diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 53b593923ce26..86af9ad62b1a4 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # GitHub history for details.
 #
 
+# Enable build caching
+org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.warning.mode=none
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3g -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xss2m \
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index a24b063f9fa96..e069bd2babe29 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ plugins {
   id "com.gradle.enterprise" version "3.10.1"
 }
 
+buildCache {
+  local {
+    enabled = true
+    removeUnusedEntriesAfterDays = 14
+  }
+}
+
 rootProject.name = "OpenSearch"
 
 include 'doc-tools'