diff --git a/cache.go b/cache.go
index ecddbbb..7fec2b6 100644
--- a/cache.go
+++ b/cache.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type cache struct {
 	defaultExpiration time.Duration
 	items             map[string]*Item
 	mu                sync.RWMutex
+	onEvicted         func(string, interface{})
 	janitor           *janitor
 }
 
@@ -810,23 +811,54 @@ func (c *cache) DecrementFloat64(k string, n float64) (float64, error) {
 // Delete an item from the cache. Does nothing if the key is not in the cache.
 func (c *cache) Delete(k string) {
 	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.delete(k)
+	v, evicted := c.delete(k)
 	c.mu.Unlock()
+	if evicted {
+		c.onEvicted(k, v)
+	}
 }
 
-func (c *cache) delete(k string) {
+func (c *cache) delete(k string) (interface{}, bool) {
+	if c.onEvicted != nil {
+		if v, found := c.items[k]; found {
+			delete(c.items, k)
+			return v.Object, true
+		}
+	}
 	delete(c.items, k)
+	return nil, false
+}
+
+type keyAndValue struct {
+	key   string
+	value interface{}
 }
 
 // Delete all expired items from the cache.
 func (c *cache) DeleteExpired() {
+	var evictedItems []keyAndValue
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	for k, v := range c.items {
 		if v.Expired() {
-			c.delete(k)
+			ov, evicted := c.delete(k)
+			if evicted {
+				evictedItems = append(evictedItems, keyAndValue{k, ov})
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	c.mu.Unlock()
+	for _, v := range evictedItems {
+		c.onEvicted(v.key, v.value)
+	}
+}
+
+// Sets an (optional) function that is called with the key and value when an
+// item is evicted from the cache. (Including when it is deleted manually.)
+// Set to nil to disable.
+func (c *cache) OnEvicted(f func(string, interface{})) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	c.onEvicted = f
 }
 
 // Write the cache's items (using Gob) to an io.Writer.
diff --git a/cache_test.go b/cache_test.go
index 8b308c8..c357cb0 100644
--- a/cache_test.go
+++ b/cache_test.go
@@ -1224,6 +1224,24 @@ func TestDecrementUnderflowUint(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestOnEvicted(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := New(DefaultExpiration, 0)
+	tc.Set("foo", 3, DefaultExpiration)
+	if tc.onEvicted != nil {
+		t.Fatal("tc.onEvicted is not nil")
+	}
+	works := false
+	tc.OnEvicted(func(k string, v interface{}) {
+		if k == "foo" && v.(int) == 3 {
+			works = true
+		}
+	})
+	tc.Delete("foo")
+	if !works {
+		t.Error("works bool not true")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCacheSerialization(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := New(DefaultExpiration, 0)
 	testFillAndSerialize(t, tc)