diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 0792373cfc..f9502b36ba 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ config BLOCK_CACHE
 	  it will prevent repeated reads from directory structures and other
 	  filesystem data structures.
 
+config SPL_BLOCK_CACHE
+	bool "Use block device cache in SPL"
+	depends on SPL_BLK
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option enables the disk-block cache in SPL
+
 config IDE
 	bool "Support IDE controllers"
 	select HAVE_BLOCK_DEVICE
diff --git a/drivers/block/Makefile b/drivers/block/Makefile
index 5fcafb193e..0e80ce9405 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/block/Makefile
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_IDE) += ide.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SANDBOX) += sandbox.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK_CACHE) += blkcache.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)BLOCK_CACHE) += blkcache.o
diff --git a/include/blk.h b/include/blk.h
index fc0c239e46..86f6d5057f 100644
--- a/include/blk.h
+++ b/include/blk.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct blk_desc {
 #define PAD_TO_BLOCKSIZE(size, blk_desc) \
 	(PAD_SIZE(size, blk_desc->blksz))
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK_CACHE
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(BLOCK_CACHE)
 /**
  * blkcache_read() - attempt to read a set of blocks from cache
  *