diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acm/acm_memcache.php b/phpBB/includes/acm/acm_memcache.php
index 5a96509d38..e54fa36c38 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acm/acm_memcache.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acm/acm_memcache.php
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ if (!defined('PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE_HOST'))
 	define('PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE_HOST', 'localhost');
 }
 
-if (!defined('PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE')){
-	//can define multiple servers with host1::port1,host2::port2 format
-	define('PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE', PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE_HOST . '::' . PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE_PORT);
+if (!defined('PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE'))
+{
+	//can define multiple servers with host1/port1,host2/port2 format
+	define('PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE', PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE_HOST . '/' . PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE_PORT);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -59,9 +60,10 @@ class acm extends acm_memory
 		parent::acm_memory();
 
 		$this->memcache = new Memcache;
-		foreach(explode(',', PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE) as $u){
-			$parts = explode('::', $u);
-			$this->memcache->addServer($parts[0], $parts[1]);
+		foreach(explode(',', PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE) as $u)
+		{
+			$parts = explode('/', $u);
+			$this->memcache->addServer(trim($parts[0]), trim($parts[1]));
 		}
 		$this->flags = (PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE_COMPRESS) ? MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED : 0;
 	}