diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1d7545..2fcda09 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION := 1.6.1
+VERSION := 1.6.2
 BINNAME := solbuild
 
 .PHONY: build
diff --git a/builder/build.go b/builder/build.go
index 4e3dacd..92d426f 100644
--- a/builder/build.go
+++ b/builder/build.go
@@ -335,6 +335,11 @@ func (p *Package) BuildYpkg(notif PidNotifier, usr *UserInfo, pman *EopkgManager
 		cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" -t %v", h.GetLastVersionTimestamp())
 	}
 
+	if p.CanCCache {
+		// Start an sccache server to work around #87
+		StartSccache(overlay.MountPoint)
+	}
+
 	slog.Info("Now starting build", "package", p.Name)
 
 	if err := ChrootExec(notif, overlay.MountPoint, cmd); err != nil {
diff --git a/builder/eopkg.go b/builder/eopkg.go
index 8c4899d..1c0c887 100644
--- a/builder/eopkg.go
+++ b/builder/eopkg.go
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ func readURIFile(path string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-
 	defer fi.Close()
 
 	contents, err := io.ReadAll(fi)
diff --git a/builder/pkg.go b/builder/pkg.go
index 6232eb0..b5bf0f6 100644
--- a/builder/pkg.go
+++ b/builder/pkg.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ type Package struct {
 	Path       string          // Path to the build spec
 	Sources    []source.Source // Each package has 0 or more sources that we fetch
 	CanNetwork bool            // Only applicable to ypkg builds
+	CanCCache  bool            // Flag to enable (s)ccache
 }
 
 // YmlPackage is a parsed ypkg build file.
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ type YmlPackage struct {
 	Release    int                 `yaml:"release"`
 	Networking bool                `yaml:"networking"` // If set to false (default) we disable networking in the build
 	Source     []map[string]string `yaml:"source"`
+
+	// Disable (s)ccache for this build.
+	CCache bool `yaml:"ccache"`
 }
 
 // XMLUpdate represents an update in the package history.
@@ -209,7 +213,7 @@ func NewYmlPackage(path string) (*Package, error) {
 func NewYmlPackageFromBytes(by []byte) (*Package, error) {
 	var err error
 
-	ypkg := &YmlPackage{Networking: false}
+	ypkg := &YmlPackage{Networking: false, CCache: true}
 	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(by, ypkg); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -220,6 +224,7 @@ func NewYmlPackageFromBytes(by []byte) (*Package, error) {
 		Release:    ypkg.Release,
 		Type:       PackageTypeYpkg,
 		CanNetwork: ypkg.Networking,
+		CanCCache:  ypkg.CCache,
 	}
 
 	for _, row := range ypkg.Source {
diff --git a/builder/util.go b/builder/util.go
index ea69351..5577885 100644
--- a/builder/util.go
+++ b/builder/util.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package builder
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
@@ -225,6 +227,23 @@ func ChrootExecStdin(notif PidNotifier, dir, command string) error {
 	return c.Wait()
 }
 
+func StartSccache(dir string) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	c := exec.Command("chroot", dir, "/bin/su", BuildUser, "-c", "sccache --start-server")
+	c.Stdout = &buf
+	c.Stderr = &buf
+	c.Env = slices.Clone(ChrootEnvironment)
+	c.Env = append(c.Env, "SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT=0")
+	c.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{Setsid: true}
+
+	slog.Debug("Starting sccache server")
+
+	if err := c.Run(); err != nil {
+		slog.Warn("Unable to start sccache server", "err", err, "output", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
 // AddBuildUser will attempt to add the solbuild user & group if they've not
 // previously been added
 // Note this should be changed when Solus goes fully stateless for /etc/passwd.