diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index f58e6f147..c4b69d3fd 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv, charp_ht templates) {
 	int delete_delay = 30;
 	int media_expire = 0;
 	int db_expire = 0;
+	int cache_expire = 0;
 	int rtcp_interval = 0;
 	int redis_disable_time = 10;
 	int mqtt_publish_interval = 5000;
@@ -928,7 +929,7 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv, charp_ht templates) {
 		{ "db-media-cache",0,0,	G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,	&rtpe_config.db_media_cache,"Directory to store media loaded from database","PATH"},
 		{ "preload-db-cache",0,0,G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY,&rtpe_config.preload_db_cache,"Preload media from database for playback into file cache","INT"},
 		{ "db-cache-reload",0,0,G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&rtpe_config.cache_refresh,"Refresh/reload cached media from DB at a certain interval","SECONDS"},
-		{ "db-cache-expire",0,0,G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&rtpe_config.cache_expire,"Maximum age of unused cached DB entries in files","SECONDS"},
+		{ "db-cache-expire",0,0,G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&cache_expire,"Maximum age of unused cached DB entries in files","SECONDS"},
 		{ "audio-buffer-length",0,0,	G_OPTION_ARG_INT,&rtpe_config.audio_buffer_length,"Length in milliseconds of audio buffer","INT"},
 		{ "audio-buffer-delay",0,0,	G_OPTION_ARG_INT,&rtpe_config.audio_buffer_delay,"Initial delay in milliseconds for buffered audio","INT"},
 		{ "audio-player",0,0,	G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&use_audio_player,	"When to enable the internal audio player","on-demand|play-media|transcoding|always"},
@@ -1236,6 +1237,10 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv, charp_ht templates) {
 	if (rtpe_config.media_expire_us < 0)
 		die("Invalid negative media-files-expire");
 
+	rtpe_config.cache_expire_us = cache_expire * 1000000LL;
+	if (rtpe_config.cache_expire_us < 0)
+		die("Invalid negative db-cache-expire");
+
 	rtpe_config.db_expire_us = db_expire * 1000000LL;
 	if (rtpe_config.db_expire_us < 0)
 		die("Invalid negative db-media-expire");
diff --git a/daemon/media_player.c b/daemon/media_player.c
index 189d15e95..b7f574d5a 100644
--- a/daemon/media_player.c
+++ b/daemon/media_player.c
@@ -2911,7 +2911,7 @@ static void media_player_expire_cache_entry(unsigned long long id, unsigned int
 	int64_t mtime, atime;
 	if (!media_player_get_cache_times(id, &mtime, &atime))
 		return;
-	int64_t limit = rtpe_now - (rtpe_config.cache_expire * 1000000LL); // db-cache-expire
+	int64_t limit = rtpe_now - rtpe_config.cache_expire_us; // db-cache-expire
 	if (atime >= limit)
 		return;
 	if (media_player_evict_cache(id))
@@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ static void media_player_expire_cache_entry(unsigned long long id, unsigned int
 }
 
 static void media_player_expire_caches(void) {
-	if (rtpe_config.cache_expire <= 0) // db-cache-expire
+	if (rtpe_config.cache_expire_us <= 0) // db-cache-expire
 		return;
 
 	unsigned int ret = 0;
diff --git a/include/main.h b/include/main.h
index 2b411f0a2..0764f5b2a 100644
--- a/include/main.h
+++ b/include/main.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ enum endpoint_learning {
 	X(db_refresh) \
 	X(cache_refresh) \
 	X(expiry_timer) \
-	X(cache_expire) \
 	X(timer_accuracy) \
 	X(ng_client_timeout) \
 	X(ng_client_retries) \
@@ -107,6 +106,7 @@ enum endpoint_learning {
 	X(offer_timeout_us) \
 	X(delete_delay_us) \
 	X(media_expire_us) \
+	X(cache_expire_us) \
 	X(db_expire_us) \
 	X(rtcp_interval_us) \
 	X(redis_disable_time_us) \