diff --git a/src/build/tools/hb b/src/build/tools/hb
index b5eb47de197..44e0d21834f 100755
--- a/src/build/tools/hb
+++ b/src/build/tools/hb
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ hb_simsetup()
 
     DRIVER=`cat ${PROJECT_ROOT}/src/build/citest/etc/bbuild`
     SIMICS_LEVEL=`cat ${PROJECT_ROOT}/src/build/citest/etc/simbuild`
+    EECACHE_PREBUILT=`cat ${PROJECT_ROOT}/src/build/citest/etc/eecache_prebuilt`
 
     needs_machine_variable
     if [ "${MACHINE}" == "AXONE" ]; then
@@ -365,6 +366,8 @@ hb_simsetup()
         execute_in_sandbox "tar -xf ${SIMICS_LEVEL} -C ${SANDBOXBASE}/simics/" "ppc"
         echo "cd ${SANDBOXBASE}/simics/ && ./INSTALL.sh"
         execute_in_sandbox "cd ${SANDBOXBASE}/simics/ && ./INSTALL.sh" "ppc"
+        echo "cp ${EECACHE_PREBUILT} ${SANDBOXBASE}/simics/eecache_prebuilt.bin.ecc"
+        execute_in_sandbox "cp ${EECACHE_PREBUILT} ${SANDBOXBASE}/simics/eecache_prebuilt.bin.ecc" "ppc"
     else
         execute_in_sandbox "start_simics -no_start -machine ${MACHINE}"  "ppc"
     fi