diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d2359e6a21c..b11fceac713 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
-qtc_handle_sccache_support()
+qtc_handle_compiler_cache_support()
 
 option(BUILD_LINK_WITH_QT "Link with Qt from the parent Qt Creator" OFF)
 qtc_link_with_qt()
diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index 0493fb95bc0..63a8717dca7 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ option(BUILD_LIBRARIES_BY_DEFAULT "Build libraries by default. This can be used
 option(BUILD_TESTS_BY_DEFAULT "Build tests by default. This can be used to build all tests by default, or none." ON)
 option(QTC_SEPARATE_DEBUG_INFO "Extract debug information from binary files." OFF)
 option(WITH_SCCACHE_SUPPORT "Enables support for building with SCCACHE and separate debug info with MSVC, which SCCACHE normally doesn't support." OFF)
+option(WITH_CCACHE_SUPPORT "Enables support for building with CCACHE and separate debug info with MSVC, which CCACHE normally doesn't support." OFF)
 
 # If we provide a list of plugins, executables, libraries, then the BUILD_<type>_BY_DEFAULT will be set to OFF
 # and for every element we set BUILD_<type>_<elment> to ON
diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake
index 2278932a02b..8d370d1b94e 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake
@@ -117,15 +117,24 @@ set(__QTC_TESTS "" CACHE INTERNAL "*** Internal ***")
 # This increases memory usage, disk space usage and linking time, so should only be
 # enabled if necessary.
 # Must be called after project(...).
-function(qtc_handle_sccache_support)
-  if (MSVC AND WITH_SCCACHE_SUPPORT)
-    foreach(config DEBUG RELWITHDEBINFO)
-      foreach(lang C CXX)
-        set(flags_var "CMAKE_${lang}_FLAGS_${config}")
-        string(REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" ${flags_var} "${${flags_var}}")
-        set(${flags_var} "${${flags_var}}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+function(qtc_handle_compiler_cache_support)
+  if (WITH_SCCACHE_SUPPORT OR WITH_CCACHE_SUPPORT)
+    if (MSVC)
+      foreach(config DEBUG RELWITHDEBINFO)
+        foreach(lang C CXX)
+          set(flags_var "CMAKE_${lang}_FLAGS_${config}")
+          string(REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" ${flags_var} "${${flags_var}}")
+          set(${flags_var} "${${flags_var}}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+        endforeach()
       endforeach()
-    endforeach()
+    endif()
+  endif()
+  if (WITH_CCACHE_SUPPORT)
+    find_program(CCACHE_PROGRAM ccache)
+    if(CCACHE_PROGRAM)
+      set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}" CACHE STRING "CXX compiler launcher" FORCE)
+      set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}" CACHE STRING "C compiler launcher" FORCE)
+    endif()
   endif()
 endfunction()