diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
index 25178d3b2dde..831d219ab29c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
@@ -12,23 +12,43 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter;
 
 use Psr\Cache\CacheItemInterface;
-use Psr\Cache\CacheItemPoolInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\CacheItem;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 
 /**
  * @author Nicolas Grekas <p@tchwork.com>
  */
-abstract class AbstractAdapter implements CacheItemPoolInterface
+abstract class AbstractAdapter implements AdapterInterface
 {
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
     private $namespace;
+
+    /**
+     * @var AdapterInterface
+     */
+    private $decorated;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
     private $deferred = array();
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Closure
+     */
     private $createCacheItem;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Closure
+     */
     private $mergeByLifetime;
 
-    protected function __construct($namespace = '', $defaultLifetime = 0)
+    protected function __construct($namespace = '', $defaultLifetime = 0, AdapterInterface $decorated = null)
     {
         $this->namespace = $namespace;
+        $this->decorated = $decorated;
         $this->createCacheItem = \Closure::bind(
             function ($key, $value, $isHit) use ($defaultLifetime) {
                 $item = new CacheItem();
@@ -109,7 +129,6 @@ abstract protected function doSave(array $values, $lifetime);
     public function getItem($key)
     {
         $id = $this->getId($key);
-
         if ($this->deferred) {
             $this->commit();
         }
@@ -125,6 +144,10 @@ public function getItem($key)
             $isHit = true;
         }
 
+        if (!$isHit && $this->decorated) {
+            return $this->decorated->getItem($key);
+        }
+
         return $f($key, $value, $isHit);
     }
 
@@ -154,6 +177,13 @@ public function getItems(array $keys = array())
 
         foreach ($ids as $key => $id) {
             $isHit = isset($values[$id]);
+
+            if (!$isHit && $this->decorated) {
+                $items[$key] = $this->getItem($key);
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $items[$key] = $f($key, $isHit ? $values[$id] : null, $isHit);
         }
 
@@ -169,7 +199,13 @@ public function hasItem($key)
             $this->commit();
         }
 
-        return $this->doHave($this->getId($key));
+        $got = $this->doHave($this->getId($key));
+
+        if ($got || !$this->decorated) {
+            return $got;
+        }
+
+        return $this->decorated->hasItem($key);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -178,8 +214,9 @@ public function hasItem($key)
     public function clear()
     {
         $this->deferred = array();
+        $cleared = $this->decorated ? $this->decorated->clear() : true;
 
-        return $this->doClear();
+        return $this->doClear() && $cleared;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -187,7 +224,9 @@ public function clear()
      */
     public function deleteItem($key)
     {
-        return $this->deleteItems(array($key));
+        $deleted = $this->decorated ? $this->decorated->deleteItem($key) : true;
+
+        return $this->deleteItems(array($key)) && $deleted;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -202,7 +241,9 @@ public function deleteItems(array $keys)
             unset($this->deferred[$key]);
         }
 
-        return $this->doDelete($ids);
+        $deleted = $this->decorated ? $this->decorated->deleteItems($keys) : true;
+
+        return $this->doDelete($ids) && $deleted;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -217,7 +258,9 @@ public function save(CacheItemInterface $item)
         $this->deferred[$key] = $item;
         $this->commit();
 
-        return !isset($this->deferred[$key]);
+        $saved = $this->decorated ? $this->decorated->save($item) : true;
+
+        return !isset($this->deferred[$key]) && $saved;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -240,7 +283,7 @@ public function saveDeferred(CacheItemInterface $item)
         }
         $this->deferred[$item->getKey()] = $item;
 
-        return true;
+        return $this->decorated ? $this->decorated->saveDeferred($item) : true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -265,7 +308,9 @@ public function commit()
             }
         }
 
-        return !$this->deferred = $ko;
+        $committed = $this->decorated ? $this->decorated->commit() : true;
+
+        return !($this->deferred = $ko) && $committed;
     }
 
     public function __destruct()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6fb018200a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter;
+
+use Psr\Cache\CacheItemPoolInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Marker interface for adapters managing \Symfony\Component\Cache\CacheItem instances.
+ *
+ * @author Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ */
+interface AdapterInterface extends CacheItemPoolInterface
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ApcuAdapter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ApcuAdapter.php
index 30ff93109c2c..688cad076262 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ApcuAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ApcuAdapter.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 class ApcuAdapter extends AbstractAdapter
 {
-    public function __construct($namespace = '', $defaultLifetime = 0)
+    public function __construct($namespace = '', $defaultLifetime = 0, AdapterInterface $decorated = null)
     {
         if (!function_exists('apcu_fetch') || !ini_get('apc.enabled') || ('cli' === PHP_SAPI && !ini_get('apc.enable_cli'))) {
             throw new CacheException('APCu is not enabled');
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public function __construct($namespace = '', $defaultLifetime = 0)
         if ('cli' === PHP_SAPI) {
             ini_set('apc.use_request_time', 0);
         }
-        parent::__construct($namespace, $defaultLifetime);
+        parent::__construct($namespace, $defaultLifetime, $decorated);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ArrayAdapter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ArrayAdapter.php
index 6f3ba49ec7cf..f6201b71234b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ArrayAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ArrayAdapter.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Nicolas Grekas <p@tchwork.com>
  */
-class ArrayAdapter implements CacheItemPoolInterface
+class ArrayAdapter implements AdapterInterface
 {
     private $values = array();
     private $expiries = array();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/DoctrineAdapter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/DoctrineAdapter.php
index 9fcef8693b09..0d4a85a141af 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/DoctrineAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/DoctrineAdapter.php
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ class DoctrineAdapter extends AbstractAdapter
 {
     private $provider;
 
-    public function __construct(CacheProvider $provider, $defaultLifetime = null)
+    public function __construct(CacheProvider $provider, $defaultLifetime = null, AdapterInterface $decorated = null)
     {
-        parent::__construct('', $defaultLifetime);
+        parent::__construct('', $defaultLifetime, $decorated);
         $this->provider = $provider;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ProxyAdapter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ProxyAdapter.php
index f8f100401591..d98569a8dcc5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ProxyAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ProxyAdapter.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Nicolas Grekas <p@tchwork.com>
  */
-class ProxyAdapter implements CacheItemPoolInterface
+class ProxyAdapter implements AdapterInterface
 {
     private $pool;
     private $createCacheItem;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/AdapterDecoratorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/AdapterDecoratorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a7144e1e7a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Adapter/AdapterDecoratorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Cache\Tests\Adapter;
+
+use Cache\IntegrationTests\CachePoolTest;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\ApcuAdapter;
+
+/**
+ * @author Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ */
+class AdapterDecoratorTest extends CachePoolTest
+{
+    public function createCachePool()
+    {
+        return new ApcuAdapter(__CLASS__, 0, new ApcuAdapter());
+    }
+}