diff --git a/media-sound/clementine/clementine-1.3.1-r5.ebuild b/media-sound/clementine/clementine-1.3.1-r5.ebuild
index cefe19044fda7..6302ee6eb6cc8 100644
--- a/media-sound/clementine/clementine-1.3.1-r5.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/clementine/clementine-1.3.1-r5.ebuild
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ src_configure() {
 		# force to find crypto++ see bug #548544
 		-DCRYPTOPP_LIBRARIES="crypto++"
 		-DCRYPTOPP_FOUND=ON
+		# avoid automagically enabling of ccache (bug #611010)
+		-DCCACHE_EXECUTABLE=OFF
 		)
 
 	use !debug && append-cppflags -DQT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT
diff --git a/media-sound/clementine/clementine-9999.ebuild b/media-sound/clementine/clementine-9999.ebuild
index 5e9f56ede5aa8..66cfb44168cd6 100644
--- a/media-sound/clementine/clementine-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/clementine/clementine-9999.ebuild
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ src_configure() {
 		# force to find crypto++ see bug #548544
 		-DCRYPTOPP_LIBRARIES="crypto++"
 		-DCRYPTOPP_FOUND=ON
+		# avoid automagically enabling of ccache (bug #611010)
+		-DCCACHE_EXECUTABLE=OFF
 		)
 
 	use !debug && append-cppflags -DQT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT