diff --git a/lib/puppet/rails/param_name.rb b/lib/puppet/rails/param_name.rb
index 818a90e35..b4eb1df05 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/rails/param_name.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/rails/param_name.rb
@@ -1,31 +1,25 @@
 require 'puppet/util/rails/collection_merger'
 require 'puppet/rails/param_value'
+require 'puppet/util/rails/cache_accumulator'
 
 class Puppet::Rails::ParamName < ActiveRecord::Base
     include Puppet::Util::CollectionMerger
     has_many :param_values, :dependent => :destroy 
 
-    def self.accumulate_by_name(name)
-        @name_cache ||= {}
-        if instance = @name_cache[name]
-            return instance
-        end
-        instance = find_or_create_by_name(name)
-        @name_cache[name] = instance
-        instance
-    end
+    include Puppet::Util::CacheAccumulator
+    accumulates :name
 
     def to_resourceparam(resource, source)
         hash = {}
         hash[:name] = self.name.to_sym
         hash[:source] = source
         hash[:value] = resource.param_values.find(:all, :conditions => [ "param_name_id = ?", self.id]).collect { |v| v.value }
         if hash[:value].length == 1
             hash[:value] = hash[:value].shift
         elsif hash[:value].empty?
             hash[:value] = nil
         end
         Puppet::Parser::Resource::Param.new hash
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/rails/puppet_tag.rb b/lib/puppet/rails/puppet_tag.rb
index 53c39c5fd..2cc2c135f 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/rails/puppet_tag.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/rails/puppet_tag.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 require 'puppet/rails/resource_tag'
+require 'puppet/util/rails/cache_accumulator'
+
 class Puppet::Rails::PuppetTag < ActiveRecord::Base
     has_many :resource_tags, :dependent => :destroy
     has_many :resources, :through => :resource_tags
 
-    def self.accumulate_by_name(name)
-        @name_cache ||= {}
-        if instance = @name_cache[name]
-            return instance
-        end
-        instance = find_or_create_by_name(name)
-        @name_cache[name] = instance
-        instance
-    end
+    include Puppet::Util::CacheAccumulator
+    accumulates :name
 end