diff --git a/share/wake/lib/system/job.wake b/share/wake/lib/system/job.wake
index 8e3179737..905fbd5d9 100644
--- a/share/wake/lib/system/job.wake
+++ b/share/wake/lib/system/job.wake
@@ -509,6 +509,10 @@ export def mkJobCacheRunner (wakeroot: String) ((Runner name score baseDoIt): Ru
 
                     True
 
+                # Caching a failed job is a waste of space, never do that
+                require True = status == 0
+                else Pass ""
+
                 job_cache_add jobCacheAddJson
 
             Pass (RunnerOutput (map getPathName vis) outputs useage)