diff --git a/packages/devel/ccache/package.mk b/packages/devel/ccache/package.mk
index e9a5b32282..aedeed3b1f 100644
--- a/packages/devel/ccache/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/ccache/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--with-bundled-zlib"
 post_makeinstall_host() {
 # setup ccache
   if [ -z "${CCACHE_DISABLE}" ]; then
-    ${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/ccache --max-size=${CCACHE_CACHE_SIZE}
+    CCACHE_DIR="${BUILD_CCACHE_DIR}" ${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/ccache --max-size=${CCACHE_CACHE_SIZE}
   fi
 
   cat > ${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/host-gcc <<EOF