diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCache.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCache.java
index 15d88e36347..8ffe995ee76 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCache.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCache.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class MemcachedCache implements Cache
                                         .setShouldOptimize(true)
                                         .setOpQueueMaxBlockTime(config.getTimeout())
                                         .setOpTimeout(config.getTimeout())
+                                        .setReadBufferSize(config.getReadBufferSize())
                                         .setOpQueueFactory(opQueueFactory)
                                         .build(),
           AddrUtil.getAddresses(config.getHosts())
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheConfig.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheConfig.java
index db23ec743af..adebbec8d03 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheConfig.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheConfig.java
@@ -41,10 +41,14 @@ public class MemcachedCacheConfig
   @JsonProperty
   private int maxObjectSize = 50 * 1024 * 1024;
 
+  // memcached client read buffer size, -1 uses the spymemcached library default
+  @JsonProperty
+  private int readBufferSize = -1;
+
   @JsonProperty
   private String memcachedPrefix = "druid";
 
-  // maximum size in bytes of memcached client operation queue. 0 means unlimited
+  // maximum size in bytes of memcached client operation queue. 0 means unbounded
   @JsonProperty
   private long maxOperationQueueSize = 0;
 
@@ -77,4 +81,9 @@ public class MemcachedCacheConfig
   {
     return maxOperationQueueSize;
   }
+
+  public int getReadBufferSize()
+  {
+    return readBufferSize;
+  }
 }