diff --git a/cmake/SimutransCompileOptions.cmake b/cmake/SimutransCompileOptions.cmake
index 4f47327cb70..96f091dfcf9 100644
--- a/cmake/SimutransCompileOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SimutransCompileOptions.cmake
@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@
 if (CCache_FOUND)
 	option(SIMUTRANS_USE_CCACHE "Use CCache compiler cache to improve recompilation speed" ON)
 	if (SIMUTRANS_USE_CCACHE)
-		set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE "${CCache_EXECUTABLE}")
-		set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_LINK    "${CCache_EXECUTABLE}")
+		if (NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER)
+			message(STATUS "Using ccache for C compilation: ${CCache_EXECUTABLE}")
+			set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${CCache_EXECUTABLE})
+		endif ()
+		if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER)
+			message(STATUS "Using ccache for C++ compilation: ${CCache_EXECUTABLE}")
+			set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${CCache_EXECUTABLE})
+		endif ()
 	endif (SIMUTRANS_USE_CCACHE)
 endif (CCache_FOUND)