diff --git a/core/cache.c b/core/cache.c
index 544715a9..db3b9d0d 100644
--- a/core/cache.c
+++ b/core/cache.c
@@ -171,6 +171,41 @@ static void cache_sync_hook(char *k, uint16_t kl, char *v, uint16_t vl, void *da
 	}
 }
 
+static void uwsgi_cache_add_items(struct uwsgi_cache *uc) {
+	struct uwsgi_string_list *usl = uwsgi.add_cache_item;
+        while(usl) {
+                char *space = strchr(usl->value, ' ');
+		char *key = usl->value;
+		uint16_t key_len = usl->len;
+                if (space) {
+                        // need to skip ?
+                        if (uwsgi_strncmp(uc->name, uc->name_len, usl->value, space-usl->value)) {
+                                goto next;
+                        }
+                        key = space+1;
+                        key_len = usl->len - ((space-usl->value)+1);
+                }
+		char *value = strchr(key, '=');
+		if (!value) {
+			uwsgi_log("[cache] unable to store item %s\n", usl->value);
+			goto next;
+		}
+		key_len = value - key;
+		value++;
+		uint64_t len = (usl->value + usl->len) - value;
+                uwsgi_wlock(uc->lock);
+                if (!uwsgi_cache_set2(uc, key, key_len, value, len, 0, 0)) {
+                	uwsgi_log("[cache] stored \"%.*s\" in \"%s\"\n", key_len, key, uc->name);
+                }
+                else {
+                	uwsgi_log("[cache-error] unable to store \"%.*s\" in \"%s\"\n", key_len, key, uc->name);
+                }
+                uwsgi_rwunlock(uc->lock);
+next:
+                usl = usl->next;
+        }
+}
+
 static void uwsgi_cache_load_files(struct uwsgi_cache *uc) {
 
 	struct uwsgi_string_list *usl = uwsgi.load_file_in_cache;
@@ -341,6 +376,8 @@ void uwsgi_cache_init(struct uwsgi_cache *uc) {
 
 	uwsgi_cache_load_files(uc);
 
+	uwsgi_cache_add_items(uc);
+
 }
 
 static uint64_t uwsgi_cache_get_index(struct uwsgi_cache *uc, char *key, uint16_t keylen) {
diff --git a/core/uwsgi.c b/core/uwsgi.c
index 4a84e2b4..50a63e9a 100644
--- a/core/uwsgi.c
+++ b/core/uwsgi.c
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ static struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_base_options[] = {
 	{"cache-sync", required_argument, 0, "copy the whole content of another uWSGI cache server on server startup", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uwsgi.cache_sync, 0},
 	{"cache-use-last-modified", no_argument, 0, "update last_modified_at timestamp on every cache item modification (default is disabled)", uwsgi_opt_true, &uwsgi.cache_use_last_modified, 0},
 
+	{"add-cache-item", required_argument, 0, "add an item in the cache", uwsgi_opt_add_string_list, &uwsgi.add_cache_item, 0},
 	{"load-file-in-cache", required_argument, 0, "load a static file in the cache", uwsgi_opt_add_string_list, &uwsgi.load_file_in_cache, 0},
 #ifdef UWSGI_ZLIB
 	{"load-file-in-cache-gzip", required_argument, 0, "load a static file in the cache with gzip compression", uwsgi_opt_add_string_list, &uwsgi.load_file_in_cache_gzip, 0},
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index e8c95192..9f77c857 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -2250,6 +2250,7 @@ struct uwsgi_server {
 	size_t lock_size;
 	size_t rwlock_size;
 
+	struct uwsgi_string_list *add_cache_item;
 	struct uwsgi_string_list *load_file_in_cache;
 #ifdef UWSGI_ZLIB
 	struct uwsgi_string_list *load_file_in_cache_gzip;