diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cca3078..5100de9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.153) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * check-mir: correctly parse dependencies with architecture specifications
     (LP: #1149679).
 
+  [ Benjamin Drung ]
+  * pbuilder-dist:
+    - Set different aptcache directories for Debian and Ubuntu.
+
  -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org>  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:45:05 +0200
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.152+nmu1) unstable; urgency=medium
diff --git a/pbuilder-dist b/pbuilder-dist
index 7283fb8..b4c861f 100755
--- a/pbuilder-dist
+++ b/pbuilder-dist
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ class PbuilderDist(object):
             if self.enable_proposed:
                 othermirrors.append('deb %s %s-proposed-updates %s'
                                     % (mirror, self.target_distro, components))
+
+            aptcache = os.path.join(self.base, 'aptcache', 'debian')
         else:
             try:
                 dev_release = self.target_distro == UbuntuDistroInfo().devel()
@@ -308,6 +310,8 @@ class PbuilderDist(object):
                 othermirrors.append('deb %s %s-proposed %s'
                                     % (mirror, self.target_distro, components))
 
+            aptcache = os.path.join(self.base, 'aptcache', 'ubuntu')
+
         if 'OTHERMIRROR' in os.environ:
             othermirrors += os.environ['OTHERMIRROR'].split('|')
 
@@ -336,7 +340,14 @@ class PbuilderDist(object):
                 '--keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg',
             ]
 
-        arguments += ['--components', components]
+        arguments += ['--aptcache', aptcache, '--components', components]
+
+        if not os.path.isdir(aptcache):
+            try:
+                os.makedirs(aptcache)
+            except OSError:
+                Logger.error('Cannot create aptcache directory "%s"', aptcache)
+                sys.exit(1)
 
         if self.build_architecture != self.system_architecture:
             arguments += ['--debootstrapopts',