diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVDetectCXXCompiler.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVDetectCXXCompiler.cmake
index 7b670711d9..360a08fec1 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVDetectCXXCompiler.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVDetectCXXCompiler.cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
   set(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC 1)
   set(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_CLANGCC 1)
 endif()
-if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER};${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}" MATCHES "ccache")
+if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER};${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}" MATCHES "ccache")
   set(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_CCACHE 1)
 endif()