diff --git a/.circleci/bazel.rc b/.circleci/bazel.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..327a880860d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/bazel.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Bazel configuration that will be copied to /etc/bazel.bazelrc in CircleCI containers.
+# This allows us adding specific configuration flags for builds within CircleCI.
+# See more: https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/user-manual.html#where-are-the-bazelrc-files
+
+# Save downloaded repositories in a location that can be cached by CircleCI. This helps us
+# speeding up the analysis time significantly with Bazel managed node dependencies on the CI.
+build --experimental_repository_cache=/home/circleci/bazel_repository_cache
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index dfbaeeaa411..1304206a87f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ jobs:
           <<: *post_checkout
       - restore_cache:
           key: *cache_key
+      # Set up the CircleCI specific bazel configuration.
+      - run: sudo cp ./.circleci/bazel.rc /etc/bazel.bazelrc
 
       # TODO(jelbourn): Update this command to run all tests if the Bazel issues have been fixed.
       - run: bazel test src/{cdk,lib}/schematics:unit_tests
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           key: *cache_key
           paths:
             - "node_modules"
+            - "~/bazel_repository_cache"
 
 workflows:
   version: 2