diff --git a/app/Config/core.php b/app/Config/core.php
index aa95b8130..2989f13cd 100644
--- a/app/Config/core.php
+++ b/app/Config/core.php
@@ -308,13 +308,16 @@ if (Configure::read('debug') >= 1) {
 	$duration = '+10 seconds';
 }
 
+// Prefix each application on the same server with a different string, to avoid Memcache and APC conflicts.
+$prefix = 'myapp_';
+
 /**
  * Configure the cache used for general framework caching.  Path information,
  * object listings, and translation cache files are stored with this configuration.
  */
 Cache::config('_cake_core_', array(
 	'engine' => $engine,
-	'prefix' => 'cake_core_',
+	'prefix' => $prefix . 'cake_core_',
 	'path' => CACHE . 'persistent' . DS,
 	'serialize' => ($engine === 'File'),
 	'duration' => $duration
@@ -326,7 +329,7 @@ Cache::config('_cake_core_', array(
  */
 Cache::config('_cake_model_', array(
 	'engine' => $engine,
-	'prefix' => 'cake_model_',
+	'prefix' => $prefix . 'cake_model_',
 	'path' => CACHE . 'models' . DS,
 	'serialize' => ($engine === 'File'),
 	'duration' => $duration
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/Config/core.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/Config/core.php
index 7b529f74e..29b233159 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/Config/core.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/Config/core.php
@@ -308,13 +308,16 @@ if (Configure::read('debug') >= 1) {
 	$duration = '+10 seconds';
 }
 
+// Prefix each application on the same server with a different string, to avoid Memcache and APC conflicts.
+$prefix = 'myapp_';
+
 /**
  * Configure the cache used for general framework caching.  Path information,
  * object listings, and translation cache files are stored with this configuration.
  */
 Cache::config('_cake_core_', array(
 	'engine' => $engine,
-	'prefix' => 'cake_core_',
+	'prefix' => $prefix . 'cake_core_',
 	'path' => CACHE . 'persistent' . DS,
 	'serialize' => ($engine === 'File'),
 	'duration' => $duration
@@ -326,7 +329,7 @@ Cache::config('_cake_core_', array(
  */
 Cache::config('_cake_model_', array(
 	'engine' => $engine,
-	'prefix' => 'cake_model_',
+	'prefix' => $prefix . 'cake_model_',
 	'path' => CACHE . 'models' . DS,
 	'serialize' => ($engine === 'File'),
 	'duration' => $duration