diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb b/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb
index 6f6a507..abd9089 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ module Rack
 
         if defined?(::Redis::Store) && store.is_a?(::Redis::Store)
           RedisStoreProxy.new(store)
+        elsif defined?(::Dalli) && store.is_a?(::Dalli::Client)
+          DalliProxy.new(store)
         else
           store
         end
@@ -52,6 +54,34 @@ module Rack
         end
 
       end
+
+      class DalliProxy < SimpleDelegator
+        def initialize(client)
+          super(client)
+        end
+
+        def read(key)
+          with do |client|
+            client.get(key)
+          end
+        rescue Dalli::DalliError
+        end
+
+        def write(key, value, options={})
+          with do |client|
+            client.set(key, value, options.fetch(:expires_in, 0), raw: true)
+          end
+        rescue Dalli::DalliError
+        end
+
+        def increment(key, amount, options={})
+          with do |client|
+            client.incr(key, amount, options.fetch(:expires_in, 0), amount)
+          end
+        rescue Dalli::DalliError
+        end
+
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/integration/rack_attack_cache_spec.rb b/spec/integration/rack_attack_cache_spec.rb
index 06079ce..adc755a 100644
--- a/spec/integration/rack_attack_cache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/rack_attack_cache_spec.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ describe Rack::Attack::Cache do
     ActiveSupport::Cache::MemoryStore.new,
     ActiveSupport::Cache::DalliStore.new("localhost"),
     ActiveSupport::Cache::RedisStore.new("localhost"),
+    Dalli::Client.new,
     Redis::Store.new
   ]
 
@@ -108,4 +109,36 @@ describe Rack::Attack::Cache do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "should not error if memcached is not running" do
+    before {
+      Dalli.logger.level = Logger::FATAL
+      @cache = Rack::Attack::Cache.new
+      @key = "rack::attack:cache-test-key"
+      @expires_in = 1
+      @cache.store = Dalli::Client.new('127.0.0.1:22122')
+    }
+
+    after {
+      Dalli.logger.level = Logger::INFO
+    }
+
+    describe "write" do
+      it "should not raise exception" do
+        @cache.write("cache-test-key", "foobar", 1)
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "read" do
+      it "should not raise exception" do
+        @cache.read("cache-test-key")
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "do_count" do
+      it "should not raise exception" do
+        @cache.send(:do_count, @key, @expires_in)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
 end