diff --git a/manifests/proxy/cache.pp b/manifests/proxy/cache.pp
index 89048f34..8dac5eca 100644
--- a/manifests/proxy/cache.pp
+++ b/manifests/proxy/cache.pp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # [*memcache_servers*] A list of the memcache servers to be used. Entries
 #  should be in the form host:port.
 #
+# [*memcache_max_connections*] Sets the maximum number of connections to
+#  each memcached server per worker
+#
 # == Dependencies
 #
 #   Class['memcached']
@@ -19,7 +22,8 @@
 # Copyright 2011 Puppetlabs Inc, unless otherwise noted.
 #
 class swift::proxy::cache(
-  $memcache_servers = ['127.0.0.1:11211']
+  $memcache_servers = ['127.0.0.1:11211'],
+  $memcache_max_connections = '2'
 ) {
 
   include ::swift::deps
@@ -30,8 +34,9 @@ class swift::proxy::cache(
   }
 
   swift_proxy_config {
-    'filter:cache/use':              value => 'egg:swift#memcache';
-    'filter:cache/memcache_servers': value => join(any2array($memcache_servers), ',');
+    'filter:cache/use':                      value => 'egg:swift#memcache';
+    'filter:cache/memcache_servers':         value => join(any2array($memcache_servers), ',');
+    'filter:cache/memcache_max_connections': value => $memcache_max_connections;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/swift-memcache-max-connections-50876054c14dbdd5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/swift-memcache-max-connections-50876054c14dbdd5.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90455bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/swift-memcache-max-connections-50876054c14dbdd5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added new parameter memcache_max_connections to proxy::cache class that
+    can be used to configure the maximum number of connections to each
+    memcached server per worker.
diff --git a/spec/classes/swift_proxy_cache_spec.rb b/spec/classes/swift_proxy_cache_spec.rb
index 5ddd4798..6d836745 100644
--- a/spec/classes/swift_proxy_cache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/swift_proxy_cache_spec.rb
@@ -2,19 +2,6 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'swift::proxy::cache' do
   shared_examples 'swift::proxy::cache' do
-    describe 'with defaults' do
-      let :pre_condition do
-        'class { "memcached": max_memory => 1 }'
-      end
-
-      it 'should have the required classes' do
-        is_expected.to contain_class('swift::deps')
-        is_expected.to contain_class('swift::proxy::cache')
-      end
-
-      it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/use').with_value('egg:swift#memcache') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/memcache_servers').with_value('127.0.0.1:11211') }
-    end
 
     describe 'without memcached being included' do
       it 'should raise an error' do
@@ -22,22 +9,48 @@ describe 'swift::proxy::cache' do
       end
     end
 
-    describe 'with overridden memcache server' do
-      let :params do
-        {:memcache_servers => '10.0.0.1:1'}
+    describe 'with memcached dependency' do
+      let :pre_condition do
+        'class { "memcached": max_memory => 1 }'
       end
 
-      it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/use').with_value('egg:swift#memcache') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/memcache_servers').with_value('10.0.0.1:1') }
-    end
+      describe 'with defaults' do
+        it 'should have the required classes' do
+          is_expected.to contain_class('swift::deps')
+          is_expected.to contain_class('swift::proxy::cache')
+        end
 
-    describe 'with overridden memcache server array' do
-      let :params do
-        {:memcache_servers => ['10.0.0.1:1', '10.0.0.2:2']}
+        it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/use').with_value('egg:swift#memcache') }
+        it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/memcache_servers').with_value('127.0.0.1:11211') }
+        it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/memcache_max_connections').with_value(2) }
       end
 
-      it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/use').with_value('egg:swift#memcache') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/memcache_servers').with_value('10.0.0.1:1,10.0.0.2:2') }
+      describe 'with overridden memcache server' do
+        let :params do
+          {:memcache_servers => '10.0.0.1:1'}
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/use').with_value('egg:swift#memcache') }
+        it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/memcache_servers').with_value('10.0.0.1:1') }
+      end
+
+      describe 'with overridden memcache server array' do
+        let :params do
+          {:memcache_servers => ['10.0.0.1:1', '10.0.0.2:2']}
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/use').with_value('egg:swift#memcache') }
+        it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/memcache_servers').with_value('10.0.0.1:1,10.0.0.2:2') }
+      end
+
+      describe 'with overridden memcache max connections' do
+        let :params do
+          {:memcache_max_connections => 4}
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/use').with_value('egg:swift#memcache') }
+        it { is_expected.to contain_swift_proxy_config('filter:cache/memcache_max_connections').with_value(4) }
+      end
     end
   end