diff --git a/kvmemcache/cache.go b/kvmemcache/cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9baeb8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kvmemcache/cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package kvmemcache
+
+import (
+	"container/list"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.crumpington.com/public/toolbox/keyedmutex"
+)
+
+type Cache struct {
+	updateLock keyedmutex.KeyedMutex
+	src        func(string) (interface{}, error)
+	ttl        time.Duration
+	maxSize    int
+
+	// Lock protects cache, ll, and stats.
+	lock  sync.Mutex
+	cache map[string]*list.Element
+	ll    *list.List
+	stats Stats
+}
+
+type lruItem struct {
+	key       string
+	createdAt time.Time
+	value     interface{}
+	err       error
+}
+
+type Config struct {
+	MaxSize int
+	TTL     time.Duration // Zero to ignore.
+	Src     func(string) (interface{}, error)
+}
+
+type Stats struct {
+	Hits   uint64
+	Misses uint64
+}
+
+func New(conf Config) *Cache {
+	return &Cache{
+		lock:       sync.Mutex{},
+		updateLock: keyedmutex.New(),
+		src:        conf.Src,
+		ttl:        conf.TTL,
+		maxSize:    conf.MaxSize,
+		cache:      make(map[string]*list.Element),
+		ll:         list.New(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) Get(key string) (interface{}, error) {
+	item := c.getItem(key)
+	if item == nil {
+		item = c.loadItemFromSource(key)
+
+	}
+	return item.value, item.err
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) Evict(key string) {
+	c.lock.Lock()
+	defer c.lock.Unlock()
+	c.evictKey(key)
+}
+
+func (c Cache) GetStats() Stats {
+	c.lock.Lock()
+	defer c.lock.Unlock()
+	return c.stats
+}
diff --git a/kvmemcache/cache_test.go b/kvmemcache/cache_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cb901e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kvmemcache/cache_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package kvmemcache
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func testRunner(c *Cache, t *testing.T, done chan bool) {
+	for i := 0; i < 2000000; i++ {
+		x := rand.Int31n(50)
+		if rand.Float64() < 0.01 {
+			x = rand.Int31n(9999)
+		}
+
+		key := fmt.Sprintf("key-%v", x)
+		expectedVal := "value for " + key
+
+		val, err := c.Get(key)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if val.(string) != expectedVal {
+			t.Fatal(val)
+		}
+	}
+	done <- true
+}
+
+func testCache(name string, c *Cache, t *testing.T) {
+	N := 8
+	done := make(chan bool, N)
+
+	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
+		go testRunner(c, t, done)
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
+		<-done
+	}
+
+	stats := c.GetStats()
+
+	fmt.Println(name)
+	fmt.Printf("  Hits:   %d\n", stats.Hits)
+	fmt.Printf("  Misses: %d\n", stats.Misses)
+	fmt.Printf("  Hit-rate: %.2f%%\n",
+		100*float64(stats.Hits)/float64(stats.Hits+stats.Misses))
+}
+
+func TestCache(t *testing.T) {
+	c := New(Config{
+		MaxSize: 2048,
+		TTL:     time.Second,
+		Src: func(key string) (interface{}, error) {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("value for %s", key), nil
+		},
+	})
+	testCache("LRUTimeout", c, t)
+}
diff --git a/kvmemcache/internal.go b/kvmemcache/internal.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34ffe5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kvmemcache/internal.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package kvmemcache
+
+import "time"
+
+func (c *Cache) getItem(key string) *lruItem {
+	c.lock.Lock()
+	defer c.lock.Unlock()
+
+	li, ok := c.cache[key]
+	if !ok {
+		c.stats.Misses++
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	item := li.Value.(*lruItem)
+	if c.ttl != 0 && time.Since(item.createdAt) > c.ttl {
+		c.evictKey(key)
+		c.stats.Misses++
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	c.stats.Hits++
+	c.ll.MoveToFront(li)
+	return item
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) loadItemFromSource(key string) *lruItem {
+	c.updateLock.Lock(key)
+	defer c.updateLock.Unlock(key)
+
+	// May have lost update race.
+	if item := c.getItem(key); item != nil {
+		return item
+	}
+
+	val, err := c.src(key)
+	item := &lruItem{
+		key:   key,
+		value: val,
+		err:   err,
+	}
+
+	if c.ttl != 0 {
+		item.createdAt = time.Now()
+	}
+
+	c.putItem(key, item)
+	return item
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) putItem(key string, item *lruItem) {
+	c.lock.Lock()
+	defer c.lock.Unlock()
+
+	c.cache[key] = c.ll.PushFront(item)
+
+	if c.maxSize > 0 && len(c.cache) > c.maxSize {
+		li := c.ll.Back()
+		c.ll.Remove(li)
+		delete(c.cache, li.Value.(*lruItem).key)
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) evictKey(key string) {
+	elem, ok := c.cache[key]
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	delete(c.cache, key)
+	c.ll.Remove(elem)
+}