diff --git a/murdock-worker/.gitattributes b/murdock-worker/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1177240f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/murdock-worker/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.tar.xz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/murdock-worker/Dockerfile b/murdock-worker/Dockerfile
index 3fd723db..af860af4 100644
--- a/murdock-worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/murdock-worker/Dockerfile
@@ -34,9 +34,17 @@ RUN wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaspar030/git-cache/f76c3a5f0e15f08c2
         -O /usr/bin/git-cache \
         && chmod a+x /usr/bin/git-cache
 
+# install newer ccache package
+ARG CCACHE_TGZ=ccache-4.7.4-linux-x86_64.tar.xz
+COPY files/${CCACHE_TGZ}  /
+RUN tar -xvf /${CCACHE_TGZ} --strip-components=1 -C/usr/local/bin && rm /${CCACHE_TGZ}
+
 # install murdock slave startup script
 COPY murdock_slave.sh /usr/bin/murdock_slave
 
+# create cache folder
+RUN mkdir -m777 /cache
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/run.sh"]
 
 # By default, run a shell when no command is specified on the docker command line
diff --git a/murdock-worker/files/ccache-4.7.4-linux-x86_64.tar.xz b/murdock-worker/files/ccache-4.7.4-linux-x86_64.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad9d663d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/murdock-worker/files/ccache-4.7.4-linux-x86_64.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:0b700cc10884f7faf615203241d34eba7ebe0723f38f6aeb77569a556ff37313
+size 978436