diff --git a/package/ccache/ccache.mk b/package/ccache/ccache.mk
index 97d66bb45b..afbec44fac 100644
--- a/package/ccache/ccache.mk
+++ b/package/ccache/ccache.mk
@@ -28,9 +28,13 @@ HOST_CCACHE_CONF_OPTS += --with-bundled-zlib
 #    BR2_CCACHE_DIR.
 #  - Change hard-coded last-ditch default to match path in .config, to avoid
 #    the need to specify BR_CACHE_DIR when invoking ccache directly.
+#    CCache replaces "%s" with the home directory of the current user,
+#    So rewrite BR_CACHE_DIR to take that into consideration for SDK purpose
+HOST_CCACHE_DEFAULT_CCACHE_DIR = $(patsubst $(HOME)/%,\%s/%,$(BR_CACHE_DIR))
+
 define HOST_CCACHE_PATCH_CONFIGURATION
 	sed -i 's,getenv("CCACHE_DIR"),getenv("BR_CACHE_DIR"),' $(@D)/ccache.c
-	sed -i 's,"%s/.ccache","$(BR_CACHE_DIR)",' $(@D)/conf.c
+	sed -i 's,"%s/.ccache","$(HOST_CCACHE_DEFAULT_CCACHE_DIR)",' $(@D)/conf.c
 endef
 
 HOST_CCACHE_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += HOST_CCACHE_PATCH_CONFIGURATION