diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/DependencyInjection/AbstractDoctrineExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/DependencyInjection/AbstractDoctrineExtension.php
index af584579c8a6..1e3cf2f3aadf 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/DependencyInjection/AbstractDoctrineExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/DependencyInjection/AbstractDoctrineExtension.php
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ protected function loadCacheDriver($cacheName, $objectManagerName, array $cacheD
                 $cacheDef->addMethodCall('setRedis', array(new Reference($this->getObjectManagerElementName(sprintf('%s_redis_instance', $objectManagerName)))));
                 break;
             case 'apc':
+            case 'apcu':
             case 'array':
             case 'xcache':
             case 'wincache':
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/DependencyInjection/DoctrineExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/DependencyInjection/DoctrineExtensionTest.php
index 760c0fada0fa..94f0787b44ff 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/DependencyInjection/DoctrineExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/DependencyInjection/DoctrineExtensionTest.php
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ public function providerBasicDrivers()
     {
         return array(
             array('doctrine.orm.cache.apc.class',       array('type' => 'apc')),
+            array('doctrine.orm.cache.apcu.class',      array('type' => 'apcu')),
             array('doctrine.orm.cache.array.class',     array('type' => 'array')),
             array('doctrine.orm.cache.xcache.class',    array('type' => 'xcache')),
             array('doctrine.orm.cache.wincache.class',  array('type' => 'wincache')),