diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     libsvn-dev \
     libsystemd-dev \
     gcc \
-    memcached \
     openjdk-11-jre \
     pkg-config \
     pv \
diff --git a/docker/conf/web.yml b/docker/conf/web.yml
--- a/docker/conf/web.yml
+++ b/docker/conf/web.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   name: postgresql:///?service=swh-web
 
 throttling:
-  cache_uri: 127.0.0.1:11211
+  cache_uri: memcache:11211
   scopes:
     swh_api:
       limiter_rate:
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
       - "1025:1025"
       - "8025:8025"
 
+  memcache:
+    image: memcached
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
   nginx:
     image: nginx
     volumes:
@@ -277,6 +281,7 @@
       - swh-scheduler
       - swh-storage
       - swh-web-db
+      - memcache
     env_file:
       - ./env/common_python.env
       - ./env/01-web-db.env
diff --git a/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh b/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
--- a/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
         exec bash -i
         ;;
      *)
-        echo "Starting memcached"
-        memcached&
-
         wait_pgsql
 
         echo "Migrating db using ${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}"