diff --git a/framework/Cache/test/Horde/Cache/MemcacheTest.php b/framework/Cache/test/Horde/Cache/MemcacheTest.php
index 410b6d49e28..5226dd44749 100644
--- a/framework/Cache/test/Horde/Cache/MemcacheTest.php
+++ b/framework/Cache/test/Horde/Cache/MemcacheTest.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ protected function _getCache($params = array())
             $this->reason = 'Horde_Memcache not installed';
             return;
         }
-        if (!extension_loaded('memcache')) {
+        if (!(extension_loaded('memcache') || extension_loaded('memcached'))) {
             $this->reason = 'Memcache extension not loaded';
             return;
         }
diff --git a/framework/HashTable/test/Horde/HashTable/Driver/MemcacheTest.php b/framework/HashTable/test/Horde/HashTable/Driver/MemcacheTest.php
index e8dd7b1ffa2..44f62ddb5ec 100644
--- a/framework/HashTable/test/Horde/HashTable/Driver/MemcacheTest.php
+++ b/framework/HashTable/test/Horde/HashTable/Driver/MemcacheTest.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Horde_HashTable_Driver_MemcacheTest extends Horde_HashTable_Driver_TestBas
 {
     public static function setUpBeforeClass()
     {
-        if (extension_loaded('memcache') &&
+        if ((extension_loaded('memcache') || extension_loaded('memcached')) &&
             ($config = self::getConfig('HASHTABLE_MEMCACHE_TEST_CONFIG', __DIR__ . '/..')) &&
             isset($config['hashtable']['memcache'])) {
             $memcache = new Horde_Memcache(