diff --git a/config/cms/docker_run_production.py b/config/cms/docker_run_production.py
index 2dc954c1..7c8b684a 100644
--- a/config/cms/docker_run_production.py
+++ b/config/cms/docker_run_production.py
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@
 
 LOG_DIR = config("LOG_DIR", default="/edx/var/logs/edx")
 
+MEMCACHED_HOST = config("MEMCACHED_HOST", default="memcached")
+MEMCACHED_PORT = config("MEMCACHED_PORT", default=11211, formatter=int)
+
 CACHES = config(
     "CACHES",
     default={
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@
         },
         "default": {
             "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache",
-            "LOCATION": "memcached:11211",
+            "LOCATION": "{}:{}".format(MEMCACHED_HOST, MEMCACHED_PORT),
         }
     },
     formatter=json.loads,
diff --git a/config/lms/docker_run_production.py b/config/lms/docker_run_production.py
index be41d752..bc61a42a 100644
--- a/config/lms/docker_run_production.py
+++ b/config/lms/docker_run_production.py
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@
     # being a str()
     SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = str(config("SESSION_COOKIE_NAME"))
 
+MEMCACHED_HOST = config("MEMCACHED_HOST", default="memcached")
+MEMCACHED_PORT = config("MEMCACHED_PORT", default=11211, formatter=int)
+
 CACHES = config(
     "CACHES",
     default={
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@
         },
         "default": {
             "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache",
-            "LOCATION": "memcached:11211",
+            "LOCATION": "{}:{}".format(MEMCACHED_HOST, MEMCACHED_PORT),
         }
     },
     formatter=json.loads,