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 dec2c3e4979..0ef1093288a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCache.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCache.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import net.spy.memcached.MemcachedClient;
 import net.spy.memcached.MemcachedClientIF;
 import net.spy.memcached.internal.BulkFuture;
 import net.spy.memcached.metrics.MetricCollector;
+import net.spy.memcached.metrics.MetricType;
 import net.spy.memcached.ops.LinkedOperationQueueFactory;
 import net.spy.memcached.ops.OperationQueueFactory;
 import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ public class MemcachedCache implements Cache
           .setReadBufferSize(config.getReadBufferSize())
           .setOpQueueFactory(opQueueFactory)
           .setMetricCollector(metricCollector)
+          .setEnableMetrics(MetricType.DEBUG) // Not as scary as it sounds
           .build();
 
       final List<InetSocketAddress> hosts = AddrUtil.getAddresses(config.getHosts());