diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0f4e655..33e32c7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -412,6 +412,26 @@
 You can read more about it here:
     https://docs.openstack.org/security-guide/databases/database-access-control.html
 
+Barbican server with memcached caching and security strategy:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    barbican:
+      server:
+        enabled: true
+        ...
+        cache:
+          engine: memcached
+          members:
+          - host: 127.0.0.1
+            port: 11211
+          - host: 127.0.0.1
+            port: 11211
+          security:
+            enabled: true
+            strategy: ENCRYPT
+            secret_key: secret
+
 Documentation and Bugs
 ======================
 
diff --git a/barbican/files/pike/barbican.conf.Debian b/barbican/files/pike/barbican.conf.Debian
index b3d6f5b..6a9169b 100644
--- a/barbican/files/pike/barbican.conf.Debian
+++ b/barbican/files/pike/barbican.conf.Debian
@@ -511,6 +511,14 @@
 
 {%- if server.cache is defined %}
 memcached_servers = {%- for member in server.cache.members %}{{ member.host }}:{{ member.get('port', '11211') }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{%- endfor %}
+  {%- if server.cache.get('security', {}).get('enabled', False) %}
+memcache_security_strategy = {{ server.cache.security.get('strategy', 'ENCRYPT') }}
+    {%- if server.cache.security.secret_key is not defined or not server.cache.security.secret_key %}
+    {%- do salt.test.exception('barbican.server.cache.security.secret_key is not defined: Please add secret_key') %}
+    {%- else %}
+memcache_secret_key = {{ server.cache.security.secret_key }}
+    {%- endif %}
+  {%- endif %}
 {%- else %}
 token_cache_time = -1
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/tests/pillar/control_cluster.sls b/tests/pillar/control_cluster.sls
index ea8494e..45af5ad 100644
--- a/tests/pillar/control_cluster.sls
+++ b/tests/pillar/control_cluster.sls
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@
         port: 11211
       - host: 10.10.10.12
         port: 11211
+      security:
+        enabled: true
+        strategy: ENCRYPT
+        secret_key: secret
     logging:
       log_appender: false
       log_handlers: