diff --git a/elements/swift-proxy/README.md b/elements/swift-proxy/README.md
index 2cf21922f..51d7ac186 100644
--- a/elements/swift-proxy/README.md
+++ b/elements/swift-proxy/README.md
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ swift:
 keystone:
     host: 127.0.0.1
       - The IP of the keystone host to authenticate against
+proxy-memcache:
+    Comma-separated list of proxy servers in memcache ring
diff --git a/elements/swift-proxy/os-apply-config/etc/swift/proxy-server.conf b/elements/swift-proxy/os-apply-config/etc/swift/proxy-server.conf
index cd7f5bab9..503086c25 100644
--- a/elements/swift-proxy/os-apply-config/etc/swift/proxy-server.conf
+++ b/elements/swift-proxy/os-apply-config/etc/swift/proxy-server.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ use = egg:swift#healthcheck
 
 [filter:cache]
 use = egg:swift#memcache
+{{#swift.proxy-memcache}}
+memcache_servers = {{swift.proxy-memcache}}
+{{/swift.proxy-memcache}}
 
 [filter:slo]
 use = egg:swift#slo