diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/sbuild.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/sbuild.bbclass
index 95dadee3..af1216ea 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/sbuild.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/sbuild.bbclass
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ EOF
         cp -rf "${SCHROOT_CONF}/sbuild" "${SBUILD_CONF_DIR}"
         sbuild_fstab="${SBUILD_CONF_DIR}/fstab"
 
-        fstab_baseapt="${REPO_BASE_DIR} /base-apt none rw,bind,private 0 0"
-        grep -qxF "${fstab_baseapt}" ${sbuild_fstab} || echo "${fstab_baseapt}" >> ${sbuild_fstab}
+        if [ "${ISAR_USE_CACHED_BASE_REPO}" = "1" ]; then
+            fstab_baseapt="${REPO_BASE_DIR} /base-apt none rw,bind,private 0 0"
+            grep -qxF "${fstab_baseapt}" ${sbuild_fstab} || echo "${fstab_baseapt}" >> ${sbuild_fstab}
+        fi
 
         fstab_pkgdir="${WORKDIR} /home/builder/${BPN} none rw,bind,private 0 0"
         grep -qxF "${fstab_pkgdir}" ${sbuild_fstab} || echo "${fstab_pkgdir}" >> ${sbuild_fstab}