diff --git a/lib/keystone b/lib/keystone
index 5bd552f557..9ceb829264 100644
--- a/lib/keystone
+++ b/lib/keystone
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ KEYSTONE_UNIQUE_LAST_PASSWORD_COUNT=${KEYSTONE_UNIQUE_LAST_PASSWORD_COUNT:-2}
 # however may not be suitable for real production.
 KEYSTONE_PASSWORD_HASH_ROUNDS=${KEYSTONE_PASSWORD_HASH_ROUNDS:-4}
 
+# Cache settings
+KEYSTONE_ENABLE_CACHE=${KEYSTONE_ENABLE_CACHE:-True}
+
 # Functions
 # ---------
 
@@ -213,9 +216,9 @@ function configure_keystone {
     iniset $KEYSTONE_CONF resource driver "$KEYSTONE_RESOURCE_BACKEND"
 
     # Enable caching
-    iniset $KEYSTONE_CONF cache enabled "True"
-    iniset $KEYSTONE_CONF cache backend "dogpile.cache.memcached"
-    iniset $KEYSTONE_CONF cache memcache_servers localhost:11211
+    iniset $KEYSTONE_CONF cache enabled $KEYSTONE_ENABLE_CACHE
+    iniset $KEYSTONE_CONF cache backend $CACHE_BACKEND
+    iniset $KEYSTONE_CONF cache memcache_servers $MEMCACHE_SERVERS
 
     iniset_rpc_backend keystone $KEYSTONE_CONF oslo_messaging_notifications
 
diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 677c420b71..7cc408d764 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ NOVA_SERVICE_PROTOCOL=${NOVA_SERVICE_PROTOCOL:-$SERVICE_PROTOCOL}
 NOVA_SERVICE_LOCAL_HOST=${NOVA_SERVICE_LOCAL_HOST:-$SERVICE_LOCAL_HOST}
 NOVA_SERVICE_LISTEN_ADDRESS=${NOVA_SERVICE_LISTEN_ADDRESS:-$(ipv6_unquote $SERVICE_LISTEN_ADDRESS)}
 METADATA_SERVICE_PORT=${METADATA_SERVICE_PORT:-8775}
+NOVA_ENABLE_CACHE=${NOVA_ENABLE_CACHE:-True}
 
 # Option to enable/disable config drive
 # NOTE: Set ``FORCE_CONFIG_DRIVE="False"`` to turn OFF config drive
@@ -416,8 +417,8 @@ function create_nova_conf {
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT bindir "/usr/bin"
     fi
 
-    # only setup database connections if there are services that
-    # require them running on the host. The ensures that n-cpu doesn't
+    # only setup database connections and cache backend if there are services
+    # that require them running on the host. The ensures that n-cpu doesn't
     # leak a need to use the db in a multinode scenario.
     if is_service_enabled n-api n-cond n-sched; then
         # If we're in multi-tier cells mode, we want our control services pointing
@@ -434,6 +435,13 @@ function create_nova_conf {
 
         iniset $NOVA_CONF database connection `database_connection_url $db`
         iniset $NOVA_CONF api_database connection `database_connection_url nova_api`
+
+        # Cache related settings
+        # Those settings aren't really needed in n-cpu thus it is configured
+        # only on nodes which runs controller services
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF cache enabled $NOVA_ENABLE_CACHE
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF cache backend $CACHE_BACKEND
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF cache memcache_servers $MEMCACHE_SERVERS
     fi
 
     if is_service_enabled n-api; then
diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index 4ac8c0338e..10117f2700 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -770,6 +770,10 @@ ETCD_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION=$ETCD_DOWNLOAD_URL/$ETCD_VERSION/$ETCD_DOWNLOAD_FILE
 # etcd is always required, so place it into list of pre-cached downloads
 EXTRA_CACHE_URLS+=",$ETCD_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION"
 
+# Cache settings
+CACHE_BACKEND=${CACHE_BACKEND:-"dogpile.cache.memcached"}
+MEMCACHE_SERVERS=${MEMCACHE_SERVERS:-"localhost:11211"}
+
 # Detect duplicate values in IMAGE_URLS
 for image_url in ${IMAGE_URLS//,/ }; do
     if [ $(echo "$IMAGE_URLS" | grep -o -F "$image_url" | wc -l) -gt 1 ]; then