diff --git a/templates/heat/config/00-default.conf b/templates/heat/config/00-default.conf
index ce8c0316..83b71c83 100644
--- a/templates/heat/config/00-default.conf
+++ b/templates/heat/config/00-default.conf
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ transport_url={{ .TransportURL }}
 [cache]
 {{if .MemcachedTLS}}
 backend = dogpile.cache.pymemcache
+enable_retry_client = true
+retry_attempts = 2
+retry_delay = 0
 {{else}}
 backend = dogpile.cache.memcached
+memcache_dead_retry = 10
 {{end}}
 enabled=true
 memcache_servers={{ .MemcachedServers }}