diff --git a/administrator/components/com_cache/controller.php b/administrator/components/com_cache/controller.php
index 88d2f30e51ec9..2b90a066eb4fe 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_cache/controller.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_cache/controller.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public function deleteAll()
 
 			foreach ($mCache->getAll() as $cache)
 			{
-				if ((int) $mCache->clean($cache->group) !== 1)
+				if ($mCache->clean($cache->group) === false)
 				{
 					$app->enqueueMessage(JText::sprintf('COM_CACHE_EXPIRED_ITEMS_DELETE_ERROR', $clientStr . $cache->group), 'error');
 					$allCleared = false;
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_cache/models/cache.php b/administrator/components/com_cache/models/cache.php
index a21d33c65e425..bddf4384b4030 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_cache/models/cache.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_cache/models/cache.php
@@ -117,42 +117,55 @@ public function getData()
 	{
 		if (empty($this->_data))
 		{
-			$cache = $this->getCache();
-			$data  = $cache->getAll();
-
-			if ($data && count($data) > 0)
+			try
 			{
-				// Process filter by search term.
-				if ($search = $this->getState('filter.search'))
+				$cache = $this->getCache();
+				$data  = $cache->getAll();
+
+				if ($data && count($data) > 0)
 				{
-					foreach ($data as $key => $cacheItem)
+					// Process filter by search term.
+					if ($search = $this->getState('filter.search'))
 					{
-						if (stripos($cacheItem->group, $search) === false)
+						foreach ($data as $key => $cacheItem)
 						{
-							unset($data[$key]);
-							continue;
+							if (stripos($cacheItem->group, $search) === false)
+							{
+								unset($data[$key]);
+								continue;
+							}
 						}
 					}
-				}
 
-				// Process ordering.
-				$listOrder = $this->getState('list.ordering', 'group');
-				$listDirn  = $this->getState('list.direction', 'ASC');
+					// Process ordering.
+					$listOrder = $this->getState('list.ordering', 'group');
+					$listDirn  = $this->getState('list.direction', 'ASC');
 
-				$this->_data = ArrayHelper::sortObjects($data, $listOrder, strtolower($listDirn) === 'desc' ? -1 : 1, true, true);
+					$this->_data = ArrayHelper::sortObjects($data, $listOrder, strtolower($listDirn) === 'desc' ? -1 : 1, true, true);
 
-				// Process pagination.
-				$limit = (int) $this->getState('list.limit', 25);
+					// Process pagination.
+					$limit = (int) $this->getState('list.limit', 25);
 
-				if ($limit !== 0)
-				{
-					$start = (int) $this->getState('list.start', 0);
+					if ($limit !== 0)
+					{
+						$start = (int) $this->getState('list.start', 0);
 
-					return array_slice($this->_data, $start, $limit);
+						return array_slice($this->_data, $start, $limit);
+					}
 				}
+				else
+				{
+					$this->_data = array();
+				}
+			}
+			catch (JCacheExceptionConnecting $exception)
+			{
+				$this->setError(JText::_('COM_CACHE_ERROR_CACHE_CONNECTION_FAILED'));
+				$this->_data = array();
 			}
-			else
+			catch (JCacheExceptionUnsupported $exception)
 			{
+				$this->setError(JText::_('COM_CACHE_ERROR_CACHE_DRIVER_UNSUPPORTED'));
 				$this->_data = array();
 			}
 		}
@@ -163,7 +176,7 @@ public function getData()
 	/**
 	 * Method to get cache instance.
 	 *
-	 * @return object
+	 * @return JCacheController
 	 */
 	public function getCache($clientId = null)
 	{
@@ -181,9 +194,7 @@ public function getCache($clientId = null)
 			'cachebase'    => (int) $clientId === 1 ? JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/cache' : $conf->get('cache_path', JPATH_SITE . '/cache')
 		);
 
-		$cache = JCache::getInstance('', $options);
-
-		return $cache;
+		return JCache::getInstance('', $options);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -216,7 +227,7 @@ public function getTotal()
 	/**
 	 * Method to get a pagination object for the cache.
 	 *
-	 * @return  integer
+	 * @return  JPagination
 	 */
 	public function getPagination()
 	{
@@ -238,7 +249,18 @@ public function getPagination()
 	 */
 	public function clean($group = '')
 	{
-		return $this->getCache()->clean($group);
+		try
+		{
+			return $this->getCache()->clean($group);
+		}
+		catch (JCacheExceptionConnecting $exception)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+		catch (JCacheExceptionUnsupported $exception)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -270,6 +292,17 @@ public function cleanlist($array)
 	 */
 	public function purge()
 	{
-		return JFactory::getCache('')->gc();
+		try
+		{
+			return JFactory::getCache('')->gc();
+		}
+		catch (JCacheExceptionConnecting $exception)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+		catch (JCacheExceptionUnsupported $exception)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_cache.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_cache.ini
index 97b5fe930a9f2..651806468029c 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_cache.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_cache.ini
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ COM_CACHE_CLEAR_CACHE_ADMIN_TITLE="Maintenance: Clear Cache (Administrator)"
 COM_CACHE_CLEAR_CACHE_SITE_TITLE="Maintenance: Clear Cache (Site)"
 COM_CACHE_PURGE_EXPIRED_CACHE="Maintenance: Clear Expired Cache"
 COM_CACHE_CONFIGURATION="Cache: Options"
+COM_CACHE_ERROR_CACHE_CONNECTION_FAILED="Could not connect to the cache store to fetch the cache data."
+COM_CACHE_ERROR_CACHE_DRIVER_UNSUPPORTED="Could not read the cache data, the configured cache handler is not supported by this environment."
 COM_CACHE_EXPIRED_ITEMS_HAVE_BEEN_DELETED="The selected cache group(s) have been cleared."
 COM_CACHE_EXPIRED_ITEMS_HAVE_BEEN_PURGED="Expired cached items have been cleared."
 COM_CACHE_EXPIRED_ITEMS_DELETE_ERROR="Error clearing cache group(s): %s."