diff --git a/mingw-w64-fontconfig/fontconfig-i686.install b/mingw-w64-fontconfig/fontconfig-i686.install
index f52c9c6bbc..618baf458e 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-fontconfig/fontconfig-i686.install
+++ b/mingw-w64-fontconfig/fontconfig-i686.install
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@ post_install() {
 
 _EOF
 
-  echo -n "updating font cache... "
-  mingw32/bin/fc-cache -f
-  echo "done."
+  if [ -n "${MSYS2_FC_CACHE_SKIP}" ]; then
+    echo "Warning: 'MSYS2_FC_CACHE_SKIP' set, skipping font cache update"
+  else
+    echo -n "updating font cache... "
+    mingw32/bin/fc-cache -f
+    echo "done."
+  fi
 }
 
 post_upgrade() {
-  echo -n "updating font cache... "
-  mingw32/bin/fc-cache -f
-  echo "done."
+  if [ -n "${MSYS2_FC_CACHE_SKIP}" ]; then
+    echo "Warning: 'MSYS2_FC_CACHE_SKIP' set, skipping font cache update"
+  else
+    echo -n "updating font cache... "
+    mingw32/bin/fc-cache -f
+    echo "done."
+  fi
 }
 
 post_remove() {
@@ -24,4 +32,4 @@ post_remove() {
   in mingw32/etc/fonts/conf.d/
 
 _EOF
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/mingw-w64-fontconfig/fontconfig-x86_64.install b/mingw-w64-fontconfig/fontconfig-x86_64.install
index 08e5bd10ea..469be24b49 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-fontconfig/fontconfig-x86_64.install
+++ b/mingw-w64-fontconfig/fontconfig-x86_64.install
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@ post_install() {
 
 _EOF
 
-  echo -n "updating font cache... "
-  mingw64/bin/fc-cache -f
-  echo "done."
+  if [ -n "${MSYS2_FC_CACHE_SKIP}" ]; then
+    echo "Warning: 'MSYS2_FC_CACHE_SKIP' set, skipping font cache update"
+  else
+    echo -n "updating font cache... "
+    mingw64/bin/fc-cache -f
+    echo "done."
+  fi
 }
 
 post_upgrade() {
-  echo -n "updating font cache... "
-  mingw64/bin/fc-cache -f
-  echo "done."
+  if [ -n "${MSYS2_FC_CACHE_SKIP}" ]; then
+    echo "Warning: 'MSYS2_FC_CACHE_SKIP' set, skipping font cache update"
+  else
+    echo -n "updating font cache... "
+    mingw64/bin/fc-cache -f
+    echo "done."
+  fi
 }
 
 post_remove() {