diff --git a/wp-ffpc-backend.php b/wp-ffpc-backend.php
index c30f401..c26a783 100644
--- a/wp-ffpc-backend.php
+++ b/wp-ffpc-backend.php
@@ -735,6 +735,10 @@ if (!class_exists('WP_FFPC_Backend')) {
 				/* use binary and not compressed format, good for nginx and still fast */
 				$this->connection->setOption( Memcached::OPT_COMPRESSION , false );
 				$this->connection->setOption( Memcached::OPT_BINARY_PROTOCOL , true );
+
+				if ( version_compare( phpversion( 'memcached' ) , '2.0.0', '>=' ) && ini_get( 'memcached.use_sasl' ) == 1 ) {
+					$this->connection->setSaslAuthData ( $this->options['authuser'], $this->options['authpass']);
+				}
 			}
 
 			/* check if initialization was success or not */
diff --git a/wp-ffpc-class.php b/wp-ffpc-class.php
index 83c1310..7d71713 100644
--- a/wp-ffpc-class.php
+++ b/wp-ffpc-class.php
@@ -631,6 +631,31 @@ if ( ! class_exists( 'WP_FFPC' ) ) {
 						<input type="checkbox" name="persistent" id="persistent" value="1" <?php checked($this->options['persistent'],true); ?> />
 						<span class="description"><?php _e('Make all memcache(d) connections persistent. Be careful with this setting, always test the outcome.', $this->plugin_constant); ?></span>
 					</dd>
+
+					<?php
+					if ( strstr ( $this->options['cache_type'], 'memcached') && extension_loaded ( 'memcached' ) && version_compare( phpversion( 'memcached' ) , '2.0.0', '>=' ) ) { ?>
+					<?php
+						if ( ! ini_get('memcached.use_sasl') && ( !empty( $this->options['authuser'] ) || !empty( $this->options['authpass'] ) ) ) { ?>
+							<div class="error"><p><strong><?php _e( 'WARNING: you\'ve entered username and/or password for memcached authentication ( or your browser\'s autocomplete did ) which will not work unless you enable memcached sasl in the PHP settings: add `memcached.use_sasl=1` to php.ini' , $this->plugin_constant ) ?></strong></p></div>
+					<?php } ?>
+					<dt>
+						<label for="authuser"><?php _e('Authentication: username', $this->plugin_constant); ?></label>
+					</dt>
+					<dd>
+						<input type="text" name="authuser" id="authuser" value="<?php echo $this->options['authuser']; ?>" />
+						<span class="description">
+						<?php _e('Username for authentication with memcached backends', $this->plugin_constant); ?></span>
+					</dd>
+
+					<dt>
+						<label for="authpass"><?php _e('Authentication: password', $this->plugin_constant); ?></label>
+					</dt>
+					<dd>
+						<input type="password" name="authpass" id="authpass" value="<?php echo $this->options['authpass']; ?>" />
+						<span class="description">
+						<?php _e('Password for authentication with memcached backends - WARNING, the password will be stored plain-text since it needs to be used!', $this->plugin_constant); ?></span>
+					</dd>
+					<?php } ?>
 				</dl>
 				</fieldset>
 
diff --git a/wp-ffpc.php b/wp-ffpc.php
index 97d793d..ef1da94 100644
--- a/wp-ffpc.php
+++ b/wp-ffpc.php
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ include_once ( 'wp-ffpc-class.php' );
 
 $wp_ffpc_defaults = array (
 	'hosts'=>'127.0.0.1:11211',
+	'authpass'=>'',
+	'authuser'=>'',
 	'expire'=>300,
 	'invalidation_method'=>0,
 	'prefix_meta' =>'meta-',
@@ -51,6 +53,6 @@ $wp_ffpc_defaults = array (
 	'comments_invalidate' => true,
 );
 
-$wp_ffpc = new WP_FFPC ( 'wp-ffpc', '1.4.0', 'WP-FFPC', $wp_ffpc_defaults, 'https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XU3DG7LLA76WC' );
+$wp_ffpc = new WP_FFPC ( 'wp-ffpc', '1.6.0', 'WP-FFPC', $wp_ffpc_defaults, 'https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XU3DG7LLA76WC' );
 
 ?>