diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 350bca2d..f5baf1e5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ services:
             - docker/dev.env
         depends_on:
             - database
+            - memcached
 
     frontend:
         restart: on-failure
@@ -34,3 +35,7 @@ services:
             POSTGRES_DB: "app"
             POSTGRES_USER: "postgres"
             POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "password"
+
+    memcached:
+        image: memcached:latest
+        hostname: memcached
diff --git a/ietf/settings/base.py b/ietf/settings/base.py
index f0da61f9..78bcbca3 100644
--- a/ietf/settings/base.py
+++ b/ietf/settings/base.py
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@
 
 CACHES = {
     "default": {
-        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.db.DatabaseCache",
-        "LOCATION": "cache_table",
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.memcached.PyMemcacheCache",
+        "LOCATION": "memcached:11211",
     },
     "dummy": {"BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache"},
 }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 844b8274..08582ace 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ tqdm>=3.7.0
 wagtail-markdown
 Pygments
 wagtail-orderable
+pymemcache
 
 # env var configuration
 typed-environment-configuration>=0.1.3,<0.2