diff --git a/administrator/components/com_config/views/application/tmpl/default_cache.php b/administrator/components/com_config/views/application/tmpl/default_cache.php
index ad3a7bbd1b83b..2869ed0f4955a 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_config/views/application/tmpl/default_cache.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_config/views/application/tmpl/default_cache.php
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@
 			<?php
 			endforeach;
 			?>
-		<?php if (isset($this->data['cache_handler']) && $this->data['cache_handler'] == 'memcache' || $this->data['session_handler'] == 'memcache') : ?>
+		<?php if (isset($this->data['cache_handler']) &&
+				$this->data['cache_handler'] == 'memcache' ||
+				$this->data['session_handler'] == 'memcache' ||
+				$this->data['cache_handler'] == 'memcached' ||
+				$this->data['session_handler'] == 'memcached'
+				) : ?>
 
 					<?php
 			foreach ($this->form->getFieldset('memcache') as $mfield):
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_config.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_config.ini
index ad57f7af43e80..0515696595cc9 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_config.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_config.ini
@@ -111,14 +111,14 @@ COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MAIL_SMTP_SECURE_DESC="Select the security model that your SMTP
 COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MAIL_SMTP_SECURE_LABEL="SMTP Security"
 COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MAIL_SMTP_USERNAME_DESC="Enter the username for access to the SMTP host."
 COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MAIL_SMTP_USERNAME_LABEL="SMTP Username"
-COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_COMPRESSION_DESC="Memcache Compression"
-COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_COMPRESSION_LABEL="Memcache Compression"
-COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_HOST_DESC="Memcache Server Host"
-COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_HOST_LABEL="Memcache Server Host"
-COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_PERSISTENT_DESC="Persistent Memcache"
-COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_PERSISTENT_LABEL="Persistent Memcache"
-COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_PORT_DESC="Memcache Server Port"
-COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_PORT_LABEL="Memcache Server Port"
+COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_COMPRESSION_DESC="Memcache(d) Compression"
+COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_COMPRESSION_LABEL="Memcache(d) Compression"
+COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_HOST_DESC="Memcache(d) Server Host"
+COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_HOST_LABEL="Memcache(d) Server Host"
+COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_PERSISTENT_DESC="Persistent Memcache(d)"
+COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_PERSISTENT_LABEL="Persistent Memcache(d)"
+COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_PORT_DESC="Memcache(d) Server Port"
+COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MEMCACHE_PORT_LABEL="Memcache(d) Server Port"
 COM_CONFIG_FIELD_METAAUTHOR_DESC="Show the author meta tag when viewing articles"
 COM_CONFIG_FIELD_METAAUTHOR_LABEL="Show Author Meta Tag"
 COM_CONFIG_FIELD_METADESC_DESC="Enter a description of the overall Web site that is to be used by search engines. Generally, a maximum of 20 words is optimal."
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini
index f64e7f3b0798f..79d6bf200ed14 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini
@@ -297,12 +297,14 @@ JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_CACHELITE="Cache_Lite"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_EACCELERATOR="eAccelerator"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_FILE="File"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_MEMCACHE="Memcache"
+JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_MEMCACHED="Memcached (Experimental)"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_WINCACHE="Windows Cache"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_XCACHE="XCache"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_APC="Alternative PHP Cache"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_DATABASE="Database"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_EACCELERATOR="eAccelerator"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_MEMCACHE="Memcache"
+JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_MEMCACHED="Memcached (Experimental)"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_NONE="None"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_WINCACHE="Windows Cache"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_XCACHE="XCache"
diff --git a/installation/CHANGELOG b/installation/CHANGELOG
index d31631a4e3586..2b34ef2c46cfd 100644
--- a/installation/CHANGELOG
+++ b/installation/CHANGELOG
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ $ -> Language fix or change
  # [#29082] using unicode slugs broken in master
  ^ Merge latest platform (c4940fab81c79d618c52f915dc71c66f0db3b25f)
  # [#29070] Bootstrapping Flash Uploader and Copy Template. Thanks Kyle.
+ + [#27979] PHP Memcached driver. Thanks Ofer.
 
 05-Sept-2012 Jean-Marie Simonet
  # [#29009] Drop the unused usertype column from #__users and #__sessions. Thanks Michael
diff --git a/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini b/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini
index bf995e7803fcf..5805a28952b33 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini
+++ b/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini
@@ -297,12 +297,14 @@ JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_CACHELITE="Cache_Lite"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_EACCELERATOR="eAccelerator"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_FILE="File"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_MEMCACHE="Memcache"
+JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_MEMCACHED="Memcached (Experimental)"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_WINCACHE="Windows Cache"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_CACHE_XCACHE="XCache"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_APC="Alternative PHP Cache"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_DATABASE="Database"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_EACCELERATOR="eAccelerator"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_MEMCACHE="Memcache"
+JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_MEMCACHED="Memcached (Experimental)"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_NONE="None"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_WINCACHE="Windows Cache"
 JLIB_FORM_VALUE_SESSION_XCACHE="XCache"