diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e297107b0f..3d2273f41e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@
 group = sonia.scm
 version = 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024M
+org.gradle.caching=true
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index a124cf541e..f67acde01f 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -81,3 +81,14 @@ if (settings.hasProperty("enablePackaging")) {
   include 'scm-packaging:release-yaml'
 }
 
+buildCache {
+  local {
+    enabled = false
+  }
+  remote(HttpBuildCache) {
+    enabled = true
+    useExpectContinue = true
+    url = 'https://build-cache.scm-manager.org/cache/'
+    push = true
+  }
+}