diff --git a/etc/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml b/etc/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
index fa8824a9982..02de9869723 100644
--- a/etc/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/etc/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ services:
     image: docker.io/elasticsearch:7.4.0
     environment:
       - discovery.type=single-node
+  memcached:
+    image: docker.io/memcached
   activemq:
     image: docker.io/webcenter/activemq:latest
     environment:
diff --git a/etc/docker/test/extra/rucio_autotests_common.cfg b/etc/docker/test/extra/rucio_autotests_common.cfg
index 6da27404610..5b78af96f80 100644
--- a/etc/docker/test/extra/rucio_autotests_common.cfg
+++ b/etc/docker/test/extra/rucio_autotests_common.cfg
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ pool_recycle=3600
 echo=0
 pool_reset_on_return=rollback
 
+[cache]
+url = memcached:11211
+
 [bootstrap]
 # Hardcoded salt = 0, String = secret, Python: hashlib.sha256("0secret").hexdigest()
 userpass_identity = ddmlab
diff --git a/tools/run_tests.sh b/tools/run_tests.sh
index 2d5014d18ac..18a2e8b1f0c 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests.sh
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ do
   esac
 done
 
-echo 'Clearing memcache'
-echo flush_all > /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/11211
-
 echo 'Graceful restart of Apache'
 httpd -k graceful