diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/app_globals.py b/r2/r2/lib/app_globals.py
index e203f9668..54fd820a0 100755
--- a/r2/r2/lib/app_globals.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/app_globals.py
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ class Globals(object):
         # a row cache.
         if self.permacache_memcaches:
             permacache_memcaches = CMemcache(self.permacache_memcaches,
+                                             min_compress_len=50 * 1024,
                                              num_clients=num_mc_clients)
         else:
             permacache_memcaches = None