diff --git a/doc/book/storage/adapter.md b/doc/book/storage/adapter.md
index fbd4d5b8c..1f98aa28a 100644
--- a/doc/book/storage/adapter.md
+++ b/doc/book/storage/adapter.md
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ Capability | Value
 `ttlPrecision` | 1
 `useRequestTime` | value of `apc.use_request_time` from `php.ini`
 `expiredRead` | `false`
+`lockOnExpire` | 0
 `maxKeyLength` | 5182
 `namespaceIsPrefix` | `true`
 `namespaceSeparator` | Option value of `namespace_separator`
@@ -632,6 +633,7 @@ Capability | Value
 `ttlPrecision` | 1
 `useRequestTime` | `false`
 `expiredRead` | `true`
+`lockOnExpire` | 0
 `maxKeyLength` | 251
 `namespaceIsPrefix` | `true`
 `namespaceSeparator` | Option value of `namespace_separator`
@@ -677,6 +679,7 @@ Capability | Value
 `ttlPrecision` | 1
 `useRequestTime` | `false`
 `expiredRead` | `false`
+`lockOnExpire` | 0
 `maxKeyLength` | 255
 `namespaceIsPrefix` | `true`
 `namespaceSeparator` | none
@@ -710,6 +713,7 @@ Capability | Value
 `ttlPrecision` | 1
 `useRequestTime` | `false`
 `expiredRead` | `false`
+`lockOnExpire` | 0
 `maxKeyLength` | 255
 `namespaceIsPrefix` | `true`
 `namespaceSeparator` | none
@@ -760,6 +764,7 @@ Capability | Value
 `ttlPrecision` | 0.05
 `useRequestTime` | `false`
 `expiredRead` | `true`
+`lockOnExpire` | 0
 `maxKeyLength` | 0
 `namespaceIsPrefix` | `false`
 
@@ -797,17 +802,18 @@ This adapter implements the following interfaces:
 ### Capabilities
 
 Capability  Value
-supportedDatatypes  null, boolean, integer, double, string, array
-supportedMetadata   _id
-minTtl  0
-maxTtl  0
-staticTtl   true
-ttlPrecision    1
-useRequestTime  false
-expiredRead false
-maxKeyLength    255
-namespaceIsPrefix   true
-namespaceSeparator  <Option value of namespace_separator>
+`supportedDatatypes` | `null`, `boolean`, `integer`, `double`, `string`, `array`
+`supportedMetadata` | _id
+`minTtl` | 0
+`maxTtl` | 0
+`staticTtl` | `true`
+`ttlPrecision` | 1
+`useRequestTime` | `false`
+`expiredRead` | `false`
+`lockOnExpire` | 0
+`maxKeyLength` | 255
+`namespaceIsPrefix` | `true`
+`namespaceSeparator` | <Option value of namespace_separator>
 
 ### Adapter specific options
 
@@ -850,6 +856,7 @@ Capability | Value
 `ttlPrecision` | 1
 `useRequestTime` | `apc.use_request_time` `php.ini` value.
 `expiredRead` | `false`
+`lockOnExpire` | 0
 `namespaceIsPrefix` | `true`
 `namespaceSeparator` | Option value of `namespace_separator`
 
@@ -886,6 +893,7 @@ Capability | Value
 `ttlPrecision` | 1
 `useRequestTime` | `true`
 `expiredRead` | `false`
+`lockOnExpire` | 0
 `maxKeyLength` | 5182
 `namespaceIsPrefix` | `true`
 `namespaceSeparator` | Option value of `namespace_separator`
@@ -925,6 +933,7 @@ Capability | Value
 `ttlPrecision` | 1
 `useRequestTime` | `false`
 `expiredRead` | `false`
+`lockOnExpire` | if 'zend_datacache.lock_on_expire' is enabled 120 else 0
 `namespaceIsPrefix` | `true`
 `namespaceSeparator` | `::`
 
@@ -953,6 +962,7 @@ Capability | Value
 `ttlPrecision` | 1
 `useRequestTime` | `false`
 `expiredRead` | `false`
+`lockOnExpire` | if 'zend_datacache.lock_on_expire' is enabled 120 else 0
 `namespaceIsPrefix` | `true`
 `namespaceSeparator` | `::`
 
diff --git a/doc/book/storage/capabilities.md b/doc/book/storage/capabilities.md
index 1914c94dc..67621576e 100644
--- a/doc/book/storage/capabilities.md
+++ b/doc/book/storage/capabilities.md
@@ -182,6 +182,30 @@ class Capabilities
      */
     public function setExpiredRead(stdClass $marker, $flag);
 
+    /**
+     * Get "lock-on-expire" support in seconds.
+     *
+     * @return int  0 = Expired items will never be retrieved
+     *             >0 = Time in seconds an expired item could be retrieved
+     *             -1 = Expired items could be retrieved forever
+     */
+    public function getLockOnExpire()
+    {
+        return $this->getCapability('lockOnExpire', 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set "lock-on-expire" support in seconds.
+     *
+     * @param  stdClass $marker
+     * @param  int      $timeout
+     * @return Capabilities Fluent interface
+     */
+    public function setLockOnExpire(stdClass $marker, $timeout)
+    {
+        return $this->setCapability($marker, 'lockOnExpire', (int) $timeout);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get maximum key lenth
      *
diff --git a/src/Storage/Adapter/AbstractZendServer.php b/src/Storage/Adapter/AbstractZendServer.php
index 6a79518da..bef41a137 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Adapter/AbstractZendServer.php
+++ b/src/Storage/Adapter/AbstractZendServer.php
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ protected function internalGetCapabilities()
                     'ttlPrecision'       => 1,
                     'useRequestTime'     => false,
                     'expiredRead'        => false,
+                    'lockOnExpire'       => ini_get('zend_datacache.lock_on_expire') ? 120 : 0,
                     'maxKeyLength'       => 0,
                     'namespaceIsPrefix'  => true,
                     'namespaceSeparator' => self::NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR,
diff --git a/src/Storage/Capabilities.php b/src/Storage/Capabilities.php
index df2421bc6..56f8aa27b 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Capabilities.php
+++ b/src/Storage/Capabilities.php
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ class Capabilities
      */
     protected $expiredRead;
 
+    /**
+     * "lock-on-expire" support in seconds.
+     *
+     *      0 = Expired items will never be retrieved
+     *     >0 = Time in seconds an expired item could be retrieved
+     *     -1 = Expired items could be retrieved forever
+     *
+     * If it's NULL the capability isn't set and the getter
+     * returns the base capability or the default value.
+     *
+     * @var null|bool
+     */
+    protected $lockOnExpire;
+
     /**
      * Max. key length
      *
@@ -421,6 +435,30 @@ public function setExpiredRead(stdClass $marker, $flag)
         return $this->setCapability($marker, 'expiredRead', (bool) $flag);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get "lock-on-expire" support in seconds.
+     *
+     * @return int 0  = Expired items will never be retrieved
+     *             >0 = Time in seconds an expired item could be retrieved
+     *             -1 = Expired items could be retrieved forever
+     */
+    public function getLockOnExpire()
+    {
+        return $this->getCapability('lockOnExpire', 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set "lock-on-expire" support in seconds.
+     *
+     * @param  stdClass $marker
+     * @param  int      $timeout
+     * @return Capabilities Fluent interface
+     */
+    public function setLockOnExpire(stdClass $marker, $timeout)
+    {
+        return $this->setCapability($marker, 'lockOnExpire', (int) $timeout);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get maximum key lenth
      *
diff --git a/test/Storage/Adapter/CommonAdapterTest.php b/test/Storage/Adapter/CommonAdapterTest.php
index cd2e4beee..5927116b3 100644
--- a/test/Storage/Adapter/CommonAdapterTest.php
+++ b/test/Storage/Adapter/CommonAdapterTest.php
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ public function testTtlCapabilities()
         $this->assertGreaterThan(0, $capabilities->getTtlPrecision());
 
         $this->assertInternalType('bool', $capabilities->getExpiredRead());
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $capabilities->getLockOnExpire());
     }
 
     public function testKeyCapabilities()
@@ -577,8 +578,7 @@ public function testSetAndGetExpiredItem()
 
         $this->assertNull($this->_storage->getItem('key'));
 
-        $this->_options->setTtl(0);
-        if ($capabilities->getExpiredRead()) {
+        if ($capabilities->getLockOnExpire()) {
             $this->assertEquals('value', $this->_storage->getItem('key'));
         } else {
             $this->assertNull($this->_storage->getItem('key'));
@@ -640,6 +640,18 @@ public function testSetAndGetExpiredItems()
             $this->assertEquals($items, $rs);
         } else {
             $this->assertEquals($itemsHigh, $rs);
+
+            // if 'lock-on-expire' is not supported the low items will be still missing
+            // if 'lock-on-expire' is supported the low items could be retrieved
+            $rs = $this->_storage->getItems(array_keys($items));
+            ksort($rs); // make comparable
+            if (!$capabilities->getLockOnExpire()) {
+                $this->assertEquals($itemsHigh, $rs);
+            } else {
+                $itemsExpected = array_merge($itemsLow, $itemsHigh);
+                ksort($itemsExpected); // make comparable
+                $this->assertEquals($itemsExpected, $rs);
+            }
         }
     }