diff --git a/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md b/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md
index 5f57ff5212e93b..f72124f0233706 100644
--- a/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ Results which are soft expired are reused in the following manner:
 - The `etag` from the cached results will be reused, and may result in a 304 response, meaning cached results are revalidated
 - If an error occurs when querying the `npmjs` registry, then soft expired results will be reused if they are present
 
+## cachePrivatePackages
+
+In the self-hosted setup, use option to enable caching of private packages to improve performance.
+
 ## cacheTtlOverride
 
 Utilize this key-value map to override the default package cache TTL values for a specific namespace. This object contains pairs of namespaces and their corresponding TTL values in minutes.
diff --git a/lib/config/global.ts b/lib/config/global.ts
index 3008fb6117f004..b1b1205dbd50cd 100644
--- a/lib/config/global.ts
+++ b/lib/config/global.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export class GlobalConfig {
     'autodiscoverRepoSort',
     'autodiscoverRepoOrder',
     'userAgent',
+    'cachePrivatePackages',
   ];
 
   private static config: RepoGlobalConfig = {};
diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 627efe28c3f0f9..3bec15eefb2d24 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -3117,6 +3117,14 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     default: 90,
     globalOnly: true,
   },
+  {
+    name: 'cachePrivatePackages',
+    description:
+      'Cache private packages in the datasource cache. This is useful for self-hosted setups',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    default: false,
+    globalOnly: true,
+  },
 ];
 
 export function getOptions(): RenovateOptions[] {
diff --git a/lib/config/types.ts b/lib/config/types.ts
index f62e4d2484e458..796731ebc1e693 100644
--- a/lib/config/types.ts
+++ b/lib/config/types.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ export interface RepoGlobalConfig {
   autodiscoverRepoSort?: RepoSortMethod;
   autodiscoverRepoOrder?: SortMethod;
   userAgent?: string;
+  cachePrivatePackages?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface LegacyAdminConfig {
diff --git a/lib/util/cache/package/decorator.spec.ts b/lib/util/cache/package/decorator.spec.ts
index c8716c410f3313..2cf76c495a1b98 100644
--- a/lib/util/cache/package/decorator.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/util/cache/package/decorator.spec.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,29 @@ describe('util/cache/package/decorator', () => {
     expect(setCache).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('forces cache if cachePrivatePackages=true', async () => {
+    GlobalConfig.set({ cachePrivatePackages: true });
+
+    class Class {
+      @cache({
+        namespace: '_test-namespace',
+        key: 'key',
+        cacheable: () => false,
+      })
+      public fn(): Promise<string | null> {
+        return getValue();
+      }
+    }
+    const obj = new Class();
+
+    expect(await obj.fn()).toBe('111');
+    expect(await obj.fn()).toBe('111');
+    expect(await obj.fn()).toBe('111');
+
+    expect(getValue).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(setCache).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
   it('caches null values', async () => {
     class Class {
       @cache({ namespace: '_test-namespace', key: 'key' })
diff --git a/lib/util/cache/package/decorator.ts b/lib/util/cache/package/decorator.ts
index f81d01895dbee7..052ac79c79d349 100644
--- a/lib/util/cache/package/decorator.ts
+++ b/lib/util/cache/package/decorator.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ export function cache<T>({
   ttlMinutes = 30,
 }: CacheParameters): Decorator<T> {
   return decorate(async ({ args, instance, callback, methodName }) => {
-    if (!cacheable.apply(instance, args)) {
+    const cachePrivatePackages = GlobalConfig.get(
+      'cachePrivatePackages',
+      false,
+    );
+    const isCacheable = cachePrivatePackages || cacheable.apply(instance, args);
+    if (!isCacheable) {
       return callback();
     }