diff --git a/zio-cache/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cache/Cache.scala b/zio-cache/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cache/Cache.scala
index a54a7a8..64dba18 100644
--- a/zio-cache/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cache/Cache.scala
+++ b/zio-cache/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cache/Cache.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package zio.cache
 
 import zio.internal.MutableConcurrentQueue
-import zio.{Exit, IO, Promise, UIO, URIO, ZIO}
+import zio.{Exit, IO, Promise, Task, UIO, URIO, ZIO}
 
 import java.time.{Duration, Instant}
 import java.util.Map
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.{AtomicBoolean, LongAdder}
  * the same key the lookup function will only be computed once and the result
  * will be returned to all fibers.
  */
-sealed abstract class Cache[-Key, +Error, +Value] {
+sealed abstract class Cache[-Key, +Error, Value] {
+
+  def add(key: Key, value: Value): Task[Boolean]
 
   /**
    * Returns statistics for this cache.
@@ -141,6 +143,12 @@ object Cache {
 
         new Cache[Key, Error, Value] {
 
+          override def add(key: Key, value: Value): Task[Boolean] =
+            ZIO.effect {
+              val v = completeNowWith(key, Exit.Success(value))
+              map.putIfAbsent(key, v) eq null
+            }
+
           override def cacheStats: UIO[CacheStats] =
             ZIO.succeed(CacheStats(hits.longValue, misses.longValue, map.size))
 
@@ -251,20 +259,24 @@ object Cache {
           override def size: UIO[Int] =
             ZIO.succeed(map.size)
 
+          private def completeNowWith(key: Key, result: Exit[Error, Value]) = {
+            val now = Instant.now()
+
+            MapValue.Complete(
+              new MapKey(key),
+              result,
+              EntryStats(now),
+              now.plus(timeToLive(result))
+            )
+          }
+
           private def lookupValueOf(key: Key, promise: Promise[Error, Value]): IO[Error, Value] =
             lookup(key)
               .provide(environment)
               .run
               .flatMap { lookupResult =>
-                val now = Instant.now()
-                val completedResult = MapValue.Complete(
-                  new MapKey(key),
-                  lookupResult,
-                  EntryStats(now),
-                  now.plus(timeToLive(lookupResult))
-                )
-
-                map.put(key, completedResult)
+                map.put(key, completeNowWith(key, lookupResult))
+
                 promise.done(lookupResult) *>
                   ZIO.done(lookupResult)
               }
diff --git a/zio-cache/shared/src/test/scala/zio/cache/CacheSpec.scala b/zio-cache/shared/src/test/scala/zio/cache/CacheSpec.scala
index e0f4f83..f6ef492 100644
--- a/zio-cache/shared/src/test/scala/zio/cache/CacheSpec.scala
+++ b/zio-cache/shared/src/test/scala/zio/cache/CacheSpec.scala
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@ object CacheSpec extends DefaultRunnableSpec {
         }
       }
     ),
+    suite("`add` method")(
+      testM("") {
+        checkM(Gen.anyInt) { salt =>
+          val indices = 1 to 10
+          for {
+            cache      <- Cache.make(capacity = 10, Duration.Infinity, Lookup(hash(salt)))
+            addResults <- ZIO.foreach(indices)(n => cache.add(n, n))
+            getResults <- ZIO.foreach(indices)(cache.get)
+          } yield assertTrue(addResults.toSet == Set(true)) &&
+            assertTrue(getResults.toList == indices.toList)
+        }
+      }
+    ),
     testM("size") {
       checkM(Gen.anyInt) { salt =>
         for {