diff --git a/library/Zend/Cache/Storage/Adapter/DbaOptions.php b/library/Zend/Cache/Storage/Adapter/DbaOptions.php
index 588141d8764..c913e673f77 100644
--- a/library/Zend/Cache/Storage/Adapter/DbaOptions.php
+++ b/library/Zend/Cache/Storage/Adapter/DbaOptions.php
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ public function setHandler($handler)
             throw new Exception\ExtensionNotLoadedException("DBA-Handler '{$handler}' not supported");
         }
 
+        if ($handler === 'inifile') {
+            throw new Exception\ExtensionNotLoadedException(
+                "DBA-Handler 'inifile' does not reliably support write operations"
+            );
+        }
+
         $this->triggerOptionEvent('handler', $handler);
         $this->handler = $handler;
         return $this;
diff --git a/tests/ZendTest/Cache/Storage/Adapter/DbaInifileTest.php b/tests/ZendTest/Cache/Storage/Adapter/DbaInifileTest.php
index 0298505e2b2..265e3de1677 100644
--- a/tests/ZendTest/Cache/Storage/Adapter/DbaInifileTest.php
+++ b/tests/ZendTest/Cache/Storage/Adapter/DbaInifileTest.php
@@ -9,11 +9,20 @@
 
 namespace ZendTest\Cache\Storage\Adapter;
 
+use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase as TestCase;
+use Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Dba;
 
 /**
  * @group      Zend_Cache
  */
-class DbaInifileTest extends AbstractDbaTest
+class DbaInifileTest extends TestCase
 {
-    protected $handler = 'inifile';
+    public function testSpecifyingInifileHandlerRaisesException()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('Zend\Cache\Exception\ExtensionNotLoadedException', 'inifile');
+        $cache = new Dba(array(
+            'pathname' => sys_get_temp_dir() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . uniqid('zfcache_dba_') . '.inifile',
+            'handler'  => 'inifile',
+        ));
+    }
 }