diff --git a/roles/devserver/userland-software/files/make.conf b/roles/devserver/userland-software/files/make.conf
--- a/roles/devserver/userland-software/files/make.conf
+++ b/roles/devserver/userland-software/files/make.conf
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@
 #   </auto-generated>
 DEVELOPER=yes
 
+WITH_CCACHE_BUILD=yes
+CCACHE_DIR=/var/cache/ccache
+
 DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= php=7.1 mysql=10.2m apache=2.4 python=3.6 python3=3.6 python2=2.7 tcl=8.6
diff --git a/roles/devserver/userland-software/misc.sls b/roles/devserver/userland-software/misc.sls
--- a/roles/devserver/userland-software/misc.sls
+++ b/roles/devserver/userland-software/misc.sls
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
     - require:
       - pkg: devserver_software_misc_ports
 
+/var/cache/ccache:
+  file.directory
+
 /etc/make.conf:
   file.managed:
     - source: salt://roles/devserver/userland-software/files/make.conf