diff --git a/keystone/tests/core.py b/keystone/tests/core.py
index e6b61aeae1..1848d3f964 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/core.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/core.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ from keystone.common import environment
 environment.use_eventlet()
 
 from keystone import auth
-from keystone.common import cache
 from keystone.common import dependency
 from keystone.common import kvs
 from keystone.common.kvs import core as kvs_core
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@ from keystone.openstack.common.db.sqlalchemy import session
 from keystone.openstack.common import log
 from keystone.openstack.common import timeutils
 from keystone import service
+from keystone.tests import fixtures as ksfixtures
 
 # NOTE(dstanek): Tests inheriting from TestCase depend on having the
 #   policy_file command-line option declared before setUp runs. Importing the
@@ -326,16 +326,9 @@ class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
 
         self.opt(policy_file=dirs.etc('policy.json'))
 
-        # NOTE(morganfainberg):  The only way to reconfigure the
-        # CacheRegion object on each setUp() call is to remove the
-        # .backend property.
-        self.addCleanup(delattr, cache.REGION, 'backend')
-
-        # ensure the cache region instance is setup
-        cache.configure_cache_region(cache.REGION)
-
         self.logger = self.useFixture(fixtures.FakeLogger(level=logging.DEBUG))
         warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category=DeprecationWarning)
+        self.useFixture(ksfixtures.Cache())
 
         # Clear the registry of providers so that providers from previous
         # tests aren't used.
diff --git a/keystone/tests/fixtures/__init__.py b/keystone/tests/fixtures/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..d54164c4eb 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/fixtures/__init__.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/fixtures/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from keystone.tests.fixtures.cache import Cache  # flake8: noqa
diff --git a/keystone/tests/fixtures/cache.py b/keystone/tests/fixtures/cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b12940779b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keystone/tests/fixtures/cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import fixtures
+
+from keystone.common import cache
+
+
+class Cache(fixtures.Fixture):
+    """A fixture for setting up and tearing down the cache between test cases.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # NOTE(dstanek):  We must remove the existing cache backend in the
+        # setUp instead of the tearDown because it defaults to a no-op cache
+        # and we want the configure call below to create the correct backend.
+
+        # NOTE(morganfainberg):  The only way to reconfigure the CacheRegion
+        # object on each setUp() call is to remove the .backend property.
+        if hasattr(cache.REGION, 'backend'):
+            del cache.REGION.backend
+
+        # ensure the cache region instance is setup
+        cache.configure_cache_region(cache.REGION)
+
+        super(Cache, self).setUp()