diff --git a/meta/conf/ccache.conf b/meta/conf/ccache.conf
index 4406ae561b..499e5327b8 100644
--- a/meta/conf/ccache.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/ccache.conf
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 max_size = 0
+
+# Avoid spurious cache misses caused by recipe sysroot creation: Creating a
+# recipe sysroot hardlinks all dependent files into place. Hardlinking updates
+# the file's ctime which in turn interferes with ccache's include_file_ctime
+# check.
+sloppiness = include_file_ctime