diff --git a/build-locally.py b/build-locally.py
index 6788aea6..c4a56c66 100755
--- a/build-locally.py
+++ b/build-locally.py
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ def setup_environment(ns):
             os.path.dirname(__file__), "miniforge3"
         )
 
+    # The default cache location might not be writable using docker on macOS.
+    if ns.config.startswith("linux") and platform.system() == "Darwin":
+        os.environ["CONDA_FORGE_DOCKER_RUN_ARGS"] = (
+            os.environ.get("CONDA_FORGE_DOCKER_RUN_ARGS", "")
+            + " -e RATTLER_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/rattler_cache"
+        )
+
 
 def run_docker_build(ns):
     script = ".scripts/run_docker_build.sh"