diff --git a/apc.module b/apc.module
index 31c5f2c..4b0390a 100644
--- a/apc.module
+++ b/apc.module
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@
 function apc_init() {
   global $user;
 
+  // Clear out any caches that an external actor (i.e drush) would like cleared.
+  // Someday this queue could be popuplated externally to support propagating
+  // Cache clearing events across multiple web heads.
+  if (!function_exists('drush_main')) {
+    $queue = DrupalQueue::get('apc_cache_queue');
+
+    while ($item = $queue->claimItem()) {
+      cache_clear_all($item->data['cid'], $item->data['bin'], $item->data['wildcard']);
+      $queue->deleteItem($item);
+    }
+  }
+
   if (($user->uid == 0) || !variable_get('apc_show_debug', FALSE)
       || !user_access('access apc statistics') || strstr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'update.php')
       || strstr($_GET['q'], 'autocomplete')) {
diff --git a/drupal_apc_cache.inc b/drupal_apc_cache.inc
index 2099c55..967a93e 100644
--- a/drupal_apc_cache.inc
+++ b/drupal_apc_cache.inc
@@ -255,9 +255,19 @@ class DrupalAPCCache implements DrupalCacheInterface {
   }
 
   function clear($cid = NULL, $wildcard = FALSE) {
-    if (drupal_is_cli() && function_exists('drush_log')) {
-      drush_log($this->bin . '(' . $cid . ') was not cleared. APC cli uses a different memory storage than the webserver. For more info see: http://drupal.org/node/1278232', 'warning');
-      return;
+
+    // If this is drush, propagate the cache clearing event to the
+    // next execution of the webserver.
+    if (function_exists('drush_main')) {
+      $queue = DrupalQueue::get('apc_cache_queue');
+
+      $cache_clear_event = array(
+        'bin' => $this->bin,
+        'cid' => $cid,
+        'wildcard' => $wildcard,
+      );
+
+      $queue->createItem($cache_clear_event);
     }
 
     // Add a get to our statistics.