diff --git a/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py b/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py
index 20c9c84034bdb32457da4e4e0224402ed9abf55b..a2611a0439685eb4e6fbf60f2a82594aa0f383e6 100755
--- a/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py
+++ b/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                             detector=proj),
                        '&&',
                        'cmake -B /tmp/build -S /tmp/det -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17',
+                       '-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache',
                        '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={prefix}'.format(prefix=prefix),
                        '&&',
                        'cmake --build /tmp/build -j$(($(($(nproc)/4))+1)) -- install']