diff --git a/internal/service/elasticache/cluster.go b/internal/service/elasticache/cluster.go
index a03b5e384998..8d6e5c6a0287 100644
--- a/internal/service/elasticache/cluster.go
+++ b/internal/service/elasticache/cluster.go
@@ -332,8 +332,12 @@ func ResourceCluster() *schema.Resource {
 				Computed: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
-			names.AttrTags:    tftags.TagsSchema(),
-			names.AttrTagsAll: tftags.TagsSchemaComputed(),
+			"transit_encryption_enabled": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				ForceNew: true,
+				Optional: true,
+				Default:  false,
+			},
 		},
 
 		CustomizeDiff: customdiff.Sequence(
@@ -343,6 +347,7 @@ func ResourceCluster() *schema.Resource {
 			CustomizeDiffValidateClusterNumCacheNodes,
 			CustomizeDiffClusterMemcachedNodeType,
 			CustomizeDiffValidateClusterMemcachedSnapshotIdentifier,
+			CustomizeDiffValidateTransitEncryptionEnabled,
 			verify.SetTagsDiff,
 		),
 	}
@@ -447,6 +452,10 @@ func resourceClusterCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta int
 		input.SnapshotName = aws.String(v.(string))
 	}
 
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("transit_encryption_enabled"); ok {
+		input.TransitEncryptionEnabled = aws.Bool(v.(bool))
+	}
+
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("az_mode"); ok {
 		input.AZMode = aws.String(v.(string))
 	}
diff --git a/internal/service/elasticache/cluster_test.go b/internal/service/elasticache/cluster_test.go
index 4e7dd5d4d6d8..fe7923c00438 100644
--- a/internal/service/elasticache/cluster_test.go
+++ b/internal/service/elasticache/cluster_test.go
@@ -1225,6 +1225,37 @@ func TestAccElastiCacheCluster_tagWithOtherModification(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccElastiCacheCluster_TransitEncryption(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := acctest.Context(t)
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping long-running test in short mode")
+	}
+	var cluster elasticache.CacheCluster
+	rName := sdkacctest.RandomWithPrefix(acctest.ResourcePrefix)
+	resourceName := "aws_elasticache_cluster.test"
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:                 func() { acctest.PreCheck(t) },
+		ErrorCheck:               acctest.ErrorCheck(t, elasticache.EndpointsID),
+		ProtoV5ProviderFactories: acctest.ProtoV5ProviderFactories,
+		CheckDestroy:             testAccCheckClusterDestroy(ctx),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config:      testAccClusterConfig_transitEncryption(rName, "memcached", "1.6.11"),
+				ExpectError: regexp.MustCompile(`Transit encryption is not supported for memcached version 1.6.11`),
+			},
+			{
+				Config:      testAccClusterConfig_transitEncryption(rName, "redis", "6.2"),
+				ExpectError: regexp.MustCompile(`aws_elasticache_cluster does not support transit encryption using the redis engine, use aws_elasticache_replication_group instead`),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccClusterConfig_transitEncryption(rName, "memcached", "1.6.12"),
+				Check:  testAccCheckClusterExists(ctx, resourceName, &cluster),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccElastiCacheCluster_outpost_memcached(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := acctest.Context(t)
 	if testing.Short() {
@@ -2152,3 +2183,17 @@ resource "aws_elasticache_cluster" "test" {
 }
 `, rName, version, tagKey1, tagValue1)
 }
+
+func testAccClusterConfig_transitEncryption(rName, engine, version string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_elasticache_cluster" "test" {
+  apply_immediately          = true
+  cluster_id                 = "%[1]s"
+  engine                     = "%[2]s"
+  engine_version             = "%[3]s"
+  node_type                  = "cache.t3.medium"
+  num_cache_nodes            = 1
+  transit_encryption_enabled = true
+}
+`, rName, engine, version)
+}
diff --git a/internal/service/elasticache/transit_encryption.go b/internal/service/elasticache/transit_encryption.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f6b28ed4141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/service/elasticache/transit_encryption.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package elasticache
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	gversion "github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+)
+
+var minMemcachedTransitEncryptionVersion = gversion.Must(gversion.NewVersion("1.6.12"))
+
+func CustomizeDiffValidateTransitEncryptionEnabled(_ context.Context, diff *schema.ResourceDiff, _ interface{}) error {
+	engine := diff.Get("engine").(string)
+
+	transitEncryptionEnabled, ok := diff.GetOk("transit_encryption_enabled")
+	if !ok || !transitEncryptionEnabled.(bool) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if engine == engineRedis {
+		return fmt.Errorf("aws_elasticache_cluster does not support transit encryption using the redis engine, use aws_elasticache_replication_group instead")
+	}
+
+	engineVersion, ok := diff.GetOk("engine_version")
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	version, err := normalizeEngineVersion(engineVersion.(string))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if version.LessThan(minMemcachedTransitEncryptionVersion) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Transit encryption is not supported for memcached version %v", version)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/r/elasticache_cluster.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/elasticache_cluster.html.markdown
index 2b711f45bb10..92c32c131af3 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/elasticache_cluster.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/elasticache_cluster.html.markdown
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ The minimum maintenance window is a 60 minute period. Example: `sun:05:00-sun:09
 * `snapshot_window` - (Optional, Redis only) Daily time range (in UTC) during which ElastiCache will begin taking a daily snapshot of your cache cluster. Example: 05:00-09:00
 * `subnet_group_name` – (Optional, VPC only) Name of the subnet group to be used for the cache cluster. Changing this value will re-create the resource.
 * `tags` - (Optional) Map of tags to assign to the resource. If configured with a provider [`default_tags` configuration block](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs#default_tags-configuration-block) present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
+* `transit_encryption_enabled` - (Optional Memcached only, VPC Only) If true, enable encryption in transit. See the documentation for [ElastiCache in-transit encryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/mem-ug/in-transit-encryption-mc.html).
 
 ## Attributes Reference