diff --git a/core/cache.c b/core/cache.c
index d4e89214..99e0c6ee 100644
--- a/core/cache.c
+++ b/core/cache.c
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ static void uwsgi_cache_add_items(struct uwsgi_cache *uc) {
 next:
                 usl = usl->next;
         }
+
 }
 
 static void uwsgi_cache_load_files(struct uwsgi_cache *uc) {
@@ -1920,3 +1921,24 @@ void uwsgi_cache_setup_nodes(struct uwsgi_cache *uc) {
 	}
 }
 
+struct uwsgi_cache_item *uwsgi_cache_keys(struct uwsgi_cache *uc, uint64_t *pos, struct uwsgi_cache_item **uci) {
+
+	// security check
+	if (*pos >= uc->hashsize) return NULL;
+	// iterate hashtable
+	uint64_t orig_pos = *pos;
+	for(;*pos<uc->hashsize;(*pos)++) {
+		// get the cache slot
+		uint64_t slot = uc->hashtable[*pos];
+		if (*pos == orig_pos && *uci) {
+			slot = (*uci)->next;	
+		}
+		if (slot == 0) continue;
+
+		*uci = cache_item(slot);
+		return *uci;
+	}
+
+	(*pos)++;
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
index 67c1d796..c4442b10 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
@@ -3109,6 +3109,35 @@ PyObject *py_uwsgi_cache_num(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 
 }
 
+PyObject *py_uwsgi_cache_keys(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
+	char *cache = NULL;
+        struct uwsgi_cache_item *uci = NULL;
+        uint64_t pos = 0;
+
+        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|s:cache_keys", &cache)) {
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+	struct uwsgi_cache *uc = uwsgi_cache_by_name(cache);
+	if (!uc) {
+		return PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "no local uWSGI cache available");
+	}
+
+	PyObject *l = PyList_New(0);
+
+	uwsgi_rlock(uc->lock);
+        for(;;) {
+                uci = uwsgi_cache_keys(uc, &pos, &uci);
+                if (!uci) break;
+		PyObject *ci = PyString_FromStringAndSize(uci->key, uci->keysize);
+		PyList_Append(l, ci);
+		Py_DECREF(ci);
+        }
+	uwsgi_rwunlock(uc->lock);
+	return l;
+}
+
+
 static PyMethodDef uwsgi_cache_methods[] = {
 	{"cache_get", py_uwsgi_cache_get, METH_VARARGS, ""},
 	{"cache_set", py_uwsgi_cache_set, METH_VARARGS, ""},
@@ -3121,6 +3150,7 @@ static PyMethodDef uwsgi_cache_methods[] = {
 	{"cache_mul", py_uwsgi_cache_mul, METH_VARARGS, ""},
 	{"cache_div", py_uwsgi_cache_div, METH_VARARGS, ""},
 	{"cache_num", py_uwsgi_cache_num, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+	{"cache_keys", py_uwsgi_cache_keys, METH_VARARGS, ""},
 	{NULL, NULL},
 };
 
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index 531daf2e..64114683 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -4150,6 +4150,8 @@ void uwsgi_fsmon_setup();
 void uwsgi_exit(int) __attribute__ ((__noreturn__));
 void uwsgi_fallback_config();
 
+struct uwsgi_cache_item *uwsgi_cache_keys(struct uwsgi_cache *, uint64_t *, struct uwsgi_cache_item **);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif