diff --git a/config.php.default b/config.php.default
index 1be3e3c67..f079f6761 100755
--- a/config.php.default
+++ b/config.php.default
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ $config['rrd_dir'] 	= "/opt/observer/rrd";
 $config['temp_dir']	= "/tmp";
 $config['observer_log'] = $config['install_dir'] . "/observer.log";
 
+### Enable the below to use rrdcached. be sure rrd_dir is within the rrdcached dir
+### and that your web server has permission to talk to rrdcached.
+#$config['rrdcached']    = "unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock";
+
 ### Default community
 $config['community'] = "public";
 
diff --git a/html/graph.php b/html/graph.php
index 340b4626b..d2e15ea0d 100644
--- a/html/graph.php
+++ b/html/graph.php
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ if($_GET['debug']) {
   }
 
   if($rrd_options) {
-    if($_GET['debug']) { echo("<pre>".$config['rrdtool'] . " graph $graphfile $rrd_options\n\n"); }
-    $thing = shell_exec($config['rrdtool'] . " graph $graphfile $rrd_options");    
+    
+    if($config['rrdcached']) { $rrd_switches = " --daemon ".$config['rrdcached'] . " "; }
+    $rrd_cmd = $config['rrdtool'] . " graph $graphfile $rrd_options" . $rrd_switches;
+    $woo = shell_exec($rrd_cmd);
+    if($_GET['debug']) { echo("<pre>".$rrd_cmd."</pre>"); }    
 #    $thing = popen($config['rrdtool'] . " -",'w');
 #    fputs($thing, "graph $graphfile $rrd_options");
 #    pclose($thing);
diff --git a/includes/rrdtool.inc.php b/includes/rrdtool.inc.php
index 3c201a941..d0888841d 100644
--- a/includes/rrdtool.inc.php
+++ b/includes/rrdtool.inc.php
@@ -33,8 +33,15 @@ function rrdtool_lastupdate($rrdfile, $rrdupdate)
 function rrdtool($command, $file, $options)
 {
   global $config; global $debug;
-  if ($debug) { echo($config['rrdtool'] . " $command $file $options \n"); }
-  return shell_exec($config['rrdtool'] . " $command $file $options");
+
+  $command = $config['rrdtool'] . " $command $file $options";
+  if($config['rrdcached']) 
+  {
+    $command .= " --daemon " . $config['rrdcached'];
+  }
+
+  if ($debug) { echo($command."\n"); }
+  return shell_exec($command);
 }
 
 ?>