diff --git a/docs/Plugin-CCache.md b/docs/Plugin-CCache.md
index 30f15b57d..0d07f009d 100644
--- a/docs/Plugin-CCache.md
+++ b/docs/Plugin-CCache.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ The ccache plugin is enabled by default and has the following values built-in:
     config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_opts']['dir'] = "%(cache_topdir)s/%(root)s/ccache/u%(chrootuid)s/"
     config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_opts']['hashdir'] = True
     config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_opts']['debug'] = False
+    config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_opts']['show_stats'] = False
 
 To turn on ccache compression, use the following in a config file:
 
@@ -36,3 +37,7 @@ This option is available since Mock 5.7.
 Setting `debug` to `True` creates per-object debug files that are helpful when debugging unexpected cache misses.
 See [ccache documentation](https://ccache.dev/manual/4.10.html#config_debug).
 This option is available since Mock 5.7.
+
+If `show_stats` is set to True, Mock calls `ccache --zero-stats` first (before
+doing the build), and then calls `ccache --show-stats`.
+This option is available since Mock v5.7+.
diff --git a/mock/docs/site-defaults.cfg b/mock/docs/site-defaults.cfg
index 274ca8ee3..6e990004b 100644
--- a/mock/docs/site-defaults.cfg
+++ b/mock/docs/site-defaults.cfg
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@
 # config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_opts']['compress'] = None
 # config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_opts']['dir'] = "{{cache_topdir}}/{{root}}/ccache/u{{chrootuid}}/"
 # config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_opts']['hashdir'] = True
+# config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_opts']['show_stats'] = False
 # config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_opts']['debug'] = False
 # config_opts['plugin_conf']['yum_cache_enable'] = True
 # config_opts['plugin_conf']['yum_cache_opts'] = {}
diff --git a/mock/py/mockbuild/config.py b/mock/py/mockbuild/config.py
index 0baf762fb..a0287438d 100644
--- a/mock/py/mockbuild/config.py
+++ b/mock/py/mockbuild/config.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ def setup_default_config_opts():
             'dir': "{{cache_topdir}}/{{root}}/ccache/u{{chrootuid}}/",
             'hashdir': True,
             'debug': False,
+            'show_stats': False,
         },
         'yum_cache_enable': True,
         'yum_cache_opts': {
diff --git a/mock/py/mockbuild/plugins/ccache.py b/mock/py/mockbuild/plugins/ccache.py
index c7e3649ac..9b79482dd 100644
--- a/mock/py/mockbuild/plugins/ccache.py
+++ b/mock/py/mockbuild/plugins/ccache.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def __init__(self, plugins, conf, buildroot):
         buildroot.preexisting_deps.append("ccache")
         plugins.add_hook("prebuild", self._ccacheBuildHook)
         plugins.add_hook("preinit", self._ccachePreInitHook)
+        plugins.add_hook("postbuild", self._ccachePostBuildHook)
         buildroot.mounts.add(
             BindMountPoint(srcpath=self.ccachePath, bindpath=buildroot.make_chroot_path("/var/tmp/ccache")))
 
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ def __init__(self, plugins, conf, buildroot):
     @traceLog()
     def _ccacheBuildHook(self):
         self.buildroot.doChroot(["ccache", "-M", str(self.ccache_opts['max_cache_size'])], shell=False)
+        if not self.ccache_opts.get("show_stats"):
+            return
+        # zero ccache stats
+        getLog().info("Zero ccache stats:")
+        self.buildroot.doChroot(["ccache", "--zero-stats"], printOutput=True, shell=False)
 
     # set up the ccache dir.
     # we also set a few variables used by ccache to find the shared cache.
@@ -69,3 +75,11 @@ def _ccachePreInitHook(self):
         file_util.mkdirIfAbsent(self.buildroot.make_chroot_path('/var/tmp/ccache'))
         file_util.mkdirIfAbsent(self.ccachePath)
         self.buildroot.uid_manager.changeOwner(self.ccachePath, recursive=True)
+
+    # get some cache stats
+    def _ccachePostBuildHook(self):
+        """ show the cache hit stats """
+        if not self.ccache_opts.get("show_stats"):
+            return
+        getLog().info("ccache stats:")
+        self.buildroot.doChroot(["ccache", "--show-stats"], printOutput=True, shell=False)
diff --git a/releng/release-notes-next/ccache-show-stats.feature b/releng/release-notes-next/ccache-show-stats.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f33241791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releng/release-notes-next/ccache-show-stats.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+There's a new [ccache](Plugin-CCache) plugin option
+`config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_opts']['show_stats']`; if set to `True`,
+Mock prints the ccache statistics (hits/misses) to logs.