diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/net-misc/ntp/ntp-4.2.8_p17.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/net-misc/ntp/ntp-4.2.8_p17.ebuild
index 2a5ebf974b..51599bc5e1 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/net-misc/ntp/ntp-4.2.8_p17.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/net-misc/ntp/ntp-4.2.8_p17.ebuild
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ src_configure() {
 	export PATH_RUBY=/bin/false
 
 	local myeconfargs=(
+		--cache-file="${S}"/config.cache
+
 		--with-lineeditlibs=readline,edit,editline
 		--with-yielding-select
 		--disable-local-libevent