diff --git a/src/Hoard/CacheManager.php b/src/Hoard/CacheManager.php
index 3be0b48..772c6e7 100644
--- a/src/Hoard/CacheManager.php
+++ b/src/Hoard/CacheManager.php
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ public static function getPool($poolName, array $config = array())
 
         // create adapter
         $adapterClass = '\Hoard\Adapter\Memcached';
+        if(array_key_exists('adapter', $config)) {
+            $adapterClass = $config['adapter'];
+        }
         $adapter = new $adapterClass($config);
 
         // create pool
diff --git a/test/Hoard/CacheManagerTest.php b/test/Hoard/CacheManagerTest.php
index ac4f652..4f44585 100644
--- a/test/Hoard/CacheManagerTest.php
+++ b/test/Hoard/CacheManagerTest.php
@@ -12,9 +12,28 @@ public function log($level, $message, array $context = array())
 
 }
 
+class DummyAdapter extends \Hoard\Adapter\Memcached
+{
+}
+
 class CacheManagerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
 
+    public function testWillUseMemcacheAdapterIfNotProvided()
+    {
+        $pool = CacheManager::getPool('test.simple');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\Hoard\Adapter\Memcached', $pool->getAdapter());
+    }
+
+    public function testWillUseAdapterIfProvided()
+    {
+        $config = array(
+            'adapter' => '\Hoard\DummyAdapter'
+        );
+        $pool = CacheManager::getPool('test.simple', $config);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\Hoard\DummyAdapter', $pool->getAdapter());
+    }
+
     public function testWillSetAdapterOptionsWhenCreatingThePool()
     {
         $pool = CacheManager::getPool('test.simple');