diff --git a/packages/rstack/bin/rs.js b/packages/rstack/bin/rs.js
index a29c927f..2dd9fc9f 100755
--- a/packages/rstack/bin/rs.js
+++ b/packages/rstack/bin/rs.js
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import nodeModule from 'node:module';
 
-// enable on-disk code caching of all modules loaded by Node.js
+// enable on-disk code caching and share its directory with child workers
 // requires Nodejs >= 22.8.0
-const { enableCompileCache } = nodeModule;
+const { enableCompileCache, constants } = nodeModule;
 if (enableCompileCache) {
   try {
-    enableCompileCache();
+    const { directory, status } = enableCompileCache();
+    // ALREADY_ENABLED returns the active version-specific cache directory.
+    // Passing it to workers would append another version directory.
+    if (directory && status === constants.compileCacheStatus.ENABLED) {
+      process.env.NODE_COMPILE_CACHE = directory;
+    }
   } catch {
     // ignore errors
   }