diff --git a/doc/htconfig.md b/doc/htconfig.md
index 0355c3df27..b6fd66bc26 100644
--- a/doc/htconfig.md
+++ b/doc/htconfig.md
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ Example: To set the automatic database cleanup process add this line to your .ht
 * **cache_driver** ([database]|memcache|memcached) - Whether to use Memcache or Memcached to store temporary cache
 * **memcache_host** - Host name of the memcache daemon. Default is '127.0.0.1'.
 * **memcache_port** - Port number of the memcache daemon. Default is 11211.
-* **memcached_host** - Host name of the memcached daemon. Default is '127.0.0.1'.
-* **memcached_port** - Port number of the memcached daemon. Default is 11211.
+* **memcached_hosts** - Array of Memcached servers info [host, port(, weight)]. Default is [['127.0.0.1', 11211]]
 * **no_count** (Boolean) - Don't do count calculations (currently only when showing albums)
 * **no_oembed** (Boolean) - Don't use OEmbed to fetch more information about a link.
 * **no_smilies** (Boolean) - Don't show smilies.
diff --git a/src/Core/Cache.php b/src/Core/Cache.php
index aeda29e849..a1b1ecb9c1 100644
--- a/src/Core/Cache.php
+++ b/src/Core/Cache.php
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ class Cache extends \Friendica\BaseObject
 				self::$driver = new Cache\MemcacheCacheDriver($memcache_host, $memcache_port);
 				break;
 			case 'memcached':
-				$memcached_host = Config::get('system', 'memcached_host', '127.0.0.1');
-				$memcached_port = Config::get('system', 'memcached_port', 11211);
+				$memcached_hosts = Config::get('system', 'memcached_hosts', [['127.0.0.1', 11211]]);
 
-				self::$driver = new Cache\MemcachedCacheDriver($memcached_host, $memcached_port);
+				self::$driver = new Cache\MemcachedCacheDriver($memcached_hosts);
 				break;
 			default:
 				self::$driver = new Cache\DatabaseCacheDriver();
diff --git a/src/Core/Cache/MemcachedCacheDriver.php b/src/Core/Cache/MemcachedCacheDriver.php
index 9101c79195..8f1752cbed 100644
--- a/src/Core/Cache/MemcachedCacheDriver.php
+++ b/src/Core/Cache/MemcachedCacheDriver.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class MemcachedCacheDriver extends BaseObject implements ICacheDriver
 	 */
 	private $memcached;
 
-	public function __construct($memcached_host, $memcached_port)
+	public function __construct(array $memcached_hosts)
 	{
 		if (!class_exists('Memcached', false)) {
 			throw new \Exception('Memcached class isn\'t available');
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ class MemcachedCacheDriver extends BaseObject implements ICacheDriver
 
 		$this->memcached = new \Memcached();
 
-		if (!$this->memcached->addServer($memcached_host, $memcached_port)) {
-			throw new \Exception('Expected Memcached server at ' . $memcached_host . ':' . $memcached_port . ' isn\'t available');
+		$this->memcached->addServers($memcached_hosts);
+
+		if (count($this->memcached->getServerList()) == 0) {
+			throw new \Exception('Expected Memcached servers aren\'t available, config:' . var_export($memcached_hosts, true));
 		}
 	}