diff --git a/docker/conf/deposit-keycloak.yml b/docker/conf/deposit-keycloak.yml
index 7e69b3d..3c3e686 100644
--- a/docker/conf/deposit-keycloak.yml
+++ b/docker/conf/deposit-keycloak.yml
@@ -1,33 +1,34 @@
 scheduler:
   cls: remote
   url: http://swh-scheduler:5008
 
 storage:
   cls: remote
   url: http://swh-storage:5002/
 
 storage_metadata:
   cls: remote
   url: http://swh-storage:5002/
 
 allowed_hosts:
   - '*'
 
 private:
   secret_key: prod-in-docker
   db:
     host: swh-deposit-db
     port: 5432
     name: swh-deposit
     user: postgres
     password: testpassword
   media_root: /tmp/swh-deposit/uploads
 
 extraction_dir: "/tmp/swh-deposit/archive/"
 
 authentication_provider: keycloak
 keycloak:
   server_url: http://keycloak:8080/keycloak/auth/
   realm_name: SoftwareHeritage
+cache_uri: 127.0.0.1:11211
 
 swh_authority_url: https://deposit.swh.example/
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.keycloak.yml b/docker/docker-compose.keycloak.yml
index 05b5f95..37f76ce 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.keycloak.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.keycloak.yml
@@ -1,44 +1,45 @@
 version: "2.1"
 
 services:
 
   keycloak-db:
     image: postgres:11
     env_file:
       - ./env/keycloak-db.env
     environment:
       # unset PGHOST as db service crashes otherwise
       PGHOST:
 
   keycloak:
     build: services/keycloak
     env_file:
       - ./env/keycloak.env
     entrypoint: /entrypoint.sh
     environment:
       JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: "-Dkeycloak.profile=preview
                           -Dkeycloak.profile.feature.token_exchange=enabled"
     volumes:
       - "./services/keycloak/entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh:ro"
       - "./services/keycloak/keycloak_swh_setup.py:/keycloak_swh_setup.py:ro"
     expose:
       - "8080"
     depends_on:
       - keycloak-db
 
   swh-web:
     depends_on:
       - keycloak
     environment:
       SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME: /web-keycloak.yml
     volumes:
       - "./conf/web-keycloak.yml:/web-keycloak.yml:ro"
 
   swh-deposit:
     depends_on:
       - keycloak
     environment:
       SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME: /deposit-keycloak.yml
+      MEMCACHED: "yes"
     volumes:
       - "./conf/deposit-keycloak.yml:/deposit-keycloak.yml:ro"
 
diff --git a/docker/services/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh b/docker/services/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
index e0bff60..5700cd7 100755
--- a/docker/services/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/services/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,41 +1,46 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -ex
 
 source /srv/softwareheritage/utils/pyutils.sh
 setup_pip
 
 source /srv/softwareheritage/utils/pgsql.sh
 setup_pgsql
 
 if [ "$1" = 'shell' ] ; then
 	shift
 	if (( $# == 0)); then
 		exec bash -i
 	else
 		"$@"
 	fi
 else
 
+    if [ ! -z "$MEMCACHED" ]; then
+       echo "Starting memcached"
+       memcached&
+    fi
+
     wait_pgsql
 
     echo "Migrating db"
     django-admin migrate --settings=${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}
 
     swh-deposit admin user exists test || \
         swh-deposit admin user create \
                     --username test \
                     --password test \
                     --provider-url https://softwareheritage.org \
                     --domain softwareheritage.org
 
     echo "starting swh-deposit server"
     exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5006 \
                   --reload \
                   --threads 2 \
                   --workers 2 \
                   --log-level DEBUG \
                   --timeout 3600 \
                   --config 'python:swh.core.api.gunicorn_config' \
                   'django.core.wsgi:get_wsgi_application()'
 fi