diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 03cebb65f0286cb13054828019d817eb859e8370..c894e0ac0d92224fb0e75ccf5f0be734be0abda6 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ apc_rfc1867: '1'
 apc_shm_size: '256M'
 apc_shm_segments: '1'
 apc_num_files_hint: '0'
+apc_ttl: '7200'
+apc_user_ttl: '7200'
+apc_gc_ttl: '3600'
 
 # opcache.ini
 opcache_memory_consumption: '128'
diff --git a/templates/etc-php5-conf-d-apc.ini b/templates/etc-php5-conf-d-apc.ini
index 22596b21ff2fe9b87ca8b81eef2d8d6ec6b5e468..807226f40bca555936e1c3ee0c560768f570e53f 100644
--- a/templates/etc-php5-conf-d-apc.ini
+++ b/templates/etc-php5-conf-d-apc.ini
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ apc.rfc1867 = {{ apc_rfc1867 }}
 apc.shm_size = {{ apc_shm_size }}
 apc.shm_segments = {{ apc_shm_segments }}
 apc.num_files_hint = {{ apc_num_files_hint }}
+apc.ttl = {{ apc_ttl }}
+apc.user_ttl = {{ apc_user_ttl }}
+apc.gc_ttl = {{ apc_gc_ttl }}