diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
index 737bba9..eb265ce 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -66,3 +66,6 @@ services:
       - rabbitmq.env
     volumes:
       - rabbitmq-data:/var/lib/rabbitmq
+
+  memcached:
+    image: memcached:1.6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a853a5c..ea9c430 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ jobs:
           RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER: deadpool
           RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS: deadpool
           RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_VHOST: deadpool
+      memcached:
+        image: memcached:1.6
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
diff --git a/memcached/tests/basic.rs b/memcached/tests/basic.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ba1357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memcached/tests/basic.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+//! Basic tests for deadpool-memcached
+
+use deadpool_memcached::{Manager, Pool};
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_set_get() {
+    let test_key = "test:basic:test_set_get";
+    let test_value = "answer_42";
+    let manager = Manager::new("memcached:11211");
+    let pool = Pool::builder(manager).build().unwrap();
+    let mut conn = pool.get().await.unwrap();
+    let _ = conn.delete(test_key).await;
+    assert_eq!(conn.get(test_key).await.unwrap(), None);
+    conn.set(test_key, test_value, None, None).await.unwrap();
+    let value = String::from_utf8(conn.get(test_key).await.unwrap().unwrap().data).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(value, test_value);
+}