diff --git a/.github/workflows/netlify-build.yml b/.github/workflows/netlify-build.yml
index 7fbcc776666..70524cb8a2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/netlify-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/netlify-build.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ jobs:
           TAG_NAME="${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
           echo "tag_name=${TAG_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+      - name: Restore lychee cache
+        id: restore-cache
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        with:
+          path: .lycheecache
+          key: lychee
+
       # This builds the book in target/guide/.
       - name: Build the guide
         run: |
@@ -49,6 +56,13 @@ jobs:
           # allows lychee to get better rate limits from github
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Save lychee cache
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'CI-save-pr-cache') }}
+        with:
+          path: .lycheecache
+          key: ${{ steps.restore-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+
       # We store the versioned guides on GitHub's gh-pages branch for convenience
       # (the full gh-pages branch is pulled in the build-netlify-site step)
       - name: Deploy the guide
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da64603db5f..0cd8815e11d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ coverage.json
 netlify_build/
 .nox/
 .vscode/
+.lycheecache
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index bd7bf17e7fc..9fa8188dd27 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -738,6 +738,8 @@ def check_guide(session: nox.Session):
         str(PYO3_GUIDE_SRC),
         *remap_args,
         "--accept=200,429",
+        "--cache",
+        "--max-cache-age=7d",
         *session.posargs,
         external=True,
     )
@@ -755,6 +757,8 @@ def check_guide(session: nox.Session):
         "--accept=200,429",
         # reduce the concurrency to avoid rate-limit from `pyo3.rs`
         "--max-concurrency=32",
+        "--cache",
+        "--max-cache-age=7d",
         *session.posargs,
         external=True,
     )