diff --git a/tools/bison/Makefile b/tools/bison/Makefile
index 4cb0faf3365..f704137ba08 100644
--- a/tools/bison/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bison/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PKG_HASH:=06c9e13bdf7eb24d4ceb6b59205a4f67c2c7e7213119644430fe82fbd14a0abb
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:bison
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+HOST_CONFIGURE_CACHE:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/cpio/Makefile b/tools/cpio/Makefile
index 22faa06e261..634387ea855 100644
--- a/tools/cpio/Makefile
+++ b/tools/cpio/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/cpio
 PKG_HASH:=937610b97c329a1ec9268553fb780037bcfff0dcffe9725ebc4fd9c1aa9075db
 
+HOST_CONFIGURE_CACHE:=1
+
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
diff --git a/tools/e2fsprogs/Makefile b/tools/e2fsprogs/Makefile
index cfcbd0f21fd..8f6c25b7552 100644
--- a/tools/e2fsprogs/Makefile
+++ b/tools/e2fsprogs/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/v$(PKG_VERSION)/
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+HOST_CONFIGURE_CACHE:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/elfutils/Makefile b/tools/elfutils/Makefile
index 294947df100..2fcc13fa5cb 100644
--- a/tools/elfutils/Makefile
+++ b/tools/elfutils/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ PKG_GNULIB_MODS = \
 	tsearch
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+HOST_CONFIGURE_CACHE:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/findutils/Makefile b/tools/findutils/Makefile
index 6587c759f88..c0716168998 100644
--- a/tools/findutils/Makefile
+++ b/tools/findutils/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PKG_HASH:=1387e0b67ff247d2abde998f90dfbf70c1491391a59ddfecb8ae698789f0a4f5
 PKG_PROGRAMS:=find locate updatedb xargs
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+HOST_CONFIGURE_CACHE:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/gmp/Makefile b/tools/gmp/Makefile
index f1aa5b1a405..a1a1e976991 100644
--- a/tools/gmp/Makefile
+++ b/tools/gmp/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gmplib:gmp
 HOST_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+HOST_CONFIGURE_CACHE:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/m4/Makefile b/tools/m4/Makefile
index 84898904fec..dbe46250b70 100644
--- a/tools/m4/Makefile
+++ b/tools/m4/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/$(PKG_NAME)
 PKG_HASH:=38ae59f7a30bf9c108193cc5c25fbb06014f21e230c7ede2eff614f7b7c37ed8
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+HOST_CONFIGURE_CACHE:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/patch/Makefile b/tools/patch/Makefile
index 785793685c0..58b091ddea1 100644
--- a/tools/patch/Makefile
+++ b/tools/patch/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/patch
 PKG_HASH:=308a4983ff324521b9b21310bfc2398ca861798f02307c79eb99bb0e0d2bf980
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL := 1
+HOST_CONFIGURE_CACHE:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/sed/Makefile b/tools/sed/Makefile
index db17030fbbf..d7e562346fa 100644
--- a/tools/sed/Makefile
+++ b/tools/sed/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:sed
 export SED:=
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+HOST_CONFIGURE_CACHE:=1
 
 HOSTCC := $(HOSTCC_NOCACHE)
 HOSTCXX := $(HOSTCXX_NOCACHE)
diff --git a/tools/tar/Makefile b/tools/tar/Makefile
index 8bedb8eb13e..b58150af1f4 100644
--- a/tools/tar/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tar/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/tar
 PKG_HASH:=14d55e32063ea9526e057fbf35fcabd53378e769787eff7919c3755b02d2b57e
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+HOST_CONFIGURE_CACHE:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk