diff --git a/nexus_memcache/conf.py b/nexus_memcache/conf.py
index a1066df..fe1c77b 100644
--- a/nexus_memcache/conf.py
+++ b/nexus_memcache/conf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import django
 from django.conf import settings
 
 BACKEND = getattr(settings, 'NEXUS_MEMCACHE_BACKEND', getattr(settings, 'CACHE_BACKEND', None))
diff --git a/nexus_memcache/nexus_modules.py b/nexus_memcache/nexus_modules.py
index df10999..2ccc3c0 100644
--- a/nexus_memcache/nexus_modules.py
+++ b/nexus_memcache/nexus_modules.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import socket
 import warnings
+import django
 
 from django.core.cache import get_cache, parse_backend_uri
+if django.get_version() >= "1.3":
+    from django.core.cache import parse_backend_conf
+from django.core.cache.backends.base import InvalidCacheBackendError
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
+from django.utils import importlib
 
 import nexus
 
@@ -14,12 +19,28 @@ class MemcacheModule(nexus.NexusModule):
     
     def get_caches(self):
         caches = []
-        schema, hosts, params = parse_backend_uri(conf.BACKEND)
-        for host in hosts.split(';'):
-            try:
-                caches.append((host, get_cache('%s://%s?%s' % (schema, host, params))._cache))
-            except Exception, e:
-                self.logger.exception(e)
+        if isinstance(conf.BACKEND, dict) and django.get_version() >= "1.3":
+            for name in conf.BACKEND.keys():
+                backend, location, params = parse_backend_conf(name)
+                if ';' in location:
+                    location = location.split(';')
+                try:
+                    mod_path, cls_name = backend.rsplit('.', 1)
+                    mod = importlib.import_module(mod_path)
+                    backend_cls = getattr(mod, cls_name)
+                    for host in location:
+                        caches.append((host, backend_cls(host, params)._cache))
+                except Exception, e:
+                    self.logger.exception(e)
+        elif '://' in conf.BACKEND:
+            schema, hosts, prams = parse_backend_uri(conf.BACKEND)
+            for host in hosts.split(';'):
+                try:
+                    caches.append((host, get_cache('%s://%s?%s' % (schema, host, params))._cache))
+                except Exception, e:
+                    self.logger.exception(e)
+        else:
+            self.logger.warning('No cache was configured')
         return caches
     
     def get_stats(self, timeout=5):