diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/heat.pp b/manifests/profile/base/heat.pp
index 496f4ffbb..55beec099 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/heat.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/heat.pp
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@
 # [*oslomsg_notify_use_ssl*]
 #   Enable ssl oslo messaging services
 #   Defaults to hiera('oslo_messaging_notify_use_ssl', '0')
-
+#
+# [*memcached_ips*]
+#   (Optional) Array of ipv4 or ipv6 addresses for memcache.
+#   Defaults to hiera('memcached_node_ips')
+#
 class tripleo::profile::base::heat (
   $bootstrap_node          = downcase(hiera('heat_engine_short_bootstrap_node_name')),
   $manage_db_purge         = hiera('heat_enable_db_purge', true),
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::heat (
   $oslomsg_notify_port     = hiera('oslo_messaging_notify_port', '5672'),
   $oslomsg_notify_username = hiera('oslo_messaging_notify_user_name', 'guest'),
   $oslomsg_notify_use_ssl  = hiera('oslo_messaging_notify_use_ssl', '0'),
+  $memcached_ips           = hiera('memcached_node_ips'),
 ) {
 
   include ::tripleo::profile::base::heat::authtoken
@@ -131,7 +136,16 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::heat (
     include ::heat::config
     include ::heat::cors
     include ::heat::logging
-    include ::heat::cache
+
+    if is_ipv6_address($memcached_ips[0]) {
+      $memcache_servers = prefix(suffix(any2array(normalize_ip_for_uri($memcached_ips)), ':11211'), 'inet6:')
+    } else {
+      $memcache_servers = suffix(any2array(normalize_ip_for_uri($memcached_ips)), ':11211')
+    }
+
+    class { '::heat::cache':
+      memcache_servers => $memcache_servers
+    }
   }
 
   if $step >= 5 {
diff --git a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_heat_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_heat_spec.rb
index 9d1643401..82123ba74 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_heat_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_heat_spec.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ eos
         :oslomsg_notify_hosts    => [ '192.168.0.2' ],
         :oslomsg_notify_username => 'heat2',
         :oslomsg_notify_password => 'baa',
-        :oslomsg_notify_port     => '5678'
+        :oslomsg_notify_port     => '5678',
+        :memcached_ips           => '127.0.0.1',
       } }
 
       it 'should trigger complete configuration without db_purge' do
@@ -70,7 +71,9 @@ eos
         is_expected.to contain_class('heat::config')
         is_expected.to contain_class('heat::cors')
         is_expected.to contain_class('heat::logging')
-        is_expected.to contain_class('heat::cache')
+        is_expected.to contain_class('heat::cache').with(
+          :memcache_servers => ['127.0.0.1:11211']
+        )
         is_expected.to_not contain_class('heat::cron::purge_deleted')
       end
     end
@@ -85,7 +88,8 @@ eos
         :oslomsg_notify_hosts    => [ '192.168.0.2' ],
         :oslomsg_notify_username => 'heat2',
         :oslomsg_notify_password => 'baa',
-        :oslomsg_notify_port     => '5678'
+        :oslomsg_notify_port     => '5678',
+        :memcached_ips           => '127.0.0.1',
       } }
 
       it 'should trigger complete configuration' do
@@ -104,6 +108,9 @@ eos
         is_expected.to contain_class('heat::cors')
         is_expected.to contain_class('heat::logging')
         is_expected.to contain_class('heat::cache')
+        is_expected.to contain_class('heat::cache').with(
+          :memcache_servers => ['127.0.0.1:11211']
+        )
         is_expected.to contain_class('heat::cron::purge_deleted')
       end
     end
@@ -120,7 +127,8 @@ eos
         :oslomsg_notify_username => 'heat2',
         :oslomsg_notify_password => 'baa',
         :oslomsg_notify_port     => '5678',
-        :manage_db_purge         => false
+        :manage_db_purge         => false,
+        :memcached_ips           => '::1',
       } }
 
       it 'should trigger complete configuration without db_purge' do
@@ -138,7 +146,9 @@ eos
         is_expected.to contain_class('heat::config')
         is_expected.to contain_class('heat::cors')
         is_expected.to contain_class('heat::logging')
-        is_expected.to contain_class('heat::cache')
+        is_expected.to contain_class('heat::cache').with(
+          :memcache_servers => ['[::1]:11211']
+        )
         is_expected.to_not contain_class('heat::cron::purge_deleted')
       end
     end