diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh.in b/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh.in
index 8250d2117b..79ced14f89 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh.in
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh.in
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ _EOF
 	if [ -n "$XBPS_HOSTDIR" ]; then
 		echo "XBPS_HOSTDIR=/host" >> $XBPSSRC_CF
 	fi
-
+	if [ -n "$XBPS_CCACHE" ]; then
+		echo "XBPS_CCACHE=$XBPS_CCACHE" >> $XBPSSRC_CF
+	fi
 	echo "# End of configuration file." >> $XBPSSRC_CF
 
 	if [ -d $XBPS_MASTERDIR/tmp ]; then
diff --git a/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in b/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in
index ea96cc25a0..0e91a57632 100644
--- a/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in
+++ b/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in
@@ -314,6 +314,15 @@ if [ -z "$IN_CHROOT" ]; then
 else
 	if [ -n "$XBPS_CCACHE" ]; then
 		CCACHEPATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin"
+		if [ -n "$XBPS_HOSTDIR" ]; then
+			[ ! -d "$XBPS_HOSTDIR/ccache" ] && \
+				mkdir -p $XBPS_HOSTDIR/ccache
+			export CCACHE_DIR="$XBPS_HOSTDIR/ccache"
+		else
+			[ ! -d "$XBPS_MASTERDIR/host/ccache" ] && \
+				mkdir -p $XBPS_MASTERDIR/host/ccache
+			export CCACHE_DIR="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/host/ccache"
+		fi
 	fi
 	# In chroot always prefer tools from bootstrap.
 	MYPATH="$CCACHEPATH:/tools/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"