diff --git a/includes/static-config.php b/includes/static-config.php
index db337d20a..bd17f194c 100644
--- a/includes/static-config.php
+++ b/includes/static-config.php
@@ -1134,11 +1134,19 @@ if (!$observium_link)
 }
 $observium_db = mysql_select_db($config['db_name'], $observium_link);
 
-if($config['memcached']['enable'])
+if ($config['memcached']['enable'])
 {
-  $memcache = new Memcached();
-  $memcache->addServer($config['memcached']['host'], $config['memcached']['port']);
-  if ($debug) { print_r($memcache->getStats()); }
+  if (class_exists("Memcached"))
+  {
+    $memcache = new Memcached();
+    $memcache->addServer($config['memcached']['host'], $config['memcached']['port']);
+    if ($debug) { print_r($memcache->getStats()); }
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    echo("WARNING: You have enabled memcached but have not installed the PHP bindings. Disabling memcached support.\n");
+    $config['memcached']['enable'] = 0;
+  }
 }
 
 # Set some times needed by loads of scripts (it's dynamic, so we do it here!)