diff --git a/lib/private/memcache/memcached.php b/lib/private/memcache/memcached.php
index 13b1867231ad8ed6aa1522f83858299fa81b9b2f..075828eebad2c562257a2e1cf18284ee05a5e6c7 100644
--- a/lib/private/memcache/memcached.php
+++ b/lib/private/memcache/memcached.php
@@ -18,7 +18,15 @@ class Memcached extends Cache {
 		parent::__construct($prefix);
 		if (is_null(self::$cache)) {
 			self::$cache = new \Memcached();
-			$servers = \OC_Config::getValue('memcached_servers', array(array('localhost', 11211)));
+			$servers = \OC_Config::getValue('memcached_servers');
+			if (!$servers) {
+				$server = \OC_Config::getValue('memcached_server');
+				if ($server) {
+					$servers = array($server);
+				} else {
+					$servers = array(array('localhost', 11211));
+				}
+			}
 			self::$cache->addServers($servers);
 		}
 	}