diff --git a/package/pkg-cmake.mk b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
index dc545caed9..3ee7067250 100644
--- a/package/pkg-cmake.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 
 # Set compiler variables.
 ifeq ($(BR2_CCACHE),y)
-CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/ccache
-CMAKE_HOST_CXX_COMPILER = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/ccache
-CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER_ARG1 = $(HOSTCC_NOCCACHE)
-CMAKE_HOST_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1 = $(HOSTCXX_NOCCACHE)
+CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER = $(HOSTCC_NOCCACHE)
+CMAKE_HOST_CXX_COMPILER = $(HOSTCXX_NOCCACHE)
+CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/ccache
+CMAKE_HOST_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/ccache
 else
 CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER = $(HOSTCC)
 CMAKE_HOST_CXX_COMPILER = $(HOSTCXX)
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		-DCMAKE_ASM_COMPILER="$$(HOSTAS)" \
 		-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="$$(CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER)" \
 		-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="$$(CMAKE_HOST_CXX_COMPILER)" \
-		$(if $$(CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER_ARG1),\
-			-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_ARG1="$$(CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER_ARG1)" \
-			-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1="$$(CMAKE_HOST_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1)" \
+		$(if $$(CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER),\
+			-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="$$(CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER)" \
+			-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="$$(CMAKE_HOST_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER)" \
 		) \
 		-DCMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE=OFF \
 		-DBUILD_DOC=OFF \