diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 609a483d586..d45f026c2f3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-batch</artifactId>
 				<version>1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-cache</artifactId>
+				<version>1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-cloud-connectors</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 554f8933d9a..f7940f2caa9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -2331,6 +2331,9 @@ TIP: It is also possible to {spring-reference}/#cache-annotations-put[update] or
 
 === Supported cache providers
 
+NOTE: To easily get started, just add `spring-boot-starter-cache` to the dependencies of
+your application.
+
 The cache abstraction does not provide an actual store and relies on a abstraction
 materialized by the `org.springframework.cache.Cache` and
 `org.springframework.cache.CacheManager` interfaces. Spring Boot auto-configures a
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc
index d7c7930f2c9..3e06876cab9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ The following application starters are provided by Spring Boot under the
 |`spring-boot-starter-batch`
 |Support for "`Spring Batch`" including HSQLDB database.
 
+|`spring-boot-starter-cache`
+|Support for Spring's Cache abstraction.
+
 |`spring-boot-starter-cloud-connectors`
 |Support for "`Spring Cloud Connectors`" which simplifies connecting to services in cloud
 platforms like Cloud Foundry and Heroku.
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/README.adoc b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/README.adoc
index 91b1b0551ca..6de6f0e05af 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/README.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/README.adoc
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ the application starts a client invokes the service with a random code every 500
 can look at the `/metrics` endpoint to review the cache statistics if your chosen
 caching provider is supported.
 
+== Using the JSR-107 annotations
+
+The sample uses Spring's cache annotation. If you want to use the JSR-107 annotations
+instead, simply add the `javax.cache:cache-api` dependency to the project. No further
+configuration is necessary.
+
+NOTE: You can use the JSR-107 annotations with _any_ cache provider; a JSR-107 compliant
+cache provider is not necessary.
+
 == Using a different cache provider
 
 Initially, the project does not define any caching library so the abstraction works
@@ -45,11 +54,8 @@ can set the `spring.cache.infinispan.config` property to use the provided
 
 === JCache (JSR-107)
 
-You do not need to use a JSR-107 compliant `CacheManager` to use the standard
-annotations. As a matter of a fact, this sample uses by default the standard annotations
-with a simple map-based `CacheManager` by default. If you want to configure your cache
-infrastructure via the standard, you need a compliant implementation. You could try
-the following:
+If you want to configure your cache infrastructure via the standard, you need a compliant
+implementation. You could try the following:
 
 * `Hazelcast`: add `com.hazelcast:hazelcast`
 * `Infinispan`: add `org.infinispan:infinispan-jcache`
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/pom.xml
index 2d17131dfc2..d035d055038 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-cache</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- Only used to expose cache metrics  -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
@@ -28,15 +34,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
-			<artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
 
 		<!-- Additional cache providers
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/src/main/java/sample/CountryRepository.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/src/main/java/sample/CountryRepository.java
index 165bc7e5607..71e561c4f84 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/src/main/java/sample/CountryRepository.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-cache/src/main/java/sample/CountryRepository.java
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@
 
 package sample;
 
-import javax.cache.annotation.CacheDefaults;
-import javax.cache.annotation.CacheResult;
-
+import org.springframework.cache.annotation.CacheConfig;
+import org.springframework.cache.annotation.Cacheable;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
-@CacheDefaults(cacheName = "countries")
+@CacheConfig(cacheNames = "countries")
 public class CountryRepository {
 
-	@CacheResult
+	@Cacheable
 	public Country findByCode(String code) {
 		System.out.println("---> Loading country with code '" + code + "'");
 		return new Country(code);
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml
index 120ad5666b2..9b562980773 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-amqp</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-aop</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-batch</module>
+		<module>spring-boot-starter-cache</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-cloud-connectors</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-data-elasticsearch</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-data-gemfire</module>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-cache/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-cache/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..133f44c5308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-cache/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starters</artifactId>
+		<version>1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-cache</artifactId>
+	<name>Spring Boot Cache Starter</name>
+	<description>Spring Boot Cache Starter</description>
+	<url>http://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/</url>
+	<organization>
+		<name>Pivotal Software, Inc.</name>
+		<url>http://www.spring.io</url>
+	</organization>
+	<properties>
+		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-cache/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-cache/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e50e626a446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-cache/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+provides: spring-context-support
\ No newline at end of file