b/src/index.php
index ef4ee2d..e146913 100644
--- a/src/index.php
+++ b/src/index.php
@@ -12,5 +12,20 @@ if ($conn->connect_error) {
 
 echo "Connected successfully";
 
+$memcached = new Memcached();
+$memcached->addServer('cacheserver', 11211);
+
+$response=$memcached->get("sample_key");
+
+if($response) {
+ echo $response;
+ echo "\n";
+}
+
+else {
+ echo "Cache is empty\n";
+ $memcached->set("sample_key", "New data set for cache\n");
+}
+
 //echo phpinfo();
 ?>