diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 4eb904983..31ebf2381 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pyproj/proj_dir/share/proj
           cp "$VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT/installed/${{ matrix.triplet }}/share/proj/"* ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pyproj/proj_dir/share/proj/
 
+      - name: Cache PROJ build
+        if: ${{ !contains(matrix.os, 'windows') }}
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/proj-${{ env.PROJ_VERSION }}
+          key: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ env.PROJ_VERSION }}-${{ hashFiles('ci/proj-compile-wheels.sh') }}-cache0
+
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.16
         env:
@@ -125,11 +132,16 @@ jobs:
             PROJ_WHEEL=true
             PROJ_NETWORK=ON
             PROJ_VERSION=${{ env.PROJ_VERSION }}
+            PROJ_CACHE=/host${{ runner.temp }}/proj-${{ env.PROJ_VERSION }}/proj
+            BUILD_PREFIX=/host${{ runner.temp }}/proj-${{ env.PROJ_VERSION }}/proj-deps
             PROJ_DIR=/project/pyproj/proj_dir
+            LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-rpath,/host${{ runner.temp }}/proj-${{ env.PROJ_VERSION }}/proj-deps/lib"
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_MACOS:
             PROJ_WHEEL=true
             PROJ_NETWORK=ON
             PROJ_VERSION=${{ env.PROJ_VERSION }}
+            PROJ_CACHE=${{ runner.temp }}/proj-${{ env.PROJ_VERSION }}/proj
+            BUILD_PREFIX=${{ runner.temp }}/proj-${{ env.PROJ_VERSION }}/proj-deps
             PROJ_DIR=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pyproj/proj_dir
             MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9
             CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES='${{ matrix.cmake_osx_architectures }}'
diff --git a/ci/proj-compile-wheels.sh b/ci/proj-compile-wheels.sh
index 1198ff7f3..50026005b 100644
--- a/ci/proj-compile-wheels.sh
+++ b/ci/proj-compile-wheels.sh
@@ -289,9 +289,31 @@ function build_proj {
     touch proj-stamp
 }
 
-# Run installation process
+function copy_cached_proj_to_build {
+    if [ ! -d $PROJ_CACHE ]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p ${PROJ_DIR}/
+    cp -Rv ${PROJ_CACHE}/* ${PROJ_DIR}/
+}
+
+function copy_build_proj_to_cache {
+    mkdir -p ${PROJ_CACHE}
+    cp -Rv ${PROJ_DIR}/* ${PROJ_CACHE}/
+}
+
+
 update_env_for_build_prefix
+
+if copy_cached_proj_to_build ; then
+    echo "Using cached PROJ build"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Run installation process
 suppress build_zlib
 suppress build_sqlite
 suppress build_libtiff
 build_proj
+copy_build_proj_to_cache