diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6e7ac1c2e0..93d1190f23 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ before_script:
  - mysql -utravis test < database.sql
  - echo "extension=redis.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
  - echo "extension=memcached.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
+ - echo "extension=memcache.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Core/Cache/MemcacheCacheDriver.php b/src/Core/Cache/MemcacheCacheDriver.php
index cd12be8ecd..bff543b542 100644
--- a/src/Core/Cache/MemcacheCacheDriver.php
+++ b/src/Core/Cache/MemcacheCacheDriver.php
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ class MemcacheCacheDriver extends AbstractCacheDriver implements IMemoryCacheDri
 	public function add($key, $value, $ttl = Cache::FIVE_MINUTES)
 	{
 		$cachekey = $this->getCacheKey($key);
-		return $this->memcache->add($cachekey, $value, $ttl);
+		return $this->memcache->add($cachekey, serialize($value), MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED, $ttl);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/Core/Cache/MemcacheCacheDriverTest.php b/tests/src/Core/Cache/MemcacheCacheDriverTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4dbd10289e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Core/Cache/MemcacheCacheDriverTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\src\Core\Cache;
+
+
+use Friendica\Core\Cache\CacheDriverFactory;
+
+class MemcachedCacheDriverTest extends CacheTest
+{
+	/**
+	 * @var \Friendica\Core\Cache\IMemoryCacheDriver
+	 */
+	private $cache;
+
+	protected function getInstance()
+	{
+		if (class_exists('Memcache')) {
+			try {
+				$this->cache = CacheDriverFactory::create('memcache');
+			} catch (\Exception $exception) {
+				print "Memcache - TestCase failed: " . $exception->getMessage();
+				throw new \Exception();
+			}
+			return $this->cache;
+		} else {
+			$this->markTestSkipped('Memcache driver isn\'t available');
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function tearDown()
+	{
+		if (class_exists('Memcache')) {
+			$this->cache->clear();
+		}
+		parent::tearDown();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/Core/Lock/MemcacheCacheLockDriverTest.php b/tests/src/Core/Lock/MemcacheCacheLockDriverTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67ccdb57d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Core/Lock/MemcacheCacheLockDriverTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\src\Core\Lock;
+
+
+use Friendica\Core\Cache\CacheDriverFactory;
+use Friendica\Core\Lock\CacheLockDriver;
+
+class MemcacheCacheLockDriverTest extends LockTest
+{
+	/**
+	 * @var \Friendica\Core\Cache\IMemoryCacheDriver
+	 */
+	private $cache;
+
+	protected function getInstance()
+	{
+		if (class_exists('Memcache')) {
+			try {
+				$this->cache = CacheDriverFactory::create('memcache');
+			} catch (\Exception $exception) {
+				print "Memcache - TestCase failed: " . $exception->getMessage();
+				throw new \Exception();
+			}
+			return new CacheLockDriver($this->cache);
+		} else {
+			$this->markTestSkipped('Memcache driver isn\'t available');
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function tearDown()
+	{
+		if (class_exists('Memcache')) {
+			$this->cache->clear();
+		}
+		parent::tearDown();
+	}
+}