diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.2.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.2.nix
index eb9c6846089..2af7b761c24 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.2.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ${if sslSupport then "--enable-ssl --with-ssl=${openssl}" else ""}
     ${if ldapSupport then "--enable-ldap --enable-authnz-ldap" else ""}
     --with-mpm=${mpm}
+    --enable-cache
+    --enable-disk-cache
+    --enable-file-cache
+    --enable-mem-cache
   '';
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;