diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/buildchroot.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/buildchroot.inc
index aa190e9..c3067ad 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/buildchroot.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/buildchroot.inc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BUILDCHROOT_PREINSTALL_COMMON = " \
     make \
     debhelper \
     autotools-dev \
-    ccache \
+    ${@ 'ccache' if d.getVar('USE_CCACHE') == '1' else ''} \
     dpkg \
     locales \
     docbook-to-man \