diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheProvider.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheProvider.java
index 4d71d54ca7fc..e01db9fadf3c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheProvider.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheProvider.java
@@ -17,15 +17,19 @@
 
 package io.druid.client.cache;
 
-import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JacksonInject;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.metamx.metrics.MonitorScheduler;
 
 public class MemcachedCacheProvider extends MemcachedCacheConfig implements CacheProvider
 {
   private final MonitorScheduler emitter;
 
-  @Inject
-  public MemcachedCacheProvider(MonitorScheduler emitter)
+  @JsonCreator
+  public MemcachedCacheProvider(
+      @JacksonInject
+      MonitorScheduler emitter
+  )
   {
     this.emitter = emitter;
   }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheTest.java b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheTest.java
index 77631141aaaa..9b3017bd16a1 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/client/cache/MemcachedCacheTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import io.druid.collections.ResourceHolder;
 import io.druid.collections.StupidResourceHolder;
 import io.druid.guice.GuiceInjectors;
+import io.druid.guice.JsonConfigProvider;
 import io.druid.guice.ManageLifecycle;
 import io.druid.initialization.Initialization;
 import io.druid.jackson.DefaultObjectMapper;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
@@ -159,6 +161,33 @@ public void configure(Binder binder)
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testSimpleInjection()
+  {
+    final String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    System.setProperty(uuid + ".type", "memcached");
+    System.setProperty(uuid + ".hosts", "localhost");
+    final MonitorScheduler monitorScheduler = EasyMock.createNiceMock(MonitorScheduler.class);
+    EasyMock.replay(monitorScheduler);
+    final Injector injector = Initialization.makeInjectorWithModules(
+        GuiceInjectors.makeStartupInjector(), ImmutableList.<Module>of(
+            new Module()
+            {
+              @Override
+              public void configure(Binder binder)
+              {
+                binder.bind(MonitorScheduler.class).toInstance(monitorScheduler);
+                binder.bind(Cache.class).toProvider(CacheProvider.class);
+                JsonConfigProvider.bind(binder, uuid, CacheProvider.class);
+              }
+            }
+        )
+    );
+    final CacheProvider memcachedCacheProvider = injector.getInstance(CacheProvider.class);
+    Assert.assertNotNull(memcachedCacheProvider);
+    Assert.assertEquals(MemcachedCacheProvider.class, memcachedCacheProvider.getClass());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testMonitor() throws Exception
   {