diff --git a/readthedocs/settings/base.py b/readthedocs/settings/base.py
index 6fafb4d96b0..2a4741346c9 100644
--- a/readthedocs/settings/base.py
+++ b/readthedocs/settings/base.py
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ def USE_PROMOS(self):  # noqa
         'default': {
             'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',
             'PREFIX': 'docs',
+        },
+        'footer': {
+            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.filebased.FileBasedCache',
+            'LOCATION': os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'readthedocs', 'api/v2/templates/restapi/footer.html' )
         }
     }
     CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SECONDS = 60