diff --git a/xbps-src/etc/xbps-src.conf.in b/xbps-src/etc/xbps-src.conf.in
index ec617261e20..81534e2158c 100644
--- a/xbps-src/etc/xbps-src.conf.in
+++ b/xbps-src/etc/xbps-src.conf.in
@@ -21,11 +21,16 @@ XBPS_MASTERDIR=$XBPS_DISTRIBUTIONDIR/masterdir
 #XBPS_CACHEDIR=/path/to/cachedir/with/user/permissions/to/write
 
 #
-# Compilation flags for cc and c++.
+# Compilation flags for C and C++.
 #
 XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
 XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 
+#
+# Enable or disable ccache to build packages from source.
+#
+#XBPS_CCACHE=yes
+
 #
 # Linker flags passed to the compiler. By default we use --as-needed to
 # avoid linking extra libraries into binaries. See the following link
diff --git a/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in b/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in
index 752784a766c..a4e8681083d 100644
--- a/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in
+++ b/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in
@@ -249,8 +249,11 @@ if [ -z "$in_chroot" ]; then
 	MYPATH="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/usr/local/bin:$MYPATH"
 	MYPATH="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/usr/local/sbin:$MYPATH"
 else
+	if [ -n "$XBPS_CCACHE" ]; then
+		CCACHEPATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin"
+	fi
 	# In chroot always prefer tools from bootstrap.
-	MYPATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin:/tools/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
+	MYPATH="$CCACHEPATH:/tools/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
 	MYPATH="$MYPATH:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"
 fi
 export PATH="$MYPATH"