diff --git a/.github/workflows/ports_esp32.yml b/.github/workflows/ports_esp32.yml
index 9c8a8998a2..c1eedf18a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ports_esp32.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ports_esp32.yml
@@ -48,5 +48,10 @@ jobs:
       if: steps.cache_esp_idf.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       run: source tools/ci.sh && ci_esp32_idf_setup
 
+    - name: ccache
+      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
+      with:
+        key: esp32-${{ matrix.ci_func }}
+
     - name: Build ci_${{matrix.ci_func }}
       run: source tools/ci.sh && ci_${{ matrix.ci_func }}
diff --git a/tools/ci.sh b/tools/ci.sh
index 23fa389094..60cd0be6c5 100755
--- a/tools/ci.sh
+++ b/tools/ci.sh
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ function ci_cc3200_build {
 # GitHub tag of ESP-IDF to use for CI (note: must be a tag or a branch)
 IDF_VER=v5.0.2
 
+export IDF_CCACHE_ENABLE=1
+
 function ci_esp32_idf_setup {
     pip3 install pyelftools
     git clone --depth 1 --branch $IDF_VER https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf.git