diff --git a/app/models/solid_cache/entry.rb b/app/models/solid_cache/entry.rb
index a7943c9..555d6e9 100644
--- a/app/models/solid_cache/entry.rb
+++ b/app/models/solid_cache/entry.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def lock_and_write(key, &block)
           uncached do
             result = lock.where(key_hash: key_hash_for(key)).pick(:key, :value)
             new_value = block.call(result&.first == key ? result[1] : nil)
-            write(key, new_value)
+            write(key, new_value) if new_value
             new_value
           end
         end
diff --git a/lib/solid_cache/store/api.rb b/lib/solid_cache/store/api.rb
index 042fb28..8a24056 100644
--- a/lib/solid_cache/store/api.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_cache/store/api.rb
@@ -39,16 +39,27 @@ def read_serialized_entry(key, **options)
           entry_read(key)
         end
 
-        def write_entry(key, entry, raw: false, **options)
+        def write_entry(key, entry, raw: false, unless_exist: false, **options)
           payload = serialize_entry(entry, raw: raw, **options)
-          # No-op for us, but this writes it to the local cache
-          write_serialized_entry(key, payload, raw: raw, **options)
 
-          entry_write(key, payload)
+          if unless_exist
+            written = false
+            entry_lock_and_write(key) do |value|
+              if value.nil? || deserialize_entry(value, **options).expired?
+                written = true
+                payload
+              end
+            end
+          else
+            written = entry_write(key, payload)
+          end
+
+          write_serialized_entry(key, payload, raw: raw, returning: written, **options)
+          written
         end
 
-        def write_serialized_entry(key, payload, raw: false, unless_exist: false, expires_in: nil, race_condition_ttl: nil, **options)
-          true
+        def write_serialized_entry(key, payload, raw: false, unless_exist: false, expires_in: nil, race_condition_ttl: nil, returning: true, **options)
+          returning
         end
 
         def read_serialized_entries(keys)
diff --git a/lib/solid_cache/store/entries.rb b/lib/solid_cache/store/entries.rb
index d3edf63..5c18fe3 100644
--- a/lib/solid_cache/store/entries.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_cache/store/entries.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ def entry_clear
 
         def entry_lock_and_write(key, &block)
           writing_key(key, failsafe: :increment) do
-            Entry.lock_and_write(key, &block)
+            Entry.lock_and_write(key) do |value|
+              block.call(value).tap { |result| track_writes(1) if result }
+            end
           end
         end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/solid_cache_test.rb b/test/unit/solid_cache_test.rb
index f4d782f..d3306f7 100644
--- a/test/unit/solid_cache_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/solid_cache_test.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ class SolidCacheTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     cache = lookup_store(max_age: 7200)
     assert_equal 7200, cache.max_age
   end
+
+  def test_write_with_unless_exist
+    assert_equal true, @cache.write("foo", 1)
+    assert_equal false, @cache.write("foo", 1, unless_exist: true)
+  end
+
+  def test_write_expired_value_with_unless_exist
+    assert_equal true, @cache.write(1, "aaaa", expires_in: 1.second)
+    travel 2.seconds
+    assert_equal true, @cache.write(1, "bbbb", expires_in: 1.second, unless_exist: true)
+  end
 end
 
 class SolidCacheFailsafeTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase