diff --git a/plugins/other/memcached_hits_ b/plugins/other/memcached_hits_
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# ex:ts=4
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Cache::Memcached;
+
+my $cmd = shift || '';
+if ($cmd eq 'config') {
+	print "graph_title Memcached cache hits and misses\n";
+	print "graph_args --base 1000 -l 0\n";
+	print "graph_vlabel requests\n";
+	print "graph_category memcached\n";
+	print "graph_info This graph monitors the number of cache hits and misses.\n";
+	print "hits.label hits\n";
+	print "hits.info Number of cache hits\n";
+	print "hits.min 0\n";
+	print "hits.type DERIVE\n";
+	print "misses.label misses\n";
+	print "misses.info Number of cache misses\n";
+	print "misses.min 0\n";
+	print "misses.type DERIVE\n";
+	print "misses.draw AREA\n";
+	exit 0;
+}
+
+$0 =~ /memcached_hits_(\d+_\d+_\d+_\d+)_(\d+)$/;
+my ($ip, $port) = ($1, $2);
+$ip =~ s/_/./g;
+my $address = "$ip:$port";
+
+my $memd = new Cache::Memcached { 'servers' => [$address] };
+my $memstats = $memd->stats(['misc']);
+
+print "hits.value " . $memstats->{hosts}->{$address}->{misc}->{get_hits} . "\n";
+print "misses.value " .
+	$memstats->{hosts}->{$address}->{misc}->{get_misses} . "\n";