diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 965383c..63885cf 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ Vcs-Git: https://github.com/Difrex/surok
 
 Package: surok
 Architecture: all
-Depends: python3-jinja2, python3-dnsq, python3-requests, python3-memcache (>= 1.57)
+Depends: python3-jinja2, python3-dnsq, python3-requests
+Recommends: python3-memcache (>= 1.57)
 Description: Service discovery for Apache Mesos clusters
diff --git a/surok/system.py b/surok/system.py
index 8ec9a6a..ccd87cd 100644
--- a/surok/system.py
+++ b/surok/system.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import os
 import sys
 import logging
 import requests
-import memcache
 from .discovery import resolve
 
 
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@ def reload_conf(service_conf, app_conf, conf, app_hosts):
     # Need rewriting
     ################
     if 'memcached' in conf:
+        import memcache
         if conf['memcached']['enabled'] is True:
             # Check old servers
             mc_hosts = None