diff --git a/bin/expiration_worker b/bin/expiration_worker
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..27be4506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/expiration_worker
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'identity_cache'
+
+# This is meant to run a long lived process along these lines 
+# Parse args from command line / env then call
+#
+# IdentityCache::BinlogExpirationWorker.new(*args).run
+#
+# BinlongExpiration worker should be able to receive binlog events
+# and based on those events expire the cache
+
+
diff --git a/lib/identity_cache.rb b/lib/identity_cache.rb
index 87520f4e..6e3fbb73 100644
--- a/lib/identity_cache.rb
+++ b/lib/identity_cache.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 require "identity_cache/fallback_fetcher"
 require 'identity_cache/without_primary_index'
 require 'identity_cache/with_primary_index'
+require 'identity_cache/noop_expirator'
+require 'identity_cache/inline_expirator'
 
 module IdentityCache
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ module IdentityCache
   BATCH_SIZE = 1000
   DELETED = :idc_cached_deleted
   DELETED_TTL = 1000
+  EXPIRATION_STRATEGIES = {inline: InlineExpirator, worker: NoopExpirator}
 
   class AlreadyIncludedError < StandardError; end
   class AssociationError < StandardError; end
@@ -57,6 +60,14 @@ class InverseAssociationError < StandardError; end
   class UnsupportedScopeError < StandardError; end
   class UnsupportedAssociationError < StandardError; end
   class DerivedModelError < StandardError; end
+  class ExpirationStrategyNotFound  < StandardError
+    attr_reader :strategy
+    def initialize(strategy=nil)
+      msg = "#{strategy.to_s} is not a valid expiration strategy"
+      super(msg)
+    end
+  end
+
 
   mattr_accessor :cache_namespace
   self.cache_namespace = "IDC:#{CACHE_VERSION}:"
@@ -67,6 +78,9 @@ class DerivedModelError < StandardError; end
   mattr_accessor :fetch_read_only_records
   self.fetch_read_only_records = true
 
+  mattr_accessor :expiration_strategy
+  self.expiration_strategy = :inline
+
   class << self
     include IdentityCache::CacheHash
 
@@ -132,6 +146,24 @@ def unmap_cached_nil_for(value)
       value == IdentityCache::CACHED_NIL ? nil : value
     end
 
+    def reset_expiration_strategy(strategy)
+      @expirator = nil
+      self.expiration_strategy = strategy
+    end
+
+    def expirator
+      return @expirator if defined?(@expirator) and @expirator
+
+      strategy = self.expiration_strategy
+
+      unless  EXPIRATION_STRATEGIES[strategy] 
+        raise ExpirationStrategyNotFound.new(strategy) 
+      end
+
+      @expirator = EXPIRATION_STRATEGIES[strategy].new
+    
+    end
+
     # Same as +fetch+, except that it will try a collection of keys, using the
     # multiget operation of the cache adaptor.
     #
diff --git a/lib/identity_cache/cache_key_loader.rb b/lib/identity_cache/cache_key_loader.rb
index 4025858f..c0eb923b 100644
--- a/lib/identity_cache/cache_key_loader.rb
+++ b/lib/identity_cache/cache_key_loader.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def load(cache_fetcher, db_key)
         db_value = nil
 
         cache_value = IdentityCache.fetch(cache_key) do
+          IdentityCache.logger.debug "Resolving miss key=#{self.name} db_key=#{db_key}"
           db_value = cache_fetcher.load_one_from_db(db_key)
           cache_fetcher.cache_encode(db_value)
         end
diff --git a/lib/identity_cache/cached/attribute.rb b/lib/identity_cache/cached/attribute.rb
index 81b23039..b7102ec2 100644
--- a/lib/identity_cache/cached/attribute.rb
+++ b/lib/identity_cache/cached/attribute.rb
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ def fetch(db_key)
       def expire(record)
         unless record.send(:was_new_record?)
           old_key = old_cache_key(record)
-          IdentityCache.cache.delete(old_key)
+          IdentityCache.expirator.expire(old_key)
         end
+
         unless record.destroyed?
           new_key = new_cache_key(record)
           if new_key != old_key
-            IdentityCache.cache.delete(new_key)
+            IdentityCache.expirator.expire(new_key)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/identity_cache/cached/primary_index.rb b/lib/identity_cache/cached/primary_index.rb
index d3e3beff..cac068d0 100644
--- a/lib/identity_cache/cached/primary_index.rb
+++ b/lib/identity_cache/cached/primary_index.rb
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ def fetch_multi(ids)
       end
 
       def expire(id)
-        id = cast_id(id)
-        IdentityCache.cache.delete(cache_key(id))
+        key = cache_key(cast_id(id))
+        IdentityCache.expirator.expire(key)
       end
 
       def cache_key(id)
diff --git a/lib/identity_cache/inline_expirator.rb b/lib/identity_cache/inline_expirator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b32d0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/identity_cache/inline_expirator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module IdentityCache
+  class InlineExpirator
+    def expire(key)
+      IdentityCache.logger.debug "Expiring key=#{key}"
+      IdentityCache.cache.delete(key)
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/identity_cache/noop_expirator.rb b/lib/identity_cache/noop_expirator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c66f7aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/identity_cache/noop_expirator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module IdentityCache
+  class NoopExpirator
+    def expire(*)
+      #NOOP
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/identity_cache_test.rb b/test/identity_cache_test.rb
index 381fc4e5..05216ea6 100644
--- a/test/identity_cache_test.rb
+++ b/test/identity_cache_test.rb
@@ -26,4 +26,24 @@ def test_should_use_cache_in_transaction
       assert_equal false, IdentityCache.should_use_cache?
     end
   end
+
+  def test_should_use_inline_expirator_by_default
+    assert_instance_of IdentityCache::InlineExpirator, IdentityCache.expirator
+  end
+
+  def test_should_be_able_to_set_expirator_to_worker
+    with_expiration_strategy(:worker) do
+      assert_instance_of IdentityCache::NoopExpirator, IdentityCache.expirator
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_should_raise_when_expiration_strategy_is_not_supported
+    error = assert_raises(IdentityCache::ExpirationStrategyNotFound) do 
+      with_expiration_strategy(:hope) do
+        IdentityCache.expirator
+      end
+    end
+
+    assert_equal "hope is not a valid expiration strategy", error.message
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 0268f8b5..eb598f96 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ def teardown
       teardown_models
     end
 
+    def with_expiration_strategy(new_strategy, &b)
+      old_strategy = IdentityCache.expiration_strategy
+      IdentityCache.reset_expiration_strategy(new_strategy)
+      yield
+
+    ensure
+
+      IdentityCache.reset_expiration_strategy(old_strategy)
+    end
+
     private
 
     def create(class_symbol)