diff --git a/meta/classes/dpkg.bbclass b/meta/classes/dpkg.bbclass
index b726ea9d8473..c772c0f5c6d2 100644
--- a/meta/classes/dpkg.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/dpkg.bbclass
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ dpkg_runbuild() {
 
     if [ ${USE_CCACHE} -eq 1 ]; then
         schroot_configure_ccache
+    else
+        sbuild_export CCACHE_DISABLE "1"
     fi
 
     profiles="${@ isar_deb_build_profiles(d)}"
