diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5d7cb4..3829332 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ variables:
    If set to `yes` then squid configuration templating is disabled entirely, allowing
    bind mounting the configuration file in manually instead. The certificate and SSL
    setup still runs normally.
+ * `DISABLE_CACHE`
+   Default ``
+   If set to `yes` then squid configuration templating removes all `cache_dir`
+   lines, setting squid to memory only cache.
 
 # Proxychains
 By default squid in SSL MITM mode treats `cache_peer` entries quite differently.
diff --git a/docker-squid/squid.conf.p2 b/docker-squid/squid.conf.p2
index a9f5537..3e11759 100644
--- a/docker-squid/squid.conf.p2
+++ b/docker-squid/squid.conf.p2
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ netdb_filename stdio:/var/cache/squid4/netdb.state
 # Visible hostname to allow multi-squid
 visible_hostname {{VISIBLE_HOSTNAME|default:"docker-squid4"}}
 
+{% if DISABLE_CACHE|default:"" != "yes" %}
 # Cache directory is fixed since we'll bind mount.
 cache_dir aufs /var/cache/squid4 {{MAX_CACHE_SIZE|default:"40000"}} 16 256
+{% endif %}
 
 maximum_object_size {{MAX_OBJECT_SIZE|default:"1536 MB"}}
 cache_mem {{MEM_CACHE_SIZE|default:"128 MB"}}