diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
index 80c6ac27aca..34209369aa8 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ module.exports = function (webpackEnv) {
         formatter: require.resolve('react-dev-utils/eslintFormatter'),
         eslintPath: require.resolve('eslint'),
         context: paths.appSrc,
+        cache: true,
         // ESLint class options
         cwd: paths.appPath,
         resolvePluginsRelativeTo: __dirname,