diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 78dd2586da..5620875d4f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ option(SLIC3R_WARNINGS          "Emit compiler warnings for OrcaSlicer sources"
 option(SLIC3R_BUNDLED_WARNINGS  "Emit compiler warnings for bundled third-party sources" 0)
 option(SLIC3R_MSVC_COMPILE_PARALLEL "Compile on Visual Studio in parallel" 1)
 option(SLIC3R_MSVC_PDB          "Generate PDB files on MSVC in Release mode" 1)
+option(SLIC3R_RELATIVE_DEBUG_PATHS "Record a relative compilation directory in debug info (clang-cl)" 0)
 option(SLIC3R_ASAN              "Enable ASan on Clang and GCC" 0)
 
 # Python stubgen module
@@ -352,11 +353,14 @@ if (MSVC)
         add_compile_options(/Zc:lambda)
     endif ()
     # /bigobj (Increase Number of Sections in .Obj file)
+    add_compile_options(-bigobj)
     # error C3859: virtual memory range for PCH exceeded; please recompile with a command line option of '-Zm90' or greater
     # Generate symbols at every build target, even for the release.
 	# -Zm520 fixes error C3859 but forces the compiler to pre-allocate that memory for every translation unit regardless
 	# combining /Zi with /FS frees up a significant amount of memory pressure across all parallel compile jobs and makes /MP faster overall.
-    add_compile_options(-bigobj /Zi /FS)
+    if (SLIC3R_MSVC_PDB)
+        add_compile_options(/Zi /FS)
+    endif ()
     # Disable STL4007: Many result_type typedefs and all argument_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type typedefs are deprecated in C++17.
     #FIXME Remove this line after eigen library adapts to the new C++17 adaptor rules.
     add_compile_options(-D_SILENCE_CXX17_ADAPTOR_TYPEDEFS_DEPRECATION_WARNING)
@@ -374,6 +378,16 @@ if (MSVC)
     set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} /LTCG")
 endif ()
 
+# Without this every object names its build directory and two worktrees never
+# share cache entries. The linker still writes absolute paths into the PDB.
+if (SLIC3R_RELATIVE_DEBUG_PATHS)
+    if (IS_CLANG_CL)
+        add_compile_options(-ffile-compilation-dir=.)
+    else ()
+        message(WARNING "SLIC3R_RELATIVE_DEBUG_PATHS is only implemented for clang-cl")
+    endif ()
+endif ()
+
 if (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "AppleClang" AND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 15)
     add_compile_definitions(BOOST_NO_CXX98_FUNCTION_BASE _HAS_AUTO_PTR_ETC=0)
 endif()
diff --git a/build_win.bat b/build_win.bat
index 840279e4f3..dfb30e313b 100644
--- a/build_win.bat
+++ b/build_win.bat
@@ -699,7 +699,8 @@ if "%build_slicer%" == "ON" (
     )
 
     if not "!cache_args!" == "" (
-        set "slicer_args=!slicer_args! !cache_args!"
+        REM Relative debug paths as well, so another tree can reuse the objects.
+        set "slicer_args=!slicer_args! !cache_args! -DSLIC3R_RELATIVE_DEBUG_PATHS=ON"
     )
 
     REM Configuring against a tree that was never built fails deep inside
diff --git a/scripts/test_build_win.ps1 b/scripts/test_build_win.ps1
index 34f64117af..a8abfbc7bf 100644
--- a/scripts/test_build_win.ps1
+++ b/scripts/test_build_win.ps1
@@ -360,6 +360,12 @@ $cases = @(
     @{ Name = '--cache turns the precompiled header off'; Args = @('-s', '-l', '-x', '--cache', 'ccache')
        Env = @{ PATH = $ccacheOnPath }
        Contains = @('-DSLIC3R_PCH=OFF', 'COMPILER_LAUNCHER') }
+    # Without it the objects name the build directory and only that tree can use them.
+    @{ Name = '--cache asks for relative debug paths'; Args = @('-s', '-l', '-x', '--cache', 'ccache')
+       Env = @{ PATH = $ccacheOnPath }
+       Contains = @('-DSLIC3R_RELATIVE_DEBUG_PATHS=ON') }
+    @{ Name = 'no --cache leaves the debug paths alone'; Args = @('-s', '-l', '-x')
+       NotContains = @('SLIC3R_RELATIVE_DEBUG_PATHS') }
     # The resolved path, not the bare name, so PATH cannot change it later.
     @{ Name = '--cache names the resolved path in the banner'; Args = @('-s', '-l', '-x', '--cache', 'ccache')
        Env = @{ PATH = $ccacheOnPath }