diff --git a/src/OpenIddict.Core/OpenIddict.Core.csproj b/src/OpenIddict.Core/OpenIddict.Core.csproj
index 0ce5415d..da7fceca 100644
--- a/src/OpenIddict.Core/OpenIddict.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenIddict.Core/OpenIddict.Core.csproj
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="CryptoHelper.StrongName" Version="$(CryptoHelperVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="$(JetBrainsVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/OpenIddict.Core/OpenIddictExtensions.cs b/src/OpenIddict.Core/OpenIddictExtensions.cs
index 3ed52d03..84fdf251 100644
--- a/src/OpenIddict.Core/OpenIddictExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/OpenIddict.Core/OpenIddictExtensions.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services));
             }
 
+            services.AddDistributedMemoryCache();
+            services.AddMemoryCache();
             services.AddOptions();
 
             var builder = new OpenIddictBuilder(services)
diff --git a/src/OpenIddict/OpenIddictExtensions.cs b/src/OpenIddict/OpenIddictExtensions.cs
index a2586eb9..f2607e21 100644
--- a/src/OpenIddict/OpenIddictExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/OpenIddict/OpenIddictExtensions.cs
@@ -65,17 +65,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
                         /* TToken: */ builder.TokenType));
             }
 
-            // When no distributed cache has been registered in the options,
-            // try to resolve it from the dependency injection container.
+            // When no distributed cache has been registered in the options, use the
+            // global instance registered in the dependency injection container.
             if (options.Cache == null)
             {
-                options.Cache = app.ApplicationServices.GetService<IDistributedCache>();
-
-                if (options.EnableRequestCaching && options.Cache == null)
-                {
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException("A distributed cache implementation must be registered in the OpenIddict options " +
-                                                        "or in the dependency injection container when enabling request caching support.");
-                }
+                options.Cache = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IDistributedCache>();
             }
 
             // If OpenIddict was configured to use reference tokens, replace the default access tokens/
diff --git a/test/OpenIddict.Tests/OpenIddictExtensionsTests.cs b/test/OpenIddict.Tests/OpenIddictExtensionsTests.cs
index 7ab1d81f..8259ffdd 100644
--- a/test/OpenIddict.Tests/OpenIddictExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/test/OpenIddict.Tests/OpenIddictExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Distributed;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
@@ -36,24 +37,6 @@ namespace OpenIddict.Tests
                          "Make sure 'services.AddOpenIddict()' is correctly called from 'ConfigureServices()'.", exception.Message);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void UseOpenIddict_ThrowsAnExceptionWhenNoDistributedCacheIsRegisteredIfRequestCachingIsEnabled()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var services = new ServiceCollection();
-
-            services.AddOpenIddict()
-                .EnableRequestCaching();
-
-            var builder = new ApplicationBuilder(services.BuildServiceProvider());
-
-            // Act and assert
-            var exception = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => builder.UseOpenIddict());
-
-            Assert.Equal("A distributed cache implementation must be registered in the OpenIddict options " +
-                         "or in the dependency injection container when enabling request caching support.", exception.Message);
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public void UseOpenIddict_ThrowsAnExceptionWhenNoFlowIsEnabled()
         {