diff --git a/php/Dockerfile-php-55 b/php/Dockerfile-php-55
index b8f69b2d..4c2a7732 100644
--- a/php/Dockerfile-php-55
+++ b/php/Dockerfile-php-55
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ADD ./laravel.pool.conf /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install \
     libpq-dev -y \
+    libmemcached-dev \
     curl
 
 # Install extensions using the helper script provided by the base image
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ RUN docker-php-ext-install \
     pdo_mysql \
     pdo_pgsql
 
+#Install memcached
+RUN pecl install memcached \
+    && docker-php-ext-enable memcached
+
 RUN usermod -u 1000 www-data
 
 WORKDIR /var/www/laravel
diff --git a/php/Dockerfile-php-56 b/php/Dockerfile-php-56
index b43fe415..baa26a7c 100644
--- a/php/Dockerfile-php-56
+++ b/php/Dockerfile-php-56
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ADD ./laravel.pool.conf /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install \
     libpq-dev -y \
+    libmemcached-dev \
     curl
 
 # Install extensions using the helper script provided by the base image
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ RUN docker-php-ext-install \
     pdo_mysql \
     pdo_pgsql
 
+#Install memcached
+RUN pecl install memcached \
+    && docker-php-ext-enable memcached
+
 RUN usermod -u 1000 www-data
 
 WORKDIR /var/www/laravel