diff --git a/gr8-plugin-common/src/main/kotlin/com/gradleup/gr8/DownloadR8Task.kt b/gr8-plugin-common/src/main/kotlin/com/gradleup/gr8/DownloadR8Task.kt
index 1b7aad0..e38b22a 100644
--- a/gr8-plugin-common/src/main/kotlin/com/gradleup/gr8/DownloadR8Task.kt
+++ b/gr8-plugin-common/src/main/kotlin/com/gradleup/gr8/DownloadR8Task.kt
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package com.gradleup.gr8
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
 import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 import java.net.URI
 
+@CacheableTask // We want to keep the downloaded jar in local build cache if any
 abstract class DownloadR8Task : DefaultTask() {
   @get:Input
   abstract val sha1: Property<String>