diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 7fcf724600915f86876c63d4c6b322e73a5606bb..c72c4a2e5418d47019d95e4e81c7d1c1b564fc81 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -95,3 +95,9 @@ read the instructions below.
     }
 
    Sample systemd unit files for fcgiwrap can be found under conf/.
+
+10) If you want memcache to cache MySQL data.
+
+    # pacman -S php-memcached
+
+    And edit the configuration file to enabled memcache caching.
diff --git a/conf/config.proto b/conf/config.proto
index 934d3697cffe3b4eb09471b20d80b32c5ca5c15b..be37f4301e6f8abb69dd910da6405fddeb51be4c 100644
--- a/conf/config.proto
+++ b/conf/config.proto
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ snapshot_uri = /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/%s.tar.gz
 enable-maintenance = 1
 maintenance-exceptions = 127.0.0.1
 render-comment-cmd = /usr/local/bin/aurweb-rendercomment
+# memcache or apc
+cache = none
+memcache_servers = 127.0.0.1:11211
 
 [ratelimit]
 request_limit = 4000
diff --git a/web/lib/cachefuncs.inc.php b/web/lib/cachefuncs.inc.php
index faeae5a2e36d0fb5c6a04990fa03d7adfd829610..881ad8f24fc4292cde6db0200dded5d251d7e5ae 100644
--- a/web/lib/cachefuncs.inc.php
+++ b/web/lib/cachefuncs.inc.php
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 <?php
 
-if (!defined('CACHE_TYPE')) {
-	define('CACHE_TYPE', 'NONE');
-}
-
 # Check if APC extension is loaded, and set cache prefix if it is.
-if (CACHE_TYPE == 'APC' && !defined('EXTENSION_LOADED_APC')) {
+if (config_get('options', 'cache') == 'apc' && !defined('EXTENSION_LOADED_APC')) {
 	define('EXTENSION_LOADED_APC', extension_loaded('apc'));
 	define('CACHE_PREFIX', 'aur:');
 }
 
 # Check if memcache extension is loaded, and set cache prefix if it is.
-if (CACHE_TYPE == 'MEMCACHE' && !defined('EXTENSION_LOADED_MEMCACHE')) {
+if (config_get('options', 'cache') == 'memcache' && !defined('EXTENSION_LOADED_MEMCACHE')) {
 	define('EXTENSION_LOADED_MEMCACHE', extension_loaded('memcached'));
 	define('CACHE_PREFIX', 'aur:');
 	global $memcache;
 	$memcache = new Memcached();
-	$mcs = defined('MEMCACHE_SERVERS') ? MEMCACHE_SERVERS : '127.0.0.1:11211';
+	$mcs = config_get('options', 'memcache_servers');
 	foreach (explode(',', $mcs) as $elem) {
 		$telem = trim($elem);
 		$mcserver = explode(':', $telem);