diff --git a/package/pkg-kconfig.mk b/package/pkg-kconfig.mk
index d6c95b897e..ce11e14824 100644
--- a/package/pkg-kconfig.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-kconfig.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ define kconfig-package-update-config
 	$(Q)touch --reference $($(PKG)_DIR)/$($(PKG)_KCONFIG_DOTCONFIG) $($(PKG)_KCONFIG_FILE)
 endef
 
+PKG_KCONFIG_COMMON_OPTS = \
+	HOSTCC=$(HOSTCC_NOCCACHE)
+
 ################################################################################
 # inner-kconfig-package -- generates the make targets needed to support a
 # kconfig package
@@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ $$($(2)_KCONFIG_FILE) $$($(2)_KCONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES): | $(1)-patch
 	done
 
 $(2)_KCONFIG_MAKE = \
-	$$($(2)_MAKE_ENV) $$(MAKE) -C $$($(2)_DIR) $$($(2)_KCONFIG_OPTS)
+	$$($(2)_MAKE_ENV) $$(MAKE) -C $$($(2)_DIR) \
+		$$(PKG_KCONFIG_COMMON_OPTS) $$($(2)_KCONFIG_OPTS)
 
 # $(2)_KCONFIG_MAKE may already rely on shell expansion. As the $() syntax
 # of the shell conflicts with Make's own syntax, this means that backticks
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ $(2)_CONFIGURATOR_MAKE_ENV = \
 $$(addprefix $(1)-,$$($(2)_KCONFIG_EDITORS)): $(1)-%: $$($(2)_DIR)/.kconfig_editor_%
 $$($(2)_DIR)/.kconfig_editor_%: $$($(2)_DIR)/.stamp_kconfig_fixup_done
 	$$($(2)_CONFIGURATOR_MAKE_ENV) $$(MAKE) -C $$($(2)_DIR) \
-		$$($(2)_KCONFIG_OPTS) $$(*)
+		$$(PKG_KCONFIG_COMMON_OPTS) $$($(2)_KCONFIG_OPTS) $$(*)
 	rm -f $$($(2)_DIR)/.stamp_{kconfig_fixup_done,configured,built}
 	rm -f $$($(2)_DIR)/.stamp_{target,staging,images}_installed
 	$$($(2)_FIXUP_DOT_CONFIG)
@@ -224,7 +228,7 @@ $(1)-check-configuration-done:
 
 $(1)-savedefconfig: $(1)-check-configuration-done
 	$$($(2)_MAKE_ENV) $$(MAKE) -C $$($(2)_DIR) \
-		$$($(2)_KCONFIG_OPTS) savedefconfig
+		$$(PKG_KCONFIG_COMMON_OPTS) $$($(2)_KCONFIG_OPTS) savedefconfig
 
 # Target to copy back the configuration to the source configuration file
 # Even though we could use 'cp --preserve-timestamps' here, the separate