diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.kt
index aaa8fcb277d..5b9e203dfc4 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.kt
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class K2JSCompilerArguments : CommonCompilerArguments() {
 }
 
 fun K2JSCompilerArguments.isPreIrBackendDisabled(): Boolean =
-    irOnly || irProduceJs || irProduceKlibFile
+    irOnly || irProduceJs || irProduceKlibFile || irBuildCache
 
 fun K2JSCompilerArguments.isIrBackendEnabled(): Boolean =
-    irProduceKlibDir || irProduceJs || irProduceKlibFile || wasm
\ No newline at end of file
+    irProduceKlibDir || irProduceJs || irProduceKlibFile || wasm || irBuildCache
\ No newline at end of file