diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/swift.pp b/manifests/profile/base/swift.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0ea8aa42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/swift.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# == Class: tripleo::profile::base::swift
+#
+# Swift common profile for tripleo
+#
+# === Parameters
+#
+# [*step*]
+#   (Optional) The current step in deployment. See tripleo-heat-templates
+#   for more details.
+#   Defaults to hiera('step')
+#
+# [*memcache_port*]
+#   (Optional) memcache port
+#   Defaults to 11211
+#
+# [*memcache_servers*]
+#   (Optional) List of memcache servers
+#   Defaults to hiera('memcached_node_ips', [])
+#
+class tripleo::profile::base::swift (
+  $step                 = Integer(hiera('step')),
+  $memcache_port        = 11211,
+  $memcache_servers     = hiera('memcached_node_ips', []),
+) {
+  if $step >= 4 {
+    $swift_memcache_servers = suffix(any2array(normalize_ip_for_uri($memcache_servers)), ":${memcache_port}")
+    class { 'swift::objectexpirer':
+      pipeline         => ['catch_errors', 'cache', 'proxy-server'],
+      memcache_servers => $swift_memcache_servers
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/swift/proxy.pp b/manifests/profile/base/swift/proxy.pp
index d32a79222..8de904f96 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/swift/proxy.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/swift/proxy.pp
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::swift::proxy (
       include tripleo::profile::base::apache
     }
   }
+  include tripleo::profile::base::swift
   if $step >= 4 {
     $swift_memcache_servers = suffix(any2array(normalize_ip_for_uri($memcache_servers)), ":${memcache_port}")
     include swift
@@ -184,10 +185,5 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::swift::proxy (
     include swift::keymaster
     include swift::proxy::s3api
     include swift::proxy::s3token
-
-    class { 'swift::objectexpirer':
-      pipeline         => ['catch_errors', 'cache', 'proxy-server'],
-      memcache_servers => $swift_memcache_servers
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/swift/releasenotes/notes/swift-object-expirer-memcached-3c1e7037683ee89a.yaml b/manifests/profile/base/swift/releasenotes/notes/swift-object-expirer-memcached-3c1e7037683ee89a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50d503734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/swift/releasenotes/notes/swift-object-expirer-memcached-3c1e7037683ee89a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    The memcached IP for the Swift object expirer is not properly set in case
+    of separate storage nodes.  Until now, these were only set if the Swift
+    proxy node was also configured on the same node; however, this is not the
+    case with separate storage nodes. The service would still run, but was not
+    able to use any cache and logging errors therefore.
diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/swift/storage.pp b/manifests/profile/base/swift/storage.pp
index 04b6ba11c..f0376f4e3 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/swift/storage.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/swift/storage.pp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::swift::storage (
   $use_local_dir        = true,
   $local_dir            = '/srv/node/d1',
 ) {
+  include tripleo::profile::base::swift
   if $step >= 4 {
     if $enable_swift_storage {
       include swift
diff --git a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_swift_proxy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_swift_proxy_spec.rb
index 53efb242d..4f2997f74 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_swift_proxy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_swift_proxy_spec.rb
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'tripleo::profile::base::swift::proxy' do
 
-  let :params do
-    { }
-  end
-
   shared_examples_for 'tripleo::profile::base::swift::proxy' do
+    before :each do
+      facts.merge!({ :step => params[:step] })
+    end
 
     let :pre_condition do
       "class { 'swift':
@@ -36,12 +35,10 @@ describe 'tripleo::profile::base::swift::proxy' do
     end
 
     context 'with ipv4 memcache servers' do
-      before :each do
-        params.merge!(
-          :step             => 4,
-          :memcache_servers => ['192.168.0.1', '192.168.0.2'],
-        )
-      end
+      let(:params) { {
+        :step             => 4,
+        :memcache_servers => ['192.168.0.1', '192.168.0.2'],
+      } }
 
       it 'configure swift proxy cache with ipv4 ips' do
         is_expected.to contain_class('swift::proxy::cache').with({
@@ -51,12 +48,10 @@ describe 'tripleo::profile::base::swift::proxy' do
     end
 
     context 'with ipv6 memcache servers' do
-      before :each do
-        params.merge!(
+      let(:params) { {
           :step             => 4,
           :memcache_servers => ['::1', '::2'],
-        )
-      end
+      } }
 
       it 'configure swift proxy cache with ipv6 ips' do
         is_expected.to contain_class('swift::proxy::cache').with({
@@ -66,12 +61,10 @@ describe 'tripleo::profile::base::swift::proxy' do
     end
 
     context 'with ipv4, ipv6 and fqdn memcache servers' do
-      before :each do
-        params.merge!(
+      let(:params) { {
           :step             => 4,
           :memcache_servers => ['192.168.0.1', '::2', 'myserver.com'],
-        )
-      end
+      } }
 
       it 'configure swift proxy cache with ips and fqdn' do
         is_expected.to contain_class('swift::proxy::cache').with({