diff --git a/lib/private/memcache/apc.php b/lib/private/memcache/apc.php
index 50b942e72973f088f099ed4b4079f766182c83bc..f768cdc1c6ef33ce8e9bcce5dec2bf09c0c9f339 100644
--- a/lib/private/memcache/apc.php
+++ b/lib/private/memcache/apc.php
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class APC extends Cache implements IMemcache {
 		cas as casEmulated;
 	}
 
+	use CADTrait;
+
 	public function get($key) {
 		$result = apc_fetch($this->getPrefix() . $key, $success);
 		if (!$success) {
diff --git a/lib/private/memcache/arraycache.php b/lib/private/memcache/arraycache.php
index 2b1b87a9eb3e5a6f25a2cbc4e8aa7b69d615b8a7..8a3fdd2f7c59c53b4dbc644f77e611facbd0b25e 100644
--- a/lib/private/memcache/arraycache.php
+++ b/lib/private/memcache/arraycache.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class ArrayCache extends Cache implements IMemcache {
 	/** @var array Array with the cached data */
 	protected $cachedData = array();
 
+	use CADTrait;
+
 	/**
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
 	 */
diff --git a/lib/private/memcache/cadtrait.php b/lib/private/memcache/cadtrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e9836e240402e57cc3adb0996208f419a856e0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/private/memcache/cadtrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2015, ownCloud, Inc.
+ * @license AGPL-3.0
+ *
+ * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Memcache;
+
+trait CADTrait {
+	abstract public function get($key);
+
+	abstract public function remove($key);
+
+	abstract public function add($key, $value, $ttl = 0);
+
+	/**
+	 * Compare and delete
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param mixed $old
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function cad($key, $old) {
+		//no native cas, emulate with locking
+		if ($this->add($key . '_lock', true)) {
+			if ($this->get($key) === $old) {
+				$this->remove($key);
+				$this->remove($key . '_lock');
+				return true;
+			} else {
+				$this->remove($key . '_lock');
+				return false;
+			}
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/private/memcache/memcached.php b/lib/private/memcache/memcached.php
index cf1d651b55196665d82f4dff510c65c093af83fd..1503851fd730d382ccc012cf3ba01fb4d5424373 100644
--- a/lib/private/memcache/memcached.php
+++ b/lib/private/memcache/memcached.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class Memcached extends Cache implements IMemcache {
 	 */
 	private static $cache = null;
 
+	use CADTrait;
+
 	public function __construct($prefix = '') {
 		parent::__construct($prefix);
 		if (is_null(self::$cache)) {
diff --git a/lib/private/memcache/nullcache.php b/lib/private/memcache/nullcache.php
index 77eadba4eba2b19389e32ee19f4a7dc1ce0d9a1e..f971ffc9b2dac5eb8814a95a80eb27401353bfba 100644
--- a/lib/private/memcache/nullcache.php
+++ b/lib/private/memcache/nullcache.php
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ class NullCache extends Cache implements \OCP\IMemcache {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	public function cad($key, $old) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	public function clear($prefix = '') {
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/private/memcache/xcache.php b/lib/private/memcache/xcache.php
index 0be79d06ed9eb99cff0188332b48dbea700bdc3f..a6265ed56225a796f4641bf61fa2eeae11750056 100644
--- a/lib/private/memcache/xcache.php
+++ b/lib/private/memcache/xcache.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ use OCP\IMemcache;
 class XCache extends Cache implements IMemcache {
 	use CASTrait;
 
+	use CADTrait;
+
 	/**
 	 * entries in XCache gets namespaced to prevent collisions between ownCloud instances and users
 	 */
diff --git a/lib/public/imemcache.php b/lib/public/imemcache.php
index f8b898e54c655de169f529babf492e5d64741f2a..a1a00791b63a6b5e4634a6740ed442c01cc0f119 100644
--- a/lib/public/imemcache.php
+++ b/lib/public/imemcache.php
@@ -76,4 +76,14 @@ interface IMemcache extends ICache {
 	 * @since 8.1.0
 	 */
 	public function cas($key, $old, $new);
+
+	/**
+	 * Compare and delete
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param mixed $old
+	 * @return bool
+	 * @since 8.1.0
+	 */
+	public function cad($key, $old);
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/memcache/cache.php b/tests/lib/memcache/cache.php
index 9d977cf02471b0878f7c42e00e4c048632934da6..3ff72ee931c7ba77ebc7e47cbfc5f56ad89186f2 100644
--- a/tests/lib/memcache/cache.php
+++ b/tests/lib/memcache/cache.php
@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ abstract class Cache extends \Test_Cache {
 		$this->assertEquals('bar1', $this->instance->get('foo'));
 	}
 
+	public function testCadNotChanged() {
+		$this->instance->set('foo', 'bar');
+		$this->assertTrue($this->instance->cad('foo', 'bar'));
+		$this->assertFalse($this->instance->hasKey('foo'));
+	}
+
+	public function testCadChanged() {
+		$this->instance->set('foo', 'bar1');
+		$this->assertFalse($this->instance->cad('foo', 'bar'));
+		$this->assertTrue($this->instance->hasKey('foo'));
+	}
+
 
 	protected function tearDown() {
 		if ($this->instance) {