diff --git a/requirements/base.in b/requirements/base.in
index 39ad2ee8..01c9a557 100644
--- a/requirements/base.in
+++ b/requirements/base.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ coreapi
 Django                              # BSD License
 django-countries                    # MIT
 python-memcached                    # Python Software Foundation License v2
+pymemcache
 djangorestframework                 # BSD
 djangorestframework-csv             # BSD
 django-storages                     # BSD
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 3c6fe8e3..3cee2ec5 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ pyjwt[crypto]==2.8.0
     #   drf-jwt
     #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-rest-api-client
+pymemcache==4.0.0
+    # via -r requirements/base.in
 pymongo==3.13.0
     # via edx-opaque-keys
 pynacl==1.5.0
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 68c79cf5..a4b578ac 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ pyjwt[crypto]==2.8.0
     #   drf-jwt
     #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-rest-api-client
+pymemcache==4.0.0
+    # via -r requirements/base.in
 pymongo==3.13.0
     # via edx-opaque-keys
 pynacl==1.5.0
diff --git a/requirements/doc.txt b/requirements/doc.txt
index b45e6faf..7eff3996 100644
--- a/requirements/doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/doc.txt
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ pyjwt[crypto]==2.8.0
     #   drf-jwt
     #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-rest-api-client
+pymemcache==4.0.0
+    # via -r requirements/base.in
 pymongo==3.13.0
     # via edx-opaque-keys
 pynacl==1.5.0
diff --git a/requirements/production.txt b/requirements/production.txt
index 5df476e6..e369dcf9 100644
--- a/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/requirements/production.txt
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ pyjwt[crypto]==2.8.0
     #   drf-jwt
     #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-rest-api-client
+pymemcache==4.0.0
+    # via -r requirements/base.in
 pymongo==3.13.0
     # via edx-opaque-keys
 pynacl==1.5.0
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 7ce3dd71..3be789e9 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ pylint==2.4.4
     # via
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.in
+pymemcache==4.0.0
+    # via -r requirements/base.in
 pymongo==3.13.0
     # via edx-opaque-keys
 pynacl==1.5.0