diff --git a/.ci/ccache.conf b/.ci/ccache.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9913800ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/ccache.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+max_size = 500M
+compression = true
+compression_level = 1
+sloppiness = time_macros,include_file_mtime,include_file_ctime,file_macro
+run_second_cpp = false
+hash_dir = false
+
diff --git a/.ci/ci-ccache-stats.sh b/.ci/ci-ccache-stats.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..76b270488c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/ci-ccache-stats.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ "$DISTRO" != "" ] ; then
+  docker exec $(cat $HOME/cid)  ccache -s
+else
+  ccache -s
+fi
diff --git a/.ci/ci-configure.sh b/.ci/ci-configure.sh
index 28897dafcc..86e280ec5f 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-configure.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-configure.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ if [ "$DISTRO" != "" ] ; then
   if [ "$1" = "release-ready" ]; then
     OPTS="$OPTS $RELEASE_READY_LINUX_COPTS"
   fi
-  docker run --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 -v `pwd`:/src -w /src stefanschmidt1/ci-support-files:$DISTRO ./autogen.sh $OPTS
+  docker exec $(cat $HOME/cid) sh -c 'rm -f ~/.ccache/ccache.conf'
+  docker exec --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 --env CC="ccache gcc" \
+    --env CXX="ccache g++" --env CFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" --env CXXFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" \
+    $(cat $HOME/cid) ./autogen.sh $OPTS
 else
   OSX_COPTS="--disable-cxx-bindings"
 
@@ -57,11 +60,13 @@ else
   mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents
   ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/d-bus/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
   launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
-  export PATH="$(brew --prefix gettext)/bin:$PATH"
+  export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$(brew --prefix gettext)/bin:$PATH"
 
-  export CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include $CFLAGS"
+  export CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include -frewrite-includes $CFLAGS"
+  export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib $LDFLAGS"
   export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib $LDFLAGS"
 
   # Normal build test of all targets
+  rm -f ~/.ccache/ccache.conf
   ./autogen.sh $OSX_COPTS
 fi
diff --git a/.ci/ci-make-distcheck.sh b/.ci/ci-make-distcheck.sh
index 144b95782e..a00de9911c 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-make-distcheck.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-make-distcheck.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ if [ "$1" != "release-ready" ] ; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$DISTRO" != "" ] ; then
-  docker exec --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 $(cat $HOME/cid) make distcheck
+  docker exec --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 --env CC="ccache gcc" \
+    --env CXX="ccache g++" \
+    --env CFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" --env CXXFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" \
+    $(cat $HOME/cid) make distcheck
 else
   export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$(brew --prefix gettext)/bin:$PATH"
   make
diff --git a/.ci/ci-osx-deps.sh b/.ci/ci-osx-deps.sh
index 859842624e..95872f82f3 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-osx-deps.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-osx-deps.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 brew update
 brew unlink python
-brew install gettext check bullet dbus fontconfig freetype fribidi gst-plugins-good gstreamer luajit openssl webp libsndfile glib libspectre libraw librsvg poppler lz4 pulseaudio
+brew install gettext check bullet dbus fontconfig freetype fribidi gst-plugins-good gstreamer luajit openssl webp libsndfile glib libspectre libraw librsvg poppler lz4 pulseaudio ccache
diff --git a/.ci/ci-setup-ccache.sh b/.ci/ci-setup-ccache.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0a5087883f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/ci-setup-ccache.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ "$DISTRO" != "" ] ; then
+  docker exec $(cat $HOME/cid)  sh -c ".ci/docker-ccache-setup.sh $1"
+  docker exec $(cat $HOME/cid)  ccache -pz
+else
+  cp .ci/ccache.conf ~/.ccache
+  ccache -o base_dir="$(pwd)"
+  ccache -pz
+fi
diff --git a/.ci/docker-ccache-setup.sh b/.ci/docker-ccache-setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..748e743bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/docker-ccache-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+CI_BUILD_TYPE="$1"
+
+cp .ci/ccache.conf ~/.ccache
+
+if [ "$1" = "release-ready" ] ; then
+  ccache -o base_dir="$(pwd)/$(grep '^PACKAGE_STRING' config.log|cut -d\' -f2|tr ' ' -)"
+else
+  ccache -o base_dir=$(pwd)
+fi
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 817e4f177f..f3ba713f01 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 language: c
-
+cache: ccache
 sudo: required
 dist: trusty
 
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ env:
   global:
     - MAKEFLAGS="-j5"
     - EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1
+    - CC="ccache gcc"
+    - CXX="ccache g++"
   matrix:
     -
     - DISTRO=Ubuntu1804
@@ -70,12 +72,15 @@ before_script:
   - |
       if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]] ; then
         docker version
-        docker run --cidfile $HOME/cid -t -d -v `pwd`:/src -w /src stefanschmidt1/ci-support-files:$DISTRO bash
+        docker run --cidfile $HOME/cid -t -d -v `pwd`:/src -v $HOME/.ccache:/root/.ccache -w /src stefanschmidt1/ci-support-files:$DISTRO bash
         cat $HOME/cid
       fi
 
+  - .ci/ci-ccache-stats.sh
+
 script:
   - .ci/ci-configure.sh "$CI_BUILD_TYPE"
+  - .ci/ci-setup-ccache.sh "$CI_BUILD_TYPE"
   - .ci/ci-make.sh "$CI_BUILD_TYPE"
   - .ci/ci-make-checkbuild.sh "$CI_BUILD_TYPE"
   - .ci/ci-make-examples.sh "$CI_BUILD_TYPE"
@@ -91,6 +96,13 @@ script:
       elif [[ "$CI_BUILD_TYPE" != "release-ready" ]] ; then
         docker exec --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 $(cat $HOME/cid) .ci/build-efl-app.sh
       fi
+before_cache:
+  - .ci/ci-ccache-stats.sh
+  - |
+       if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]] ; then
+         sudo chown travis:travis $HOME/.ccache
+       else
+       fi
 
 after_success:
   - |