diff --git a/framework/yii/caching/MemCache.php b/framework/yii/caching/MemCache.php
index 34c10d0..86a0b45 100644
--- a/framework/yii/caching/MemCache.php
+++ b/framework/yii/caching/MemCache.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class MemCache extends Cache
 					$cache->addServer($server->host, $server->port, $server->weight);
 				} else {
 					$cache->addServer($server->host, $server->port, $server->persistent,
-						$server->weight, $server->timeout, $server->retryInterval, $server->status);
+						$server->weight, $server->timeout, $server->retryInterval, $server->status, null, $server->timemoutms);
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/framework/yii/caching/MemCacheServer.php b/framework/yii/caching/MemCacheServer.php
index dc0de08..257398d 100644
--- a/framework/yii/caching/MemCacheServer.php
+++ b/framework/yii/caching/MemCacheServer.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class MemCacheServer extends \yii\base\Object
 	/**
 	 * @var integer value in seconds which will be used for connecting to the server. This is used by memcache only.
 	 */
-	public $timeout = 15;
+	public $timeout = 2;
 	/**
 	 * @var integer how often a failed server will be retried (in seconds). This is used by memcache only.
 	 */
@@ -46,4 +46,9 @@ class MemCacheServer extends \yii\base\Object
 	 * @var boolean if the server should be flagged as online upon a failure. This is used by memcache only.
 	 */
 	public $status = true;
+	/**
+	* @var integer value in milliseconds which will be used for connecting to the server. Takes precedence over timeout
+ 	*/
+	public $timemoutms = 2000;
+
 }