diff --git a/elements/base/environment.d/10-ccache.bash b/elements/base/environment.d/10-ccache.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d3d5f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/base/environment.d/10-ccache.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Put ccache in path for known compilers
+if ! [[ "$PATH" =~ "/usr/lib/ccache" ]] ; then
+    export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH
+fi
+export CCACHE_DIR=/tmp/ccache
diff --git a/elements/base/install.d/00-ccache b/elements/base/install.d/00-ccache
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1aa5e415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/base/install.d/00-ccache
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+install-packages ccache
diff --git a/lib/img-defaults b/lib/img-defaults
index 31419515..8054a539 100644
--- a/lib/img-defaults
+++ b/lib/img-defaults
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ FS_TYPE=${FS_TYPE:-ext4}
 # Used to set the file extension only at this stage.
 IMAGE_TYPE=${IMAGE_TYPE:-qcow2}
 IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME:-image}
+DIB_CCACHE_DIR=${DIB_CCACHE_DIR:-~/.cache/image-create/ccache}
diff --git a/lib/img-functions b/lib/img-functions
index ca95c44e..951892cb 100644
--- a/lib/img-functions
+++ b/lib/img-functions
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function unmount_image () {
     sudo umount -f $TMP_BUILD_DIR/mnt/proc || true
     sudo umount -f $TMP_BUILD_DIR/mnt/dev || true
     sudo umount -f $TMP_BUILD_DIR/mnt/tmp/in_target.d || true
+    sudo umount -f $TMP_BUILD_DIR/mnt/tmp/ccache || true
     # give it a second (ok really 5) to umount XXX - why? should instead track
     # the mount data / lsof etc.
     sleep 5
@@ -73,11 +74,16 @@ function run_d_in_target () {
       sudo mkdir $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/in_target.d
       sudo mount --bind ${TMP_HOOKS_PATH} $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/in_target.d
       sudo mount -o remount,ro,bind ${TMP_HOOKS_PATH} $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/in_target.d
+      sudo mkdir -p $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/ccache
+      mkdir -p $DIB_CCACHE_DIR
+      sudo mount --bind $DIB_CCACHE_DIR $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/ccache
       check_break before-$1 run_in_target bash
       run_in_target dib-run-parts /tmp/in_target.d/$1.d
       check_break after-$1 run_in_target bash
       sudo umount -f $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/in_target.d
       sudo rmdir $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/in_target.d
+      sudo umount -f $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/ccache || true
+      sudo rmdir $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/ccache
     fi
 }
 
diff --git a/sudoers.d/img-build-sudoers b/sudoers.d/img-build-sudoers
index a679ba44..2bafc25e 100644
--- a/sudoers.d/img-build-sudoers
+++ b/sudoers.d/img-build-sudoers
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ ALL ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mkdir -p /tmp/*/mnt/*
 ALL ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mkdir /tmp/*/mnt/*
 ALL ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mount --bind /dev /tmp/*/mnt/dev
 ALL ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mount --bind /tmp/*/hooks /tmp/*/mnt/tmp/in_target.d
+ALL ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mount --bind */.cache/image-create/ccache /tmp/*/mnt/tmp/ccache
 ALL ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mount -o remount\,ro\,bind /tmp/*/hooks /tmp/*/mnt/tmp/in_target.d
 ALL ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mount -t proc none /tmp/*/mnt/proc
 ALL ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mount -t sysfs none /tmp/*/mnt/sys