diff --git a/.github/workflows/postgresql.yaml b/.github/workflows/postgresql.yaml
index 9a56382c4e..b235767110 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/postgresql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/postgresql.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       INVENTREE_DEBUG: info
       INVENTREE_MEDIA_ROOT: ./media
       INVENTREE_STATIC_ROOT: ./static
+      INVENTREE_CACHE_HOST: localhost
 
     services:
       postgres:
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 5432:5432
 
+      redis:
+        image: redis
+        ports:
+          - 6379:6379
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -49,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
           pip3 install invoke
           pip3 install psycopg2
+          pip3 install django-redis>=5.0.0
           invoke install
       - name: Run Tests
         run: invoke test
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
index 944736e61d..b425a1c41e 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import logging
 
 import os
 import random
+import socket
 import string
 import shutil
 import sys
@@ -361,30 +362,6 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'InvenTree.wsgi.application'
 
-background_workers = os.environ.get('INVENTREE_BACKGROUND_WORKERS', None)
-
-if background_workers is not None:
-    try:
-        background_workers = int(background_workers)
-    except ValueError:
-        background_workers = None
-
-if background_workers is None:
-    # Sensible default?
-    background_workers = 4
-
-# django-q configuration
-Q_CLUSTER = {
-    'name': 'InvenTree',
-    'workers': background_workers,
-    'timeout': 90,
-    'retry': 120,
-    'queue_limit': 50,
-    'bulk': 10,
-    'orm': 'default',
-    'sync': False,
-}
-
 """
 Configure the database backend based on the user-specified values.
 
@@ -562,12 +539,84 @@ DATABASES = {
 }
 
 
-CACHES = {
-    'default': {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',
-    },
+_cache_config = CONFIG.get("cache", {})
+_cache_host = _cache_config.get("host", os.getenv("INVENTREE_CACHE_HOST"))
+_cache_port = _cache_config.get(
+    "port", os.getenv("INVENTREE_CACHE_PORT", "6379")
+)
+
+if _cache_host:
+    # We are going to rely upon a possibly non-localhost for our cache,
+    # so don't wait too long for the cache as nothing in the cache should be
+    # irreplacable.  Django Q Cluster will just try again later.
+    _cache_options = {
+        "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+        "SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT": int(os.getenv("CACHE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT", "2")),
+        "SOCKET_TIMEOUT": int(os.getenv("CACHE_SOCKET_TIMEOUT", "2")),
+        "CONNECTION_POOL_KWARGS": {
+            "socket_keepalive": _is_true(
+                os.getenv("CACHE_TCP_KEEPALIVE", "1")
+            ),
+            "socket_keepalive_options": {
+                socket.TCP_KEEPCNT: int(
+                    os.getenv("CACHE_KEEPALIVES_COUNT", "5")
+                ),
+                socket.TCP_KEEPIDLE: int(
+                    os.getenv("CACHE_KEEPALIVES_IDLE", "1")
+                ),
+                socket.TCP_KEEPINTVL: int(
+                    os.getenv("CACHE_KEEPALIVES_INTERVAL", "1")
+                ),
+                socket.TCP_USER_TIMEOUT: int(
+                    os.getenv("CACHE_TCP_USER_TIMEOUT", "1000")
+                ),
+            },
+        },
+    }
+    CACHES = {
+        # Connection configuration for Django Q Cluster
+        "worker": {
+            "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+            "LOCATION": f"redis://{_cache_host}:{_cache_port}/0",
+            "OPTIONS": _cache_options,
+        },
+        "default": {
+            "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+            "LOCATION": f"redis://{_cache_host}:{_cache_port}/1",
+            "OPTIONS": _cache_options,
+        },
+    }
+else:
+    CACHES = {
+        "default": {
+            "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
+        },
+    }
+
+try:
+    # 4 background workers seems like a sensible default
+    background_workers = int(os.environ.get('INVENTREE_BACKGROUND_WORKERS', 4))
+except ValueError:
+    background_workers = 4
+
+# django-q configuration
+Q_CLUSTER = {
+    'name': 'InvenTree',
+    'workers': background_workers,
+    'timeout': 90,
+    'retry': 120,
+    'queue_limit': 50,
+    'bulk': 10,
+    'orm': 'default',
+    'sync': False,
 }
 
+if _cache_host:
+    # If using external redis cache, make the cache the broker for Django Q
+    # as well
+    Q_CLUSTER["django_redis"] = "worker"
+
+
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
diff --git a/docker/requirements.txt b/docker/requirements.txt
index b15d7c538d..1a110d6cde 100644
--- a/docker/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker/requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ psycopg2>=2.9.1
 mysqlclient>=2.0.3
 pgcli>=3.1.0
 mariadb>=1.0.7
+
+# Cache
+django-redis>=5.0.0