diff --git a/modoboa_installer/scripts/automx.py b/modoboa_installer/scripts/automx.py
index 21754de..e278645 100644
--- a/modoboa_installer/scripts/automx.py
+++ b/modoboa_installer/scripts/automx.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import shutil
 import stat
 
 from .. import python
+from .. import system
 from .. import utils
 
 from . import base
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ class Automx(base.Installer):
     no_daemon = True
     packages = {
         "deb": ["memcached", "unzip"],
-        "rpm": []
+        "rpm": ["memcached", "unzip"]
     }
     with_user = True
 
@@ -90,3 +91,4 @@ class Automx(base.Installer):
         """Additional tasks."""
         self._setup_venv()
         self._deploy_instance()
+        system.enable_and_start_service("memcached")
diff --git a/modoboa_installer/scripts/base.py b/modoboa_installer/scripts/base.py
index 6ec63b6..7fdb89a 100644
--- a/modoboa_installer/scripts/base.py
+++ b/modoboa_installer/scripts/base.py
@@ -136,10 +136,7 @@ class Installer(object):
         if self.no_daemon:
             return
         name = self.get_daemon_name()
-        system.enable_service(name)
-        code, output = utils.exec_cmd("service {} status".format(name))
-        action = "start" if code else "restart"
-        utils.exec_cmd("service {} {}".format(name, action))
+        system.enable_and_start_service(name)
 
     def run(self):
         """Run the installer."""
diff --git a/modoboa_installer/system.py b/modoboa_installer/system.py
index 968d7a3..be6a970 100644
--- a/modoboa_installer/system.py
+++ b/modoboa_installer/system.py
@@ -49,3 +49,11 @@ def add_user_to_group(user, group):
 def enable_service(name):
     """Enable a service at startup."""
     utils.exec_cmd("systemctl enable {}".format(name))
+
+
+def enable_and_start_service(name):
+    """Enable a start a service."""
+    enable_service(name)
+    code, output = utils.exec_cmd("service {} status".format(name))
+    action = "start" if code else "restart"
+    utils.exec_cmd("service {} {}".format(name, action))