diff --git a/autobuild/synfigstudio-linux-build.sh b/autobuild/synfigstudio-linux-build.sh
index 9b18584..33c473a 100755
--- a/autobuild/synfigstudio-linux-build.sh
+++ b/autobuild/synfigstudio-linux-build.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@
 # - debuginfo packages
 
 RELEASE=8
+
+# enable ccache for speedup
+if which ccache > /dev/null; then
+    echo "ccache found! Enabling ccache..."
+    export CC="ccache $CC"
+    export CXX="ccache $CXX"
+    echo "CC=$CC"
+    echo "CXX=$CXX"
+else
+    echo "ccache not found..."
+fi
+
+MAKE_SILENT=--silent LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent
+
 if [ -z "$PREFIX" ]; then
 PREFIX=$HOME/synfig/
 fi
@@ -539,7 +553,7 @@ fi
 #	export LDFLAGS=''
 #fi
 
-make -j$MAKE_THREADS
+make -j$MAKE_THREADS $MAKE_SILENT
 sed -i "s|^includedir=.*$|includedir=$SYNFIG_REPO_DIR\/synfig-core\/src|" synfig.pc
 make install
 
@@ -567,7 +581,7 @@ if [[ $MODE != 'quick' ]]; then
 	/bin/sh ./configure --prefix=${PREFIX} --includedir=${PREFIX}/include --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-jack --enable-warnings=max $DEBUG $CONFIGURE_PACKAGE_OPTIONS
 fi
 
-make -j$MAKE_THREADS
+make -j$MAKE_THREADS $MAKE_SILENT
 make install
 
 for n in AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README
diff --git a/autobuild/synfigstudio-linux-cmake.sh b/autobuild/synfigstudio-linux-cmake.sh
index 7bb5970..cf14709 100755
--- a/autobuild/synfigstudio-linux-cmake.sh
+++ b/autobuild/synfigstudio-linux-cmake.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,36 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
+export CC="ccache gcc"
+export CXX="ccache g++"
+
+#BUILD_FLAGS=(-GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fdiagnostics-color")
+CXX_FLAGS="-fdiagnostics-color"
+BUILD_FLAGS="-GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=\"${CXX_FLAGS}\""
+#echo ${BUILD_FLAGS}
+#exit
+
 cd ..
 pushd ETL
-mkdir build && pushd build
-cmake -GNinja .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fdiagnostics-color"
+mkdir -p build && pushd build
+cmake .. ${BUILD_FLAGS}
 cmake --build . -- all test
 sudo cmake --build . -- install
 popd # build
 popd # ETL
+
 pushd synfig-core
-mkdir build && pushd build
-cmake -GNinja .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fdiagnostics-color"
+mkdir -p build && pushd build
+cmake .. ${BUILD_FLAGS}
 cmake --build . -- all
 sudo cmake --build . -- install
 popd # build
 popd # synfig-core
+
 pushd synfig-studio
-mkdir build && pushd build
-cmake -GNinja .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fdiagnostics-color"
+mkdir -p build && pushd build
+cmake .. ${BUILD_FLAGS}
 cmake --build . -- all
 # this will take a while; alternatively, you can move/copy required images
 # to build/images directory and skip this step
diff --git a/synfig-studio/images/CMakeLists.txt b/synfig-studio/images/CMakeLists.txt
index 76cc5ca..729a257 100644
--- a/synfig-studio/images/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/synfig-studio/images/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ foreach (IMAGE IN ITEMS ${IMAGES})
     endif()
     add_custom_command(
         TARGET build_images POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND synfig ${SRC}.sif --time ${TIME}f -w ${W} -h ${H}
+        COMMAND synfig ${SRC}.sif --time ${TIME}f -w ${W} -h ${H} --quiet
         COMMAND mv ${SRC}.png ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${IMAGE}.png
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
         DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SRC}.sif