diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
index 29462cb979..429642b795 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ NPM = $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 	npm_config_build_from_source=true \
 	npm_config_nodedir=$(BUILD_DIR)/nodejs-$(NODEJS_VERSION) \
 	npm_config_prefix=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr \
+	npm_config_cache=$(BUILD_DIR)/.npm-cache \
 	$(HOST_DIR)/bin/npm
 
 #