diff --git a/drupal_apc_cache.inc b/drupal_apc_cache.inc
index 2099c55..d6a086a 100644
--- a/drupal_apc_cache.inc
+++ b/drupal_apc_cache.inc
@@ -98,6 +98,19 @@ class DrupalAPCCache implements DrupalCacheInterface {
     }
 
     $this->prefix = $prefix;
+    // 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')) {
+      require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/modules/system/system.queue.inc';
+
+      $queue = DrupalQueue::get('apc_cache_queue::' . $this->bin);
+
+      while ($item = $queue->claimItem()) {
+        $this->clear($item->data['cid'], $item->data['wildcard']);
+        $queue->deleteItem($item);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -255,9 +268,19 @@ 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::' . $this->bin);
+
+      $cache_clear_event = array(
+        'bin' => $this->bin,
+        'cid' => $cid,
+        'wildcard' => $wildcard,
+      );
+
+      $queue->createItem($cache_clear_event);
     }
 
     // Add a get to our statistics.