diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 5201e48524..2fe08c8f23 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ./pkg/data/zz_generated_bindata.go
 ./package/data.tar.gz
 ./.vagrant
+./.cache
 ./.dapper
 ./data-dir
 ./dist
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dapper b/Dockerfile.dapper
index 2627d692c3..609b749e54 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.dapper
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN rm -rf /go/src /go/pkg
 
 ARG DAPPER_HOST_ARCH
 ENV ARCH $DAPPER_HOST_ARCH
-ENV DAPPER_RUN_ARGS --privileged
+ENV DAPPER_RUN_ARGS --privileged -v k3s-cache:/go/src/github.com/rancher/k3s/.cache
 ENV DAPPER_ENV REPO TAG DRONE_TAG IMAGE_NAME
 ENV DAPPER_SOURCE /go/src/github.com/rancher/k3s/
 ENV DAPPER_OUTPUT ./bin ./dist ./build/out