diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 90ae108ca6097e6c4beb2dc4ccf202178700a0dc..10762a845df8c77e065eff7bf350ebf40f976157 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ addons:
       - libshp-dev
 
 cache:
+  ccache: true
   directories:
     - $HOME/cmake-3.1.1-Linux-x86_64
     - $HOME/VTK-Install