diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
index 12b8f8cf2dd8fc579e354db59c7e58e9941c0ba0..ebc27ded7066573d9e6b68686636abeca78d44df 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ module.exports = {
                   // It enables caching results in ./node_modules/.cache/babel-loader/
                   // directory for faster rebuilds.
                   cacheDirectory: true,
+                  // Don't waste time on Gzipping the cache
+                  cacheCompression: false,
                   highlightCode: true,
                 },
               },
@@ -276,6 +278,8 @@ module.exports = {
                     require.resolve('babel-preset-react-app/dependencies'),
                   ],
                   cacheDirectory: true,
+                  // Don't waste time on Gzipping the cache
+                  cacheCompression: false,
                   highlightCode: true,
                 },
               },
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
index 1e0fadbf0e900e233445548779e2a6ef522a45e7..72d82ea023166747a3e4760446b170bd4f76c5d8 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ module.exports = {
                       },
                     ],
                   ],
+                  cacheDirectory: true,
+                  // Save disk space when time isn't as important
+                  cacheCompression: true,
                   compact: true,
                   highlightCode: true,
                 },
@@ -305,6 +308,8 @@ module.exports = {
                     require.resolve('babel-preset-react-app/dependencies'),
                   ],
                   cacheDirectory: true,
+                  // Save disk space when time isn't as important
+                  cacheCompression: true,
                   highlightCode: true,
                 },
               },