diff --git a/oslo_cache/backends/memcache_pool.py b/oslo_cache/backends/memcache_pool.py
index fa640dc3..4c909949 100644
--- a/oslo_cache/backends/memcache_pool.py
+++ b/oslo_cache/backends/memcache_pool.py
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ class PooledMemcachedBackend(memcached_backend.MemcachedBackend):
     # Composed from GenericMemcachedBackend's and MemcacheArgs's __init__
     def __init__(self, arguments):
         super(PooledMemcachedBackend, self).__init__(arguments)
-        if arguments.get('sasl_enabled', False):
+        if (arguments.get('tls_enabled', False) or
+                arguments.get('sasl_enabled', False)):
             self.client_pool = _bmemcache_pool.BMemcacheClientPool(
                 self.url,
                 arguments,
diff --git a/oslo_cache/core.py b/oslo_cache/core.py
index 288adf32..409592e5 100644
--- a/oslo_cache/core.py
+++ b/oslo_cache/core.py
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ def _build_cache_config(conf):
 
         conf_dict['%s.arguments.tls_context' % prefix] = tls_context
 
+        # pass the value of tls_enabled to the backend
+        conf_dict['%s.arguments.tls_enabled' % prefix] = conf.cache.tls_enabled
+
     # NOTE(hberaud): Pymemcache support socket keepalive, If it is enable in
     # our config then configure it to enable this feature.
     # The socket keepalive feature means that pymemcache will be able to check
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/use-bmemcache-for-memcache-pool-if-tls-enabled-733d98c265a3a9a1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/use-bmemcache-for-memcache-pool-if-tls-enabled-733d98c265a3a9a1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48c8289b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/use-bmemcache-for-memcache-pool-if-tls-enabled-733d98c265a3a9a1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    If tls_enabled=true memcache_pool has been switched to use bmemcached.