diff --git a/src/etools_datamart/config/settings.py b/src/etools_datamart/config/settings.py
index 3c172103..3e8df820 100644
--- a/src/etools_datamart/config/settings.py
+++ b/src/etools_datamart/config/settings.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_TTL=(int, 60 * 60 * 24),
     AZURE_TENANT=(str, ""),
     CACHE_DISABLED=(bool, False),
+    CACHES=(str, ""),
     CACHE_URL=(str, "redis://127.0.0.1:6379/1"),
     CACHE_URL_API=(str, "redis://127.0.0.1:6379/2?key_prefix=api"),
     CACHE_URL_LOCK=(str, "redis://127.0.0.1:6379/2?key_prefix=lock"),
@@ -234,6 +235,9 @@
             "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache",
         }
     }
+elif len(env("CACHES")) > 8:
+    CACHES = env("CACHES")
+
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = "etools_datamart.config.urls"