diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e9054e51..40a31539 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ option(PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBARCHIVE "use system libarchive if available" OFF)
 option(PREFER_SYSTEM_ZSTD "use system zstd if available" OFF)
 option(PREFER_SYSTEM_XXHASH "use system xxHash if available" OFF)
 option(PREFER_SYSTEM_GTEST "use system gtest if available" OFF)
+option(DISABLE_CCACHE "disable ccache" OFF)
 option(STATIC_BUILD_DO_NOT_USE "try static build (experimental)" OFF)
 
 if(DEFINED ENV{DWARFS_LOCAL_REPO_PATH})
@@ -49,6 +50,14 @@ else()
   set(LIBARCHIVE_GIT_REPO https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive.git)
 endif()
 
+if(NOT DISABLE_CCACHE)
+  find_program(CCACHE_EXE ccache)
+  if(CCACHE_EXE)
+    set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${CCACHE_EXE})
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${CCACHE_EXE})
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 if(DEFINED ENV{CCACHE_PREFIX})
   add_compile_options(-Wno-gnu-line-marker)
 endif()