diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 38e3b21..527b133 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -66,4 +66,14 @@ class openstack_health::api(
       Exec['package-application'],
     ],
   }
+  if ! defined(Httpd::Mod['cache']) {
+    httpd::mod { 'cache':
+      ensure => present,
+    }
+  }
+  if ! defined(Httpd::Mod['cache_disk']) {
+    httpd::mod { 'cache_disk':
+      ensure => present,
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/templates/openstack-health-api.vhost.erb b/templates/openstack-health-api.vhost.erb
index 1b82e42..3f7b260 100644
--- a/templates/openstack-health-api.vhost.erb
+++ b/templates/openstack-health-api.vhost.erb
@@ -23,5 +23,15 @@ WSGIPythonHome <%= scope.lookupvar("openstack_health::api::virtualenv_dir") %>
     Require all granted
   </Directory>
 
+  <IfModule mod_cache.c>
+    <IfModule mod_cache_disk.c>
+        CacheRoot "/var/cache/apache2/mod_disk_cache"
+        CacheEnable disk  "/"
+        CacheDirLevels 5
+        CacheDirLength 3
+        CacheLock on
+    </IfModule>
+  </IfModule>
+
   DocumentRoot <%= scope.lookupvar("openstack_health::api::api_dir") %>
 </VirtualHost>