diff --git a/src/cache/cache.ts b/src/cache/cache.ts
index c2d544e891..0ef661eff7 100644
--- a/src/cache/cache.ts
+++ b/src/cache/cache.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 export interface Cache<T> {
-  write (key: string, value: T): void;
-  read (key: string): T | undefined;
-  has (key: string): boolean;
+  write (key: string, value: T): void | Promise<void>;
+  read (key: string): T | undefined | Promise<T | undefined>;
 }
diff --git a/src/cache/lru.ts b/src/cache/lru.ts
index 6fbe271ce3..ca3d44d970 100644
--- a/src/cache/lru.ts
+++ b/src/cache/lru.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ export class LRU<T> implements Cache<T> {
     return value
   }
 
-  has (key: string): boolean {
-    return !!this.cache[key]
-  }
-
   remove (key: string) {
     const node = this.cache[key]
     node.prev.next = node.next
diff --git a/src/liquid.ts b/src/liquid.ts
index 2a9a53e3c1..4c36cc8c57 100644
--- a/src/liquid.ts
+++ b/src/liquid.ts
@@ -76,10 +76,13 @@ export class Liquid {
 
     for (const filepath of paths) {
       const { cache } = this.options
-      if (cache && cache.has(filepath)) return cache.read(filepath)
+      if (cache) {
+        const tpls = yield cache.read(filepath)
+        if (tpls) return tpls
+      }
       if (!(sync ? this.fs.existsSync(filepath) : yield this.fs.exists(filepath))) continue
       const tpl = this.parse(sync ? this.fs.readFileSync(filepath) : yield this.fs.readFile(filepath), filepath)
-      cache && cache.write(filepath, tpl)
+      if (cache) cache.write(filepath, tpl)
       return tpl
     }
     throw this.lookupError(file, options.root)
diff --git a/test/integration/liquid/cache.ts b/test/integration/liquid/cache.ts
index 62b80b2901..0a912b2115 100644
--- a/test/integration/liquid/cache.ts
+++ b/test/integration/liquid/cache.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ describe('LiquidOptions#cache', function () {
         extname: '.html',
         cache: {
           read: (): Template[] | undefined => last,
-          has: (): boolean => !!last,
           write: (key: string, value: Template[]) => { last = value }
         }
       })
@@ -82,6 +81,25 @@ describe('LiquidOptions#cache', function () {
       expect(await engine.renderFile('files/bar')).to.equal('foo')
       expect(await engine.renderFile('files/coo')).to.equal('foo')
     })
+    it('should respect cache={} option (async)', async function () {
+      const cached: { [key: string]: Template[] | undefined } = {}
+      const engine = new Liquid({
+        root: '/root/',
+        extname: '.html',
+        cache: {
+          read: (key: string) => Promise.resolve(cached[key]),
+          write: (key: string, value: Template[]) => { cached[key] = value; Promise.resolve() }
+        }
+      })
+      mock({ '/root/files/foo.html': 'foo' })
+      mock({ '/root/files/bar.html': 'bar' })
+      mock({ '/root/files/coo.html': 'coo' })
+      expect(await engine.renderFile('files/foo')).to.equal('foo')
+      expect(await engine.renderFile('files/bar')).to.equal('bar')
+      expect(await engine.renderFile('files/coo')).to.equal('coo')
+      mock({ '/root/files/coo.html': 'COO' })
+      expect(await engine.renderFile('files/coo')).to.equal('coo')
+    })
     it('should not cache not exist file', async function () {
       const engine = new Liquid({
         root: '/root/',