diff --git a/app/sip_status/cmd.php b/app/sip_status/cmd.php
index ee92f708b1..57c5c8e93a 100644
--- a/app/sip_status/cmd.php
+++ b/app/sip_status/cmd.php
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ else {
 
 		//memcache flush
 			if ($cmd == "api memcache flush") {
-				$response = event_socket_request($fp, $cmd);
-				unset($cmd);
+				$cache = new cache;
+				$cache->flush();
 			}
 
 		//reloadacl
diff --git a/resources/classes/cache.php b/resources/classes/cache.php
index 586f09e7ea..689fe7199a 100644
--- a/resources/classes/cache.php
+++ b/resources/classes/cache.php
@@ -96,7 +96,16 @@ class cache {
 	 */
 	public function flush() {
 		//send a custom event
-			
+			$fp = event_socket_create($_SESSION['event_socket_ip_address'], $_SESSION['event_socket_port'], $_SESSION['event_socket_password']);
+			if ($fp) {
+				$event = "sendevent CUSTOM\n";
+				$event .= "Event-Name: MEMCACHE\n";
+				$event .= "Event-Subclass: flush\n";
+				$event .= "API-Command: memcache\n";
+				$event .= "API-Command-Argument: flush\n";
+				echo event_socket_request($fp, $event);
+			}
+
 		//run the memcache
 			$fp = event_socket_create($_SESSION['event_socket_ip_address'], $_SESSION['event_socket_port'], $_SESSION['event_socket_password']);
 			if ($fp) {