diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b70b4252fa..b6b271c8085 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -536,6 +536,9 @@ if(WIN32)
   option(WITH_WINDOWS_BUNDLE_CRT "Bundle the C runtime for install free distribution." ON)
   mark_as_advanced(WITH_WINDOWS_BUNDLE_CRT)
 
+  option(WITH_WINDOWS_SCCACHE "Use sccache to speed up builds (Ninja builder only)" OFF)
+  mark_as_advanced(WITH_WINDOWS_SCCACHE)
+
 endif()
 
 # The following only works with the Ninja generator in CMake >= 3.0.
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
index 1ecde8635c8..f882ff6238b 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ add_definitions(-D_ALLOW_KEYWORD_MACROS)
 # We want to support Windows 7 level ABI
 add_definitions(-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x601)
 include(build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32_bundle_crt.cmake)
-remove_cc_flag("/MDd" "/MD")
+remove_cc_flag("/MDd" "/MD" "/Zi")
 
 if(MSVC_CLANG) # Clangs version of cl doesn't support all flags
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CXX_WARN_FLAGS} /nologo /J /Gd /EHsc -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -Wno-microsoft-enum-forward-reference ")
@@ -151,16 +151,30 @@ if(MSVC_VERSION GREATER 1911 AND NOT MSVC_CLANG)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /Zc:twoPhase-")
 endif()
 
+if(WITH_WINDOWS_SCCACHE AND CMAKE_VS_MSBUILD_COMMAND)
+    message(WARNING "Disabling sccache, sccache is not supported with msbuild")
+    set(WITH_WINDOWS_SCCACHE Off)
+endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /MDd /ZI")
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} /MDd /ZI")
+if(WITH_WINDOWS_SCCACHE)
+    set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER sccache)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER sccache)
+    set(SYMBOL_FORMAT /Z7)
+else()
+    unset(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER)
+    unset(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER)
+    set(SYMBOL_FORMAT /ZI)
+endif()
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /MDd ${SYMBOL_FORMAT}")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} /MDd ${SYMBOL_FORMAT}")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /MD")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} /MD")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL} /MD")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL} /MD")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO} /MD")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO} /MD")
-
+unset(SYMBOL_FORMAT)
 # JMC is available on msvc 15.8 (1915) and up
 if(MSVC_VERSION GREATER 1914 AND NOT MSVC_CLANG)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /JMC")
@@ -209,7 +223,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Mark libdir as system headers with a lower warn level, to resolve some warnings
 # that we have very little control over
-if(MSVC_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 1914 AND NOT MSVC_CLANG)
+if(MSVC_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 1914 AND NOT MSVC_CLANG AND NOT WITH_WINDOWS_SCCACHE)
   add_compile_options(/experimental:external /external:templates- /external:I "${LIBDIR}" /external:W0)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/build_files/windows/configure_msbuild.cmd b/build_files/windows/configure_msbuild.cmd
index 3c1194011cd..4956f1e3ea1 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/configure_msbuild.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/configure_msbuild.cmd
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ set BUILD_GENERATOR_POST=
 set BUILD_PLATFORM_SELECT=
 set MSBUILD_PLATFORM=x64
 
+if "%BUILD_WITH_SCCACHE%"=="1" (
+		echo sccache is only supported with ninja as the build system. 
+		exit /b 1 
+)
+
 if "%WITH_CLANG%"=="1" (
 	set CLANG_CMAKE_ARGS=-T"llvm"
 	if "%WITH_ASAN%"=="1" (
diff --git a/build_files/windows/configure_ninja.cmd b/build_files/windows/configure_ninja.cmd
index 1650e43cda9..20692847bef 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/configure_ninja.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/configure_ninja.cmd
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
 
 set BUILD_CMAKE_ARGS=%BUILD_CMAKE_ARGS% -G "Ninja" %TESTS_CMAKE_ARGS% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%BUILD_TYPE%
 
+if "%BUILD_WITH_SCCACHE%"=="1" (
+	set BUILD_CMAKE_ARGS=%BUILD_CMAKE_ARGS% -DWITH_WINDOWS_SCCACHE=On
+	if NOT "%verbose%" == "" (
+		echo Enabling sccache
+	)
+)
+
 if "%WITH_CLANG%" == "1" (
 set LLVM_DIR=
 	for /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=1-2*" %%A IN (`REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\LLVM\LLVM" /ve 2^>nul`) DO set LLVM_DIR=%%C
diff --git a/build_files/windows/parse_arguments.cmd b/build_files/windows/parse_arguments.cmd
index 4ee05bfde7d..54dc41ece87 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/parse_arguments.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/parse_arguments.cmd
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ if NOT "%1" == "" (
 		set BUILD_UPDATE_ARGS="--no-libraries"
 	) else if "%1" == "ninja" (
 		SET BUILD_WITH_NINJA=1
+	) else if "%1" == "sccache" (
+		SET BUILD_WITH_SCCACHE=1
 	) else if "%1" == "clean" (
 		set MUST_CLEAN=1
 	) else if "%1" == "verbose" (
diff --git a/build_files/windows/reset_variables.cmd b/build_files/windows/reset_variables.cmd
index 48a61aff44a..262874713eb 100644
--- a/build_files/windows/reset_variables.cmd
+++ b/build_files/windows/reset_variables.cmd
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ set WITH_PYDEBUG=
 set PYDEBUG_CMAKE_ARGS=
 set FORMAT=
 set TEST=
+set BUILD_WITH_SCCACHE=