diff --git a/include/maxscale/config.h b/include/maxscale/config.h
index bb9470699..d827702ed 100644
--- a/include/maxscale/config.h
+++ b/include/maxscale/config.h
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ typedef struct
                                                         * promoted from a passive to an active */
     char          qc_name[PATH_MAX];                   /**< The name of the query classifier to load */
     char*         qc_args;                             /**< Arguments for the query classifier */
+    QC_CACHE_PROPERTIES* qc_cache_properties;          /**< The query classifier cache properties. */
     qc_sql_mode_t qc_sql_mode;                         /**< The query classifier sql mode */
     char          admin_host[MAX_ADMIN_HOST_LEN];      /**< Admin interface host */
     uint16_t      admin_port;                          /**< Admin interface port */
diff --git a/server/core/config.cc b/server/core/config.cc
index 6d52e8a2c..2c22a8e7a 100644
--- a/server/core/config.cc
+++ b/server/core/config.cc
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ const char CN_PORT[]                          = "port";
 const char CN_PROTOCOL[]                      = "protocol";
 const char CN_QUERY_CLASSIFIER[]              = "query_classifier";
 const char CN_QUERY_CLASSIFIER_ARGS[]         = "query_classifier_args";
+const char CN_QUERY_CLASSIFIER_CACHE[]        = "query_classifier_cache";
 const char CN_QUERY_RETRIES[]                 = "query_retries";
 const char CN_QUERY_RETRY_TIMEOUT[]           = "query_retry_timeout";
 const char CN_RELATIONSHIPS[]                 = "relationships";
@@ -1723,6 +1724,12 @@ handle_global_item(const char *name, const char *value)
     {
         gateway.qc_args = MXS_STRDUP_A(value);
     }
+    else if (strcmp(name, CN_QUERY_CLASSIFIER_CACHE) == 0)
+    {
+        static QC_CACHE_PROPERTIES cache_properties;
+
+        gateway.qc_cache_properties = &cache_properties;
+    }
     else if (strcmp(name, "sql_mode") == 0)
     {
         if (strcasecmp(value, "default") == 0)
diff --git a/server/core/gateway.cc b/server/core/gateway.cc
index ffc589804..8560f71c4 100644
--- a/server/core/gateway.cc
+++ b/server/core/gateway.cc
@@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         goto return_main;
     }
 
-    if (!qc_setup(NULL, cnf->qc_sql_mode, cnf->qc_name, cnf->qc_args))
+    if (!qc_setup(cnf->qc_cache_properties, cnf->qc_sql_mode, cnf->qc_name, cnf->qc_args))
     {
         const char* logerr = "Failed to initialise query classifier library.";
         print_log_n_stderr(true, true, logerr, logerr, eno);
diff --git a/server/core/query_classifier.cc b/server/core/query_classifier.cc
index ac1503697..075b2b7db 100644
--- a/server/core/query_classifier.cc
+++ b/server/core/query_classifier.cc
@@ -278,7 +278,19 @@ bool qc_setup(const QC_CACHE_PROPERTIES* cache_properties,
         if (rv == QC_RESULT_OK)
         {
             this_unit.qc_sql_mode = sql_mode;
-            this_unit.use_cached_result = (cache_properties ? true : false);
+
+            bool use_cached_result = (cache_properties != nullptr);
+
+            if (use_cached_result)
+            {
+                MXS_NOTICE("Query classification results are cached and reused.");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                MXS_NOTICE("Query classification results are not cached.");
+            }
+
+            this_unit.use_cached_result = use_cached_result;
         }
         else
         {