diff --git a/mkspecs/features/unix/ccache.prf b/mkspecs/features/unix/ccache.prf
index d5739d3eaba..ff6173171ab 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/unix/ccache.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/unix/ccache.prf
@@ -2,18 +2,22 @@ macx-xcode: return()
 
 darwin: load(sdk)
 
-ccache_prefix = ccache
+launcher_prefix = ccache
 
-precompile_header {
+!isEmpty(QMAKE_CACHE_LAUNCHER_PREFIX) {
+    launcher_prefix = $$QMAKE_CACHE_LAUNCHER_PREFIX
+}
+
+precompile_header:contains(launcher_prefix, ccache) {
     CCACHE_SLOPPINESS += pch_defines time_macros
 
-    ccache_prefix = \
+    launcher_prefix = \
         CCACHE_SLOPPINESS=\"$$join(CCACHE_SLOPPINESS, ',')\$${CCACHE_SLOPPINESS+,\$$CCACHE_SLOPPINESS}\" \
         # Make sure we build sources directly, not from their preprocessed version,
         # otherwise precompiled headers will not be used during cache misses.
         CCACHE_CPP2=true \
-        $$ccache_prefix
+        $$launcher_prefix
 }
 
 for(tool, $$list(QMAKE_CC QMAKE_CXX QMAKE_LINK QMAKE_LINK_SHLIB QMAKE_LINK_C)): \
-    $$tool = $$ccache_prefix $$eval($$tool)
+    $$tool = $$launcher_prefix $$eval($$tool)