diff --git a/build-support/compile_time.sh b/build-support/compile_time.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..99c24803653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-support/compile_time.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright 2021-present StarRocks, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# Modified from hyrise project
+
+CURR_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
+PARENT_DIR=$(cd "$CURR_DIR/.."; pwd)
+output="$PARENT_DIR"/compile_times.txt
+
+start=$(date +%s)
+"$@"
+end=$(date +%s)
+runtime=$((end-start))
+echo "$runtime ${*: -1}" >> "$output"
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 0e092471b2f..6726a9446db 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ Usage: $0 <options>
      --with-clang-tidy  build Backend with clang-tidy(default without clang-tidy)
      --without-java-ext build Backend without java-extensions(default with java-extensions)
      -j                 build Backend parallel
+     --output-compile-time 
+                        save a list of the compile time for every C++ file in ${ROOT}/compile_times.txt.
+                        Turning this option on automatically disables ccache.
 
   Eg.
     $0                                           build all
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ OPTS=$(getopt \
   -l 'without-java-ext' \
   -l 'use-staros' \
   -l 'enable-shared-data' \
+  -l 'output-compile-time' \
   -o 'j:' \
   -l 'help' \
   -- "$@")
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ WITH_BENCH=OFF
 WITH_CLANG_TIDY=OFF
 USE_STAROS=OFF
 BUILD_JAVA_EXT=ON
+OUTPUT_COMPILE_TIME=OFF
 MSG=""
 MSG_FE="Frontend"
 MSG_DPP="Spark Dpp application"
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ fi
 if [[ -z ${JEMALLOC_DEBUG} ]]; then
     JEMALLOC_DEBUG=OFF
 fi
-if [[ -z ${CCACHE} ]]; then
+if [[ -z ${CCACHE} ]] && [[ -x "$(command -v ccache)" ]]; then
     CCACHE=ccache
 fi
 
@@ -238,6 +243,7 @@ else
             --with-bench) WITH_BENCH=ON; shift ;;
             --with-clang-tidy) WITH_CLANG_TIDY=ON; shift ;;
             --without-java-ext) BUILD_JAVA_EXT=OFF; shift ;;
+            --output-compile-time) OUTPUT_COMPILE_TIME=ON; shift ;;
             -h) HELP=1; shift ;;
             --help) HELP=1; shift ;;
             -j) PARALLEL=$2; shift 2 ;;
@@ -278,6 +284,7 @@ echo "Get params:
     WITH_CACHELIB       -- $WITH_CACHELIB
     ENABLE_FAULT_INJECTION -- $ENABLE_FAULT_INJECTION
     BUILD_JAVA_EXT      -- $BUILD_JAVA_EXT
+    OUTPUT_COMPILE_TIME   -- $OUTPUT_COMPILE_TIME
 "
 
 check_tool()
@@ -348,16 +355,23 @@ if [ ${BUILD_BE} -eq 1 ] ; then
       fi
       export STARLET_INSTALL_DIR
     fi
+    
+    if [ "${OUTPUT_COMPILE_TIME}" == "ON" ]; then
+        rm -f ${ROOT}/compile_times.txt
+        CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=${ROOT}/build-support/compile_time.sh
+    else
+        CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=${CCACHE}
+    fi
 
     ${CMAKE_CMD} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"                                \
                   -DSTARROCKS_THIRDPARTY=${STARROCKS_THIRDPARTY}        \
                   -DSTARROCKS_HOME=${STARROCKS_HOME}                    \
                   -DSTARLET_INSTALL_DIR=${STARLET_INSTALL_DIR}          \
-                  -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=${CCACHE}                  \
+                  -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=${CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER} \
                   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}                \
                   -DMAKE_TEST=OFF -DWITH_GCOV=${WITH_GCOV}              \
                   -DUSE_AVX2=$USE_AVX2 -DUSE_AVX512=$USE_AVX512 -DUSE_SSE4_2=$USE_SSE4_2 \
-                  -DJEMALLOC_DEBUG=$JEMALLOC_DEBUG  \
+                  -DJEMALLOC_DEBUG=$JEMALLOC_DEBUG                      \
                   -DENABLE_QUERY_DEBUG_TRACE=$ENABLE_QUERY_DEBUG_TRACE  \
                   -DWITH_BENCH=${WITH_BENCH}                            \
                   -DWITH_CLANG_TIDY=${WITH_CLANG_TIDY}                  \