diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/nova.pp b/manifests/profile/base/nova.pp
index 7be9b96d8..859d9c459 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/nova.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/nova.pp
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@
 #   (Optional) Enable the use of cache. Note that it is unsupported
 #   to disable this key. It is only useful for debugging purposes.
 #   Defaults to true
-
+#
+# [*cache_backend*]
+#   (Optional) Backend implementation to store cache
+#   Defaults to 'dogpile.cache.memcached'
+#
 class tripleo::profile::base::nova (
   $bootstrap_node          = hiera('nova_api_short_bootstrap_node_name', undef),
   $oslomsg_rpc_proto       = hiera('oslo_messaging_rpc_scheme', 'rabbit'),
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::nova (
   $memcached_ips           = hiera('memcached_node_ips', []),
   $memcached_port          = hiera('memcached_port', 11211),
   $enable_cache            = true,
+  $cache_backend           = 'dogpile.cache.memcached',
 ) {
 
   if $bootstrap_node and $::hostname == downcase($bootstrap_node) {
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::nova (
     include ::nova::logging
     class { '::nova::cache':
       enabled          => $enable_cache,
-      backend          => 'oslo_cache.memcache_pool',
+      backend          => $cache_backend,
       memcache_servers => $memcache_servers,
     }
     class { '::nova':
diff --git a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_nova_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_nova_spec.rb
index 8ee04a102..9161490c8 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_nova_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_nova_spec.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe 'tripleo::profile::base::nova' do
         is_expected.to contain_class('nova::logging')
         is_expected.to contain_class('nova::cache').with(
           :enabled => true,
-          :backend => 'oslo_cache.memcache_pool',
+          :backend => 'dogpile.cache.memcached',
           :memcache_servers => ['127.0.0.1:11211']
         )
         is_expected.to contain_class('nova::placement')