diff --git a/swh/graph/cli.py b/swh/graph/cli.py
--- a/swh/graph/cli.py
+++ b/swh/graph/cli.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import aiohttp
 import click
 import logging
+import shutil
 import sys
 
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -334,6 +335,37 @@
     webgraph.compress(graph_name, in_dir, out_dir, steps, conf)
 
 
+@cli.command(name="memcache")
+@click.option(
+    "--graph", "-g", required=True, metavar="GRAPH", help="compressed graph basename"
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--cache",
+    "-c",
+    required=True,
+    metavar="CACHE",
+    type=PathlibPath(),
+    help="memory cache path",
+)
+@click.pass_context
+def memcache(ctx, graph, cache):
+    """
+    Cache the mmapped files of the compressed graph in a tmpfs.
+
+    This command creates a new directory at the path given by CACHE that has the
+    same structure as the compressed graph basename, except it copies the files
+    that require fast/mmap access (.graph, .obl, .offsets) but uses symlinks
+    from the source for all the other files (.map, .bin, ...).
+    """
+    cache.mkdir()
+    for src in Path(graph).parent.glob("*"):
+        dst = cache / src.name
+        if src.suffix in (".graph", ".obl", ".offsets"):
+            shutil.copy2(src, dst)
+        else:
+            dst.symlink_to(src.resolve())
+
+
 def main():
     return cli(auto_envvar_prefix="SWH_GRAPH")