diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/ContainerImageJibConfig.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/ContainerImageJibConfig.java
index 8ff58ffc172a7..d9988bc6b79c5 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/ContainerImageJibConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/ContainerImageJibConfig.java
@@ -227,4 +227,18 @@ public class ContainerImageJibConfig {
      */
     @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "true")
     public boolean useCurrentTimestampFileModification;
+
+    /**
+     * The directory to use for caching base image layers.
+     * If not specified, the Jib default directory is used.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem
+    public Optional<String> baseImageLayersCache;
+
+    /**
+     * The directory to use for caching application layers.
+     * If not specified, the Jib default directory is used.
+     */
+    public Optional<String> applicationLayersCache;
+
 }
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
index aadd239c1c265..226efb4f0edc6 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ private Containerizer createContainerizer(ContainerImageConfig containerImageCon
         containerizer.setAllowInsecureRegistries(containerImageConfig.insecure);
         containerizer.setAlwaysCacheBaseImage(jibConfig.alwaysCacheBaseImage);
         containerizer.setOfflineMode(jibConfig.offlineMode);
+        jibConfig.baseImageLayersCache.ifPresent(cacheDir -> containerizer.setBaseImageLayersCache(Paths.get(cacheDir)));
+        jibConfig.applicationLayersCache.ifPresent(cacheDir -> containerizer.setApplicationLayersCache(Paths.get(cacheDir)));
+
         return containerizer;
     }