--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #if (NGX_HTTP_CACHE)
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_cache(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_upstream_t *u);
+static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_cache_get(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_http_upstream_t *u, ngx_http_file_cache_t **cache);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_cache_send(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_upstream_t *u);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_cache_status(ngx_http_request_t *r,
@@ -723,8 +725,9 @@ found:
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_upstream_cache(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
 {
-    ngx_int_t          rc;
-    ngx_http_cache_t  *c;
+    ngx_int_t               rc;
+    ngx_http_cache_t       *c;
+    ngx_http_file_cache_t  *cache;
 
     c = r->cache;
 
@@ -734,6 +737,12 @@ ngx_http_upstream_cache(ngx_http_request
             return NGX_DECLINED;
         }
 
+        rc = ngx_http_upstream_cache_get(r, u, &cache);
+
+        if (rc != NGX_OK) {
+            return rc;
+        }
+
         if (r->method & NGX_HTTP_HEAD) {
             u->method = ngx_http_core_get_method;
         }
@@ -767,7 +776,7 @@ ngx_http_upstream_cache(ngx_http_request
 
         c->body_start = u->conf->buffer_size;
         c->min_uses = u->conf->cache_min_uses;
-        c->file_cache = u->conf->cache_zone->data;
+        c->file_cache = cache;
 
         switch (ngx_http_test_predicates(r, u->conf->cache_bypass)) {
 
@@ -874,6 +883,49 @@ ngx_http_upstream_cache(ngx_http_request
 
 
 static ngx_int_t
+ngx_http_upstream_cache_get(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u,
+    ngx_http_file_cache_t **cache)
+{
+    ngx_str_t               *name, val;
+    ngx_uint_t               i;
+    ngx_http_file_cache_t  **caches;
+
+    if (u->conf->cache_zone) {
+        *cache = u->conf->cache_zone->data;
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
+    if (ngx_http_complex_value(r, u->conf->cache_value, &val) != NGX_OK) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (val.len == 0
+        || (val.len == 3 && ngx_strncmp(val.data, "off", 3) == 0))
+    {
+        return NGX_DECLINED;
+    }
+
+    caches = u->caches->elts;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < u->caches->nelts; i++) {
+        name = &caches[i]->shm_zone->shm.name;
+
+        if (name->len == val.len
+            && ngx_strncmp(name->data, val.data, val.len) == 0)
+        {
+            *cache = caches[i];
+            return NGX_OK;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+                  "cache \"%V\" not found", &val);
+
+    return NGX_ERROR;
+}
+
+
+static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_upstream_cache_send(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
 {
     ngx_int_t          rc;