diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d0cd125d41346..fe9aa6dbd3c2e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -608,9 +608,14 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Debug)
   set(ROCKSDB_EXTRA_CXXFLAG ${ROCKSDB_EXTRA_CXXFLAG} -DNDEBUG)
 endif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Debug)
 
+set(ROCKSDB_CXX "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
+if (WITH_CCACHE AND CCACHE_FOUND)
+  set(ROCKSDB_CXX "ccache" "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
+endif(WITH_CCACHE AND CCACHE_FOUND)
+
 add_custom_target(build_rocksdb
     COMMAND
-    PORTABLE=1 ${disable_jemalloc} $(MAKE) static_lib CXX="${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}" EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="${ROCKSDB_EXTRA_CXXFLAG}"
+    PORTABLE=1 ${disable_jemalloc} $(MAKE) static_lib CXX="${ROCKSDB_CXX}" EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="${ROCKSDB_EXTRA_CXXFLAG}"
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/rocksdb
     COMMENT "rocksdb building")