diff --git a/docs/Changelog.md b/docs/Changelog.md
index a37832ad..d08845c7 100644
--- a/docs/Changelog.md
+++ b/docs/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Symbol rotation [#294](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues/294)
 - Osmagray theme [#300](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues/300)
+- OkHttp external cache [#135](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues/135)
 - Many other minor improvements and bug fixes
 - [Solved issues](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A0.8.0)
 
diff --git a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapboxMapActivity.java b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapboxMapActivity.java
index 02fcb189..aa071ad5 100644
--- a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapboxMapActivity.java
+++ b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapboxMapActivity.java
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ import org.oscim.tiling.source.mvt.MapboxTileSource;
 
 public class MapboxMapActivity extends MapActivity {
 
-    private TileCache tileCache;
+    private static final boolean USE_CACHE = true;
+
+    private TileCache mCache;
 
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
@@ -36,14 +38,16 @@ public class MapboxMapActivity extends MapActivity {
 
         UrlTileSource tileSource = MapboxTileSource.builder()
                 .apiKey("mapzen-xxxxxxx") // Put a proper API key
-                .httpFactory(new OkHttpEngine.OkHttpFactory(true)) // Use TileCache or provide a Cache for OkHttp
+                .httpFactory(new OkHttpEngine.OkHttpFactory())
                 //.locale("en")
                 .build();
 
-        // Cache the tiles into a local sqlite database
-        tileCache = new TileCache(this, null, "tile_cache.db");
-        tileCache.setCacheSize(512 * (1 << 10));
-        tileSource.setCache(tileCache);
+        if (USE_CACHE) {
+            // Cache the tiles into a local SQLite database
+            mCache = new TileCache(this, null, "tile.db");
+            mCache.setCacheSize(512 * (1 << 10));
+            tileSource.setCache(mCache);
+        }
 
         VectorTileLayer l = mMap.setBaseMap(tileSource);
         mMap.setTheme(VtmThemes.MAPZEN);
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ public class MapboxMapActivity extends MapActivity {
     protected void onDestroy() {
         super.onDestroy();
 
-        if (tileCache != null)
-            tileCache.dispose();
+        if (mCache != null)
+            mCache.dispose();
     }
 }
diff --git a/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java b/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java
index 9c2d610a..9b468f2b 100644
--- a/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java
+++ b/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
@@ -43,24 +42,17 @@ public class OkHttpEngine implements HttpEngine {
 
     private final OkHttpClient mClient;
     private final UrlTileSource mTileSource;
-    private final boolean mUseTileCache;
+
+    private InputStream mInputStream;
+    private byte[] mCachedData;
 
     public static class OkHttpFactory implements HttpEngine.Factory {
         private final OkHttpClient mClient;
-        private boolean mUseTileCache = false;
 
         public OkHttpFactory() {
             mClient = new OkHttpClient();
         }
 
-        /**
-         * Cache using ITileCache
-         */
-        public OkHttpFactory(boolean useTileCache) {
-            this();
-            mUseTileCache = useTileCache;
-        }
-
         /**
          * OkHttp cache implemented through {@link OkHttpClient.Builder#cache(Cache)}.
          */
@@ -72,22 +64,18 @@ public class OkHttpEngine implements HttpEngine {
 
         @Override
         public HttpEngine create(UrlTileSource tileSource) {
-            return new OkHttpEngine(mClient, tileSource, mUseTileCache);
+            return new OkHttpEngine(mClient, tileSource);
         }
     }
 
-    private InputStream inputStream;
-    private byte[] cachedData;
-
-    public OkHttpEngine(OkHttpClient client, UrlTileSource tileSource, boolean useTileCache) {
+    public OkHttpEngine(OkHttpClient client, UrlTileSource tileSource) {
         mClient = client;
         mTileSource = tileSource;
-        mUseTileCache = useTileCache;
     }
 
     @Override
     public InputStream read() throws IOException {
-        return inputStream;
+        return mInputStream;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -103,22 +91,11 @@ public class OkHttpEngine implements HttpEngine {
                 builder.addHeader(opt.getKey(), opt.getValue());
             Request request = builder.build();
             Response response = mClient.newCall(request).execute();
-            inputStream = response.body().byteStream();
-
-            if (mUseTileCache) {
-                ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                int nRead;
-                byte[] data = new byte[16384];
-                while ((nRead = inputStream.read(data, 0, data.length)) != -1) {
-                    buffer.write(data, 0, nRead);
-                }
-
-                buffer.flush();
-
-                cachedData = buffer.toByteArray();
-                inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(cachedData);
-            }
-
+            if (mTileSource.tileCache != null) {
+                mCachedData = response.body().bytes();
+                mInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(mCachedData);
+            } else
+                mInputStream = response.body().byteStream();
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
         }
@@ -126,11 +103,11 @@ public class OkHttpEngine implements HttpEngine {
 
     @Override
     public void close() {
-        if (inputStream == null)
+        if (mInputStream == null)
             return;
 
-        final InputStream is = inputStream;
-        inputStream = null;
+        final InputStream is = mInputStream;
+        mInputStream = null;
         new Thread(new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
@@ -141,9 +118,9 @@ public class OkHttpEngine implements HttpEngine {
 
     @Override
     public void setCache(OutputStream os) {
-        if (mUseTileCache) {
+        if (mTileSource.tileCache != null) {
             try {
-                os.write(cachedData);
+                os.write(mCachedData);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
             }
@@ -152,8 +129,8 @@ public class OkHttpEngine implements HttpEngine {
 
     @Override
     public boolean requestCompleted(boolean success) {
-        IOUtils.closeQuietly(inputStream);
-        inputStream = null;
+        IOUtils.closeQuietly(mInputStream);
+        mInputStream = null;
 
         return success;
     }