diff --git a/ActiveRecordHelpers.h b/ActiveRecordHelpers.h
index da17759..e41444f 100644
--- a/ActiveRecordHelpers.h
+++ b/ActiveRecordHelpers.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
+// enable to use caches for the fetchedResultsControllers (iOS only)
+// #define STORE_USE_CACHE
+
 #ifdef NS_BLOCKS_AVAILABLE
 
 @class NSManagedObjectContext;
diff --git a/NSManagedObject+ActiveRecord.m b/NSManagedObject+ActiveRecord.m
index 8fc78a0..c848d3d 100644
--- a/NSManagedObject+ActiveRecord.m
+++ b/NSManagedObject+ActiveRecord.m
@@ -369,7 +369,11 @@ static NSNumber *defaultBatchSize = nil;
 
 + (NSFetchedResultsController *) fetchRequestAllGroupedBy:(NSString *)group withPredicate:(NSPredicate *)searchTerm sortedBy:(NSString *)sortTerm ascending:(BOOL)ascending inContext:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context
 {
-	NSString *cacheName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"cache-%@", NSStringFromClass(self)];
+	NSString *cacheName = nil;
+	#ifdef STORE_USE_CACHE
+	cacheName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"cache-%@", NSStringFromClass(self)];
+	#endif
+	
 	NSFetchRequest *request = [self requestAllSortedBy:sortTerm 
 											 ascending:ascending 
 										 withPredicate:searchTerm
@@ -414,7 +418,10 @@ static NSNumber *defaultBatchSize = nil;
 
 + (NSFetchedResultsController *) fetchRequest:(NSFetchRequest *)request groupedBy:(NSString *)group inContext:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context
 {
-	NSString *cacheName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"cache-%@", NSStringFromClass([self class])];
+	NSString *cacheName = nil;
+	#ifdef STORE_USE_CACHE
+	cacheName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"cache-%@", NSStringFromClass([self class])];
+	#endif
 	NSFetchedResultsController *controller =
 		[[NSFetchedResultsController alloc] initWithFetchRequest:request
 											managedObjectContext:context