diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template b/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
index 78f6d0cc2a1..5003e3c3724 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ esac
 depends+="
  base-files binutils gcc gcc-ada libada-devel
  patch sed findutils diffutils make gzip coreutils
- file bsdtar ccache xbps mpfr ncurses libreadline8
+ file bsdtar xbps mpfr ncurses libreadline8
  chroot-bash chroot-grep chroot-gawk chroot-distcc
  chroot-util-linux chroot-git"
+
+if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
+	depends+=" ccache"
+fi