diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d6fc46c585..82ddd01158 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ services:
   - redis-server
   - postgresql
   - mysql
+  - memcached
 
 install:
   - travis/setup-phpbb.sh $DB $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION $NOTESTS
diff --git a/travis/phpunit-mysqli-travis.xml b/travis/phpunit-mysqli-travis.xml
index d2284086b9..0f064ab996 100644
--- a/travis/phpunit-mysqli-travis.xml
+++ b/travis/phpunit-mysqli-travis.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_DBUSER" value="root" />
 		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_DBPASSWD" value="" />
 		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_REDIS_HOST" value="localhost" />
+		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_MEMCACHED_HOST" value="localhost" />
 		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_TABLE_PREFIX" value="phpbb_"/>
 		<server name="PHPBB_FUNCTIONAL_URL" value="http://localhost/" />
 	</php>
diff --git a/travis/phpunit-postgres-travis.xml b/travis/phpunit-postgres-travis.xml
index 6faab4d61a..f9b8a6f595 100644
--- a/travis/phpunit-postgres-travis.xml
+++ b/travis/phpunit-postgres-travis.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_DBUSER" value="postgres" />
 		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_DBPASSWD" value="" />
 		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_REDIS_HOST" value="localhost" />
+		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_MEMCACHED_HOST" value="localhost" />
 		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_TABLE_PREFIX" value="phpbb_"/>
 		<server name="PHPBB_FUNCTIONAL_URL" value="http://localhost/" />
 	</php>
diff --git a/travis/phpunit-sqlite3-travis.xml b/travis/phpunit-sqlite3-travis.xml
index 633963c9fb..1b1fa24e7d 100644
--- a/travis/phpunit-sqlite3-travis.xml
+++ b/travis/phpunit-sqlite3-travis.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 		<!--server name="PHPBB_TEST_DBUSER" value="" /-->
 		<!--server name="PHPBB_TEST_DBPASSWD" value="" /-->
 		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_REDIS_HOST" value="localhost" />
+		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_MEMCACHED_HOST" value="localhost" />
 		<server name="PHPBB_TEST_TABLE_PREFIX" value="phpbb_"/>
 		<server name="PHPBB_FUNCTIONAL_URL" value="http://localhost/" />
 	</php>
diff --git a/travis/setup-php-extensions.sh b/travis/setup-php-extensions.sh
index 851704213e..e122be0597 100755
--- a/travis/setup-php-extensions.sh
+++ b/travis/setup-php-extensions.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ fi
 # Disable xdebug on travis
 phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini || true
 
+# memcached
+echo "extension = memcached.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
+
 # redis
 # Disabled redis for now as it causes travis to fail
 # git clone git://github.com/nicolasff/phpredis.git redis