diff --git a/core/core.services.yml b/core/core.services.yml
index 5e63508..385ead7 100644
--- a/core/core.services.yml
+++ b/core/core.services.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ parameters:
       max-age: 0
       contexts: ['session', 'user']
       tags: []
+  cache.configuration.override_permanent_ttl: 86400
   factory.keyvalue:
     default: keyvalue.database
   http.response.debug_cacheability_headers: false
@@ -207,31 +208,31 @@ services:
     tags:
       - { name: cache.bin }
     factory: cache_factory:get
-    arguments: [default]
+    arguments: [default, ['override_permanent_ttl', '%cache.configuration.override_permanent_ttl%']]
   cache.entity:
     class: Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface
     tags:
       - { name: cache.bin }
     factory: cache_factory:get
-    arguments: [entity]
+    arguments: [entity, ['override_permanent_ttl', '%cache.configuration.override_permanent_ttl%']]
   cache.menu:
     class: Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface
     tags:
       - { name: cache.bin }
     factory: cache_factory:get
-    arguments: [menu]
+    arguments: [menu, ['override_permanent_ttl', '%cache.configuration.override_permanent_ttl%']]
   cache.render:
     class: Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface
     tags:
       - { name: cache.bin }
     factory: cache_factory:get
-    arguments: [render]
+    arguments: [render, ['override_permanent_ttl', '%cache.configuration.override_permanent_ttl%']]
   cache.data:
     class: Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface
     tags:
       - { name: cache.bin }
     factory: cache_factory:get
-    arguments: [data]
+    arguments: [data, ['override_permanent_ttl', '%cache.configuration.override_permanent_ttl%']]
   cache.discovery:
     class: Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface
     tags:
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/ChainedFastBackendFactory.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/ChainedFastBackendFactory.php
index ca38ca0..6bdda49 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/ChainedFastBackendFactory.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/ChainedFastBackendFactory.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 /**
  * Defines the chained fast cache backend factory.
  */
-class ChainedFastBackendFactory implements CacheFactoryInterface {
+class ChainedFastBackendFactory implements ConfigurableCacheFactoryInterface {
 
   use ContainerAwareTrait;
 
@@ -68,26 +68,46 @@ public function __construct(Settings $settings = NULL, $consistent_service_name
   }
 
   /**
-   * Instantiates a chained, fast cache backend class for a given cache bin.
-   *
-   * @param string $bin
-   *   The cache bin for which a cache backend object should be returned.
-   *
-   * @return \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface
-   *   The cache backend object associated with the specified bin.
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function get($bin) {
+  public function get($bin, array $options = []) {
+
+    $consistent_backend = $this->getCacheBackendWithOptions($bin, $this->consistentServiceName, $options);
     // Use the chained backend only if there is a fast backend available;
     // otherwise, just return the consistent backend directly.
     if (isset($this->fastServiceName)) {
+      $fast_backend = $this->getCacheBackendWithOptions($bin, $this->fastServiceName, $options);
       return new ChainedFastBackend(
-        $this->container->get($this->consistentServiceName)->get($bin),
-        $this->container->get($this->fastServiceName)->get($bin),
+        $consistent_backend,
+        $fast_backend,
         $bin
       );
     }
     else {
-      return $this->container->get($this->consistentServiceName)->get($bin);
+      return $consistent_backend;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a cache backend with options if it supports it.
+   *
+   * @param string $bin
+   *   The cache bin.
+   * @param string $name
+   *   The service name.
+   * @param array $options
+   *   The options array to pass in.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface
+   *   The cache backend.
+   */
+   protected function getCacheBackendWithOptions($bin, $name, $options) {
+     $factory = $this->container->get($name);
+     if ($factory instanceof ConfigurableCacheBackendFactoryInterface) {
+       return $factory->get($bin, $options);
+     }
+     else {
+       return $factory->get($bin);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/ConfigurableCacheFactoryInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/ConfigurableCacheFactoryInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a96a087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/ConfigurableCacheFactoryInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Cache;
+
+/**
+ * An interface defining configurable cache factory classes.
+ */
+interface ConfigurableCacheFactoryInterface extends CacheFactoryInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a cache backend class for a given cache bin.
+   *
+   * @param string $bin
+   *   The cache bin for which a cache backend object should be returned.
+   * @param array $options
+   *   Array of options to pass to the cache backend..
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface
+   *   The cache backend object associated with the specified bin.
+   */
+  public function get($bin, array $options = []);
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/ConfigurablePermanentTtlInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/ConfigurablePermanentTtlInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd2fe5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/ConfigurablePermanentTtlInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+namespace Drupal\Core\Cache;
+
+/**
+ * Defines an interface for setting a configurable permanent TTL.
+ *
+ * This allows cache backends with restrictions on storage space to set a
+ * shorter TTL for 'permanent' cache items, so that they get expired by garbage
+ * collection. The actual TTL used may be the same or higher than configured,
+ * to allow 'jitter' to be applied so that items set immediately after a cache
+ * clear do not all expire at the same time. Cache backends should assign jitter
+ * higher rather than lower to avoid the risk of cache stampedes, since the
+ * configured TTL could potentially be set very low for some use cases.
+ *
+ * @ingroup cache
+ */
+interface ConfigurablePermanentTtlInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Set the permanent TTL.
+   *
+   * @param int $ttl
+   *   The TTL in seconds.
+   */
+  function setPermanentTtl($ttl);
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php
index db5c2f0..4368581 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@
  *
  * @ingroup cache
  */
-class DatabaseBackend implements CacheBackendInterface {
+class DatabaseBackend implements CacheBackendInterface, ConfigurablePermanentTtlInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The 'jitter' multiplier, applied to the permanent TTL to avoid stampedes.
+   *
+   * @var float
+   */
+  const JITTER_MULTIPLIER = 1.5;
 
   /**
    * @var string
@@ -42,6 +49,11 @@ class DatabaseBackend implements CacheBackendInterface {
   protected $checksumProvider;
 
   /**
+   * The permanent TTL.
+   */
+  protected $permanentTtl = CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT;
+
+  /**
    * Constructs a DatabaseBackend object.
    *
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection $connection
@@ -194,8 +206,15 @@ protected function doSetMultiple(array $items) {
     $values = array();
 
     foreach ($items as $cid => $item) {
+      if (!isset($item['expire']) || $item['expire'] === CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT)  {
+        if ($this->permanentTtl === CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT) {
+          $item['expire'] = CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT;
+        }
+        else {
+          $item['expire'] = $this->calculatePermanentExpire();
+        }
+      }
       $item += array(
-        'expire' => CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT,
         'tags' => array(),
       );
 
@@ -240,6 +259,17 @@ protected function doSetMultiple(array $items) {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Calculates permanent expiry.
+   *
+   * @return int
+   * An expires timestamp based on the TTL with added 'jitter'.
+   */
+  protected function calculatePermanentExpire() {
+    $minimum = $this->permanentTtl;
+    return rand($minimum, $minimum * self::JITTER_MULTIPLIER) + REQUEST_TIME;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function delete($cid) {
@@ -356,6 +386,13 @@ public function removeBin() {
   }
 
   /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function setPermanentTtl($ttl) {
+    $this->permanentTtl = $ttl;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Check if the cache bin exists and create it if not.
    */
   protected function ensureBinExists() {
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackendFactory.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackendFactory.php
index 59b0b22..05459b2 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackendFactory.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackendFactory.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
 
-class DatabaseBackendFactory implements CacheFactoryInterface {
+class DatabaseBackendFactory implements ConfigurableCacheFactoryInterface {
 
   /**
    * The database connection.
@@ -39,16 +39,14 @@ function __construct(Connection $connection, CacheTagsChecksumInterface $checksu
   }
 
   /**
-   * Gets DatabaseBackend for the specified cache bin.
-   *
-   * @param $bin
-   *   The cache bin for which the object is created.
-   *
-   * @return \Drupal\Core\Cache\DatabaseBackend
-   *   The cache backend object for the specified cache bin.
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  function get($bin) {
-    return new DatabaseBackend($this->connection, $this->checksumProvider, $bin);
+  function get($bin, array $options = []) {
+    $class =  new DatabaseBackend($this->connection, $this->checksumProvider, $bin);
+    if (isset($options['override_permanent_ttl'])) {
+      $class->setOverridePermanentTtl($options['override_permanent_ttl']);
+    }
+    return $class;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Cache/DatabaseBackendUnitTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Cache/DatabaseBackendUnitTest.php
index 934fe81..35839ed 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Cache/DatabaseBackendUnitTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Cache/DatabaseBackendUnitTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\system\Tests\Cache;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\DatabaseBackend;
 
 /**
@@ -53,4 +54,18 @@ public function testSetGet() {
     $this->assertIdentical($cached_value_short, $backend->get($cid_short)->data, "Backend contains the correct value for short, non-ASCII cache id.");
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test permanent TTL.
+   */
+  function testPermanentTtl() {
+    $backend = $this->getCacheBackend();
+    $backend->setPermanentTtl(2);
+    $cid = 'test';
+    $value = 'test';
+    $backend->set($cid, $value);
+    $item = $backend->get($cid);
+    $this->assertTrue($item->expire !== CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT);
+    $this->assertTrue($item->expire <= REQUEST_TIME + 2 * DatabaseBackend::JITTER_MULTIPLIER);
+  }
+
 }