diff --git a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-11.0.7_p10.ebuild b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-11.0.7_p10.ebuild
index 76d41a4eb0823..b5d448dd9e843 100644
--- a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-11.0.7_p10.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-11.0.7_p10.ebuild
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ openjdk_check_requirements() {
 
 pkg_pretend() {
 	openjdk_check_requirements
-	has ccache ${FEATURES} && die "FEATURES=ccache doesn't work with ${PN}"
+	if [[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]]; then
+		has ccache ${FEATURES} && die "FEATURES=ccache doesn't work with ${PN}"
+	fi
 }
 
 pkg_setup() {
diff --git a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.252_p09.ebuild b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.252_p09.ebuild
index eb54f0c8ec27f..1b3576eacaf42 100644
--- a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.252_p09.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.252_p09.ebuild
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ openjdk_check_requirements() {
 
 pkg_pretend() {
 	openjdk_check_requirements
-	has ccache ${FEATURES} && die "FEATURES=ccache doesn't work with ${PN}"
+	if [[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]]; then
+		has ccache ${FEATURES} && die "FEATURES=ccache doesn't work with ${PN}"
+	fi
 }
 
 pkg_setup() {