diff --git a/.ci/cmake_ci_build.sh b/.ci/cmake_ci_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d38eeb551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/cmake_ci_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
+    echo "usage: $0 <build-dir> [--] [cmake configure args...]" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+BUILD_DIR=$1
+shift
+
+if [ "${1:-}" = "--" ]; then
+    shift
+fi
+
+USE_NINJA=${DTVM_CI_USE_NINJA:-0}
+USE_SCCACHE=${DTVM_CI_USE_SCCACHE:-0}
+DRY_RUN=${DTVM_CI_DRY_RUN:-0}
+BUILD_JOBS=${DTVM_CI_BUILD_JOBS:-16}
+
+GENERATOR_ARGS=()
+if [ "$USE_NINJA" = "1" ]; then
+    GENERATOR_ARGS=(-G Ninja)
+fi
+
+LAUNCHER_ARGS=()
+if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then
+    LAUNCHER_ARGS=(
+        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache
+    )
+fi
+
+CONFIGURE_CMD=(
+    cmake
+    -S .
+    -B "$BUILD_DIR"
+    "${GENERATOR_ARGS[@]}"
+    "${LAUNCHER_ARGS[@]}"
+    "$@"
+)
+BUILD_CMD=(cmake --build "$BUILD_DIR" -j "$BUILD_JOBS")
+
+echo "DTVM CI CMake generator: ${USE_NINJA}"
+echo "DTVM CI CMake sccache launcher: ${USE_SCCACHE}"
+
+printf '+'
+printf ' %q' "${CONFIGURE_CMD[@]}"
+printf '\n'
+
+if [ "$DRY_RUN" = "1" ]; then
+    printf '+'
+    printf ' %q' "${BUILD_CMD[@]}"
+    printf '\n'
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ] && ! command -v sccache >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "DTVM_CI_USE_SCCACHE=1 but sccache is not in PATH" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+"${CONFIGURE_CMD[@]}"
+
+printf '+'
+printf ' %q' "${BUILD_CMD[@]}"
+printf '\n'
+"${BUILD_CMD[@]}"
diff --git a/.ci/run_test_suite.sh b/.ci/run_test_suite.sh
index c0b45e430..617f4d423 100644
--- a/.ci/run_test_suite.sh
+++ b/.ci/run_test_suite.sh
@@ -114,14 +114,25 @@ export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/build
 CMAKE_OPTIONS_ORIGIN="$CMAKE_OPTIONS"
 
 if [[ ${INPUT_FORMAT} == "evm" ]]; then
-    ./tools/easm2bytecode.sh ./tests/evm_asm ./tests/evm_asm
-    ./tools/solc_batch_compile.sh
+    if [ "${DTVM_CI_DRY_RUN:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+        echo "+ ./tools/easm2bytecode.sh ./tests/evm_asm ./tests/evm_asm"
+        echo "+ ./tools/solc_batch_compile.sh"
+    else
+        ./tools/easm2bytecode.sh ./tests/evm_asm ./tests/evm_asm
+        ./tools/solc_batch_compile.sh
+    fi
 fi
 
 for STACK_TYPE in ${STACK_TYPES[@]}; do
-    rm -rf build
-    cmake -S . -B build $CMAKE_OPTIONS_ORIGIN $STACK_TYPE
-    cmake --build build -j 16
+    if [ "${DTVM_CI_DRY_RUN:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+        echo "+ rm -rf build"
+    else
+        rm -rf build
+    fi
+    .ci/cmake_ci_build.sh build -- $CMAKE_OPTIONS_ORIGIN $STACK_TYPE
+    if [ "${DTVM_CI_DRY_RUN:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
 
     case $TestSuite in
         "microsuite")
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dtvm_evm_test_x86.yml b/.github/workflows/dtvm_evm_test_x86.yml
index c5ddb7362..dec1f7fc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dtvm_evm_test_x86.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dtvm_evm_test_x86.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: dtvmdev1/dtvm-dev-x64:main
+    env:
+      SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: "true"
+      SCCACHE_GHA_VERSION: dtvm-ci-sccache-v1
+      SCCACHE_BASEDIRS: ${{ github.workspace }}
+      DTVM_CI_USE_NINJA: "1"
+      DTVM_CI_USE_SCCACHE: "1"
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -64,12 +70,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Code Format Check
         run: |
           ./tools/format.sh check
+      - name: Setup sccache
+        uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.10
       - name: Build and Test
         run: |
           echo "current home is $HOME"
           export LLVM_SYS_150_PREFIX=/opt/llvm15
           export LLVM_DIR=$LLVM_SYS_150_PREFIX/lib/cmake/llvm
           export PATH=$LLVM_SYS_150_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
+          echo "DTVM_CI_USE_NINJA=$DTVM_CI_USE_NINJA"
+          echo "DTVM_CI_USE_SCCACHE=$DTVM_CI_USE_SCCACHE"
+          echo "SCCACHE_GHA_VERSION=$SCCACHE_GHA_VERSION"
+          echo "SCCACHE_BASEDIRS=$SCCACHE_BASEDIRS"
+          which sccache
+          sccache --version
+          cmake --version
+          ninja --version
+          cc --version | head -n 1
+          c++ --version | head -n 1
           export CMAKE_BUILD_TARGET=Release
           export ENABLE_ASAN=true
           export RUN_MODE=multipass
@@ -81,6 +99,45 @@ jobs:
           export ENABLE_GAS_METER=true
 
           bash .ci/run_test_suite.sh
+      - name: Print sccache stats
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          if ! command -v sccache >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "sccache is not in PATH"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          sccache --show-stats
+          sccache --show-stats --stats-format=json > /tmp/sccache-stats.json
+          python3 - <<'PY'
+          import json
+          import numbers
+          import sys
+
+          with open("/tmp/sccache-stats.json", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+              data = json.load(f)
+
+          stats = data.get("stats", {})
+          compile_requests = int(stats.get("compile_requests") or 0)
+
+          def sum_numbers(value):
+              if isinstance(value, bool):
+                  return 0
+              if isinstance(value, numbers.Number):
+                  return int(value)
+              if isinstance(value, dict):
+                  return sum(sum_numbers(item) for item in value.values())
+              if isinstance(value, list):
+                  return sum(sum_numbers(item) for item in value)
+              return 0
+
+          cache_hits = sum_numbers(stats.get("cache_hits", {}).get("counts", {}))
+          print(f"sccache compile_requests={compile_requests}")
+          print(f"sccache aggregate_cache_hits={cache_hits}")
+
+          if compile_requests <= 0:
+              print("sccache did not observe compiler requests", file=sys.stderr)
+              sys.exit(1)
+          PY
 
   build_test_evm_interpreter_x86_cli:
     name: Test DTVM-EVM interpreter with CLI on x86-64