diff --git a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
index 3ba4589672..daf81d29b2 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ endif
 UCLIBC_KCONFIG_FILE = $(UCLIBC_CONFIG_FILE)
 UCLIBC_KCONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_UCLIBC_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES))
 
+# UCLIBC_MAKE_FLAGS set HOSTCC to the default HOSTCC, which may be
+# wrapped with ccache. However, host-ccache may not already be built
+# and installed when we apply the configuration, so we override that
+# to use the non-ccached host compiler.
 UCLIBC_KCONFIG_OPTS = \
 	$(UCLIBC_MAKE_FLAGS) \
+	HOSTCC="$(HOSTCC_NOCCACHE)" \
 	PREFIX=$(STAGING_DIR) \
 	DEVEL_PREFIX=/usr/ \
 	RUNTIME_PREFIX=$(STAGING_DIR)/