diff --git a/passes/techmap/CMakeLists.txt b/passes/techmap/CMakeLists.txt
index bb5896325..f06a36e69 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/passes/techmap/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ yosys_pass(abc
 	LIBRARIES
 		$<${YOSYS_LINK_ABC}:libyosys-abc>
 	REQUIRES
+		libcache
 		read_blif
 	ENABLE_IF
 		YOSYS_ENABLE_ABC
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ yosys_pass(abc9_exe
 		${abc_definitions}
 	LIBRARIES
 		$<${YOSYS_LINK_ABC}:libyosys-abc>
+	REQUIRES
+		libcache
 	ENABLE_IF
 		YOSYS_ENABLE_ABC
 )
diff --git a/passes/techmap/abc.cc b/passes/techmap/abc.cc
index 3c4341808..81d841c50 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/abc.cc
+++ b/passes/techmap/abc.cc
@@ -1033,6 +1033,8 @@ void AbcModuleState::prepare_module(RTLIL::Design *design, RTLIL::Module *module
 		} else if(!config.liberty_files.empty()) {
 			if (!config.abc_liberty_args.empty()) {
 				log("ABC: abc_liberty_args provided, using liberty format\n");
+			} else if (!scl_cache_enabled) {
+				log("ABC: SCL cache disabled, using liberty format\n");
 			} else {
 				log_warning("ABC: Merged scl conversion failed, using liberty format\n");
 			}
diff --git a/passes/techmap/abc9_exe.cc b/passes/techmap/abc9_exe.cc
index a32816612..3fd549e7a 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/abc9_exe.cc
+++ b/passes/techmap/abc9_exe.cc
@@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ void abc9_module(RTLIL::Design *design, std::string script_file, std::string exe
 		if (!merged_scl.empty()) {
 			abc9_script += stringf("read_scl \"%s\" ; ", merged_scl.c_str());
 		} else if(!liberty_files.empty()) {
-			log_warning("ABC: Merged scl conversion failed, using liberty format\n");
+			if (!scl_cache_enabled)
+				log("ABC: SCL cache disabled, using liberty format\n");
+			else
+				log_warning("ABC: Merged scl conversion failed, using liberty format\n");
 			bool first_lib = true;
 			for (std::string liberty_file : liberty_files) {
 				abc9_script += stringf("read_lib %s %s -w \"%s\" ; ", dont_use_args, first_lib ? "" : "-m", liberty_file);
diff --git a/passes/techmap/libcache.cc b/passes/techmap/libcache.cc
index e4326c49f..c6fa98524 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/libcache.cc
+++ b/passes/techmap/libcache.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
  #include "kernel/yosys.h"
  #include "passes/techmap/libparse.h"
 
+ YOSYS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+ // Read by convert_liberty_files_to_merged_scl() in liberty_cache.h
+ bool scl_cache_enabled = true;
+ YOSYS_NAMESPACE_END
+
  USING_YOSYS_NAMESPACE
  PRIVATE_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
@@ -43,6 +48,11 @@
 		log("\n");
 		log("By default caching is disabled.\n");
 		log("\n");
+		log("    libcache -scl {-enable|-disable}\n");
+		log("\n");
+		log("Controls the on-disk cache of merged SCL files that the abc and abc9 passes\n");
+		log("generate from liberty files. By default this caching is enabled.\n");
+		log("\n");
 		log("    libcache -list\n");
 		log("\n");
 		log("Displays the current cache settings and cached paths.\n");
@@ -61,6 +71,7 @@
 		bool disable = false;
 		bool purge = false;
 		bool all = false;
+		bool scl = false;
 		bool list = false;
 		bool verbose = false;
 		bool quiet = false;
@@ -73,7 +84,11 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (args[argidx] == "-disable") {
-				enable = true;
+				disable = true;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (args[argidx] == "-scl") {
+				scl = true;
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (args[argidx] == "-purge") {
@@ -109,17 +124,24 @@
 			log_cmd_error("The -all option cannot be combined with a list of paths.\n");
 		if (list && (all || !paths.empty()))
 			log_cmd_error("The -list mode takes no further options.\n");
-		if (!list && !all && paths.empty())
+		if (scl && !(enable || disable))
+			log_cmd_error("The -scl option can only be combined with -enable or -disable.\n");
+		if (scl && (all || !paths.empty()))
+			log_cmd_error("The -scl option cannot be combined with -all or a list of paths.\n");
+		if (!list && !all && !scl && paths.empty())
 			log("No paths specified, use -all to %s\n", purge ? "purge all paths" : "change the default setting");
 
 		if (list) {
 			log("Caching is %s by default.\n", LibertyAstCache::instance.cache_by_default ? "enabled" : "disabled");
+			log("SCL caching is %s.\n", scl_cache_enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
 			for (auto const &entry : LibertyAstCache::instance.cache_path)
 				log("Caching is %s for `%s'.\n", entry.second ? "enabled" : "disabled", entry.first);
 			for (auto const &entry : LibertyAstCache::instance.cached)
 				log("Data for `%s' is currently cached.\n", entry.first);
 		} else if (enable || disable) {
-			if (all) {
+			if (scl) {
+				scl_cache_enabled = enable;
+			} else if (all) {
 				LibertyAstCache::instance.cache_by_default = enable;
 			} else {
 				for (auto const &path : paths) {
diff --git a/passes/techmap/liberty_cache.h b/passes/techmap/liberty_cache.h
index 9cb8752f1..e2b0900aa 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/liberty_cache.h
+++ b/passes/techmap/liberty_cache.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ namespace abc {
 
 YOSYS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
+// Controlled by the libcache pass (-scl option), enabled by default
+extern bool scl_cache_enabled;
+
 /*
  * convert_liberty_files_to_merged_scl() - Convert multiple Liberty files to a single merged SCL cache file.
  * @liberty_files: Vector of liberty file paths to merge
@@ -18,10 +21,11 @@ YOSYS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
  * @abc_exe: Path to ABC executable for conversion
  *
  * Return: Path to merged SCL cache file, or empty string if conversion fails
+ * or caching is disabled via libcache -scl -disable
  */
 inline std::string convert_liberty_files_to_merged_scl(const std::vector<std::string> &liberty_files, const std::string &dont_use_args, const std::string &abc_exe)
 {
-	if (liberty_files.empty())
+	if (liberty_files.empty() || !scl_cache_enabled)
 		return "";
 
 	std::string cache_dir = get_base_tmpdir() + "/yosys-liberty-scl-cache";
diff --git a/tests/liberty/libcache.ys b/tests/liberty/libcache.ys
index 8132b3f11..5914a50e4 100644
--- a/tests/liberty/libcache.ys
+++ b/tests/liberty/libcache.ys
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ logger -check-expected
 logger -expect log "Using cached data" 1
 dfflibmap -liberty normal.lib
 logger -check-expected
+
+libcache -disable -all
+
+logger -expect log "Caching is disabled by default." 1
+libcache -list
+logger -check-expected
diff --git a/tests/liberty/scl_cache.ys b/tests/liberty/scl_cache.ys
index 85fbae839..e7305fe25 100644
--- a/tests/liberty/scl_cache.ys
+++ b/tests/liberty/scl_cache.ys
@@ -5,3 +5,19 @@ abc -liberty normal.lib
 logger -expect log "using cached merged SCL" 1
 abc -liberty normal.lib
 logger -check-expected
+
+libcache -scl -disable
+
+logger -expect log "SCL caching is disabled." 1
+libcache -list
+logger -check-expected
+
+logger -expect log "SCL cache disabled, using liberty format" 1
+abc -liberty normal.lib
+logger -check-expected
+
+libcache -scl -enable
+
+logger -expect log "using cached merged SCL" 1
+abc -liberty normal.lib
+logger -check-expected