diff --git a/core/cache.c b/core/cache.c
index 84dd5cdd..98d974b6 100644
--- a/core/cache.c
+++ b/core/cache.c
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ void uwsgi_cache_start_sync_servers() {
 */
 }
 
-void uwsgi_cache_create(char *arg) {
+struct uwsgi_cache *uwsgi_cache_create(char *arg) {
 	struct uwsgi_cache *old_uc = NULL, *uc = uwsgi.caches;
 	while(uc) {
 		old_uc = uc;
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ void uwsgi_cache_create(char *arg) {
 	}
 
 	uwsgi_cache_init(uc);
+	return uc;
 }
 
 struct uwsgi_cache *uwsgi_cache_by_name(char *name) {
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index e444164f..94e06206 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -2639,7 +2639,7 @@ int uwsgi_cache_set2(struct uwsgi_cache *, char *, uint16_t, char *, uint64_t, u
 int uwsgi_cache_del2(struct uwsgi_cache *, char *, uint16_t, uint64_t, uint16_t);
 char *uwsgi_cache_get2(struct uwsgi_cache *, char *, uint16_t, uint64_t *);
 uint32_t uwsgi_cache_exists2(struct uwsgi_cache *, char *, uint16_t);
-void uwsgi_cache_create(char *);
+struct uwsgi_cache *uwsgi_cache_create(char *);
 struct uwsgi_cache *uwsgi_cache_by_name(char *);
 void uwsgi_cache_create_all(void);
 char *uwsgi_cache_safe_get2(struct uwsgi_cache *, char *, uint16_t, uint64_t *);