diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 24d7ecc26e..f758f32061 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ update_cxxflags() {
 }
 
 compile_object() {
-  do_cc $QEMU_CFLAGS -c -o $TMPO $TMPC
+  local_cflags="$1"
+  do_cc $QEMU_CFLAGS $local_cflags -c -o $TMPO $TMPC
 }
 
 compile_prog() {
@@ -4209,6 +4210,33 @@ if compile_prog "" "" ; then
     getauxval=yes
 fi
 
+########################################
+# check if ccache is interfering with
+# semantic analysis of macros
+
+ccache_cpp2=no
+cat > $TMPC << EOF
+static const int Z = 1;
+#define fn() ({ Z; })
+#define TAUT(X) ((X) == Z)
+#define PAREN(X, Y) (X == Y)
+#define ID(X) (X)
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    int x = 0, y = 0;
+    x = ID(x);
+    x = fn();
+    fn();
+    if (PAREN(x, y)) return 0;
+    if (TAUT(Z)) return 0;
+    return 0;
+}
+EOF
+
+if ! compile_object "-Werror"; then
+    ccache_cpp2=yes
+fi
+
 ##########################################
 # End of CC checks
 # After here, no more $cc or $ld runs
@@ -5502,6 +5530,10 @@ if test "$numa" = "yes"; then
   echo "CONFIG_NUMA=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
+if test "$ccache_cpp2" = "yes"; then
+  echo "export CCACHE_CPP2=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
+
 # build tree in object directory in case the source is not in the current directory
 DIRS="tests tests/tcg tests/tcg/cris tests/tcg/lm32 tests/libqos tests/qapi-schema tests/tcg/xtensa tests/qemu-iotests"
 DIRS="$DIRS fsdev"