diff --git a/src/lib/abs.sh.in b/src/lib/abs.sh.in
index 77cf57f..3d871bb 100644
--- a/src/lib/abs.sh.in
+++ b/src/lib/abs.sh.in
@@ -395,32 +395,59 @@ sync_packages() {
 	fi
 	[[ $1 ]] || return 0
 	# Install from arguments
-	declare -A pkgs_search pkgs_found
-	declare -a repo_pkgs aur_pkgs bin_pkgs
+	declare -A pkgs_search pkgs_found pkgs_cached repo_pkgs aur_pkgs cached_pkgs
+	declare -a bin_pkgs
 	local _arg=("$@") _pkg repo pkg target
 	[[ $SP_ARG ]] && _arg=($(pacman_parse -T "${_arg[@]}"))
 	for _pkg in "${_arg[@]}"; do pkgs_search[$_pkg]=1; done
+
 	# Search for exact match, pkg which provides it, then in AUR
-	while read repo pkg target; do
-		((pkgs_search[$target])) || continue
-		unset pkgs_search[$target]
-		((pkgs_found[$pkg])) && continue
-		pkgs_found[$pkg]=1
-		if [[ "${repo}" != "aur" ]]; then
-			repo_pkgs+=("${repo}/${pkg}")
-		else
-			((NEEDED)) && pkgquery -Qqii "$target" && continue
-			aur_pkgs+=("$pkg")
-		fi
-	done < <(pkgquery -f "%r %n %t" -1SAii "${!pkgs_search[@]}")
+	local tmpfile=$(mktemp --tmpdir="$YAOURTTMPDIR")
+
+	pkgquery -f "%r %n %t %v" -1SAii "${!pkgs_search[@]}" 2>/dev/null >$tmpfile
+	[[ "$?" != "0" ]] && warning "no network connection" ||
+		while read repo pkg target version; do
+			((pkgs_search[$target])) || continue
+			unset pkgs_search[$target]
+			((pkgs_found[$pkg])) && continue
+			pkgs_found[$pkg]=1
+			[[ "$(ls "$CACHE_DIR" | grep "^${pkg}")" ]] &&
+				pkgs_cached["${pkg}"]="${version}"
+			if [[ "${repo}" != "aur" ]]; then
+				repo_pkgs[$pkg]="${repo}/${pkg}"
+			else
+				((NEEDED)) && pkgquery -Qqii "$target" && continue
+				aur_pkgs[$pkg]=1
+			fi
+		done < $tmpfile
+
 	# In case there is a double version check, eg. pkg1>0.1 pkg2<0.3
 	# package-query does only one check, so perform the remaining checks
 	for pkg in "${!pkgs_search[@]}"; do
-		_pkg=${pkg%%[<>=]*}
+		local _pkg=${pkg%%[<>=]*}
+		local _cached="$(ls "$CACHE_DIR" | grep "^$_pkg")"
 		if [[ " ${!pkgs_found[@]} " =~ " $_pkg " ]]; then
 			pkgquery -q -1SAii "$pkg" && unset pkgs_search[$pkg]
+		elif [[ $_cached ]]; then
+			cached_pkgs[$_pkg]="$CACHE_DIR/$_cached" && unset pkgs_search[$pkg]
 		fi
 	done
+
+	# Install from cached packages
+	for _pkg in "${!pkgs_cached[@]}"; do
+		local _cached="$(ls "$CACHE_DIR" | grep "^$_pkg")"
+		if [[ $_cached ]]; then
+			[[ "$_cached" = ${_pkg}-${pkgs_cached["$_pkg"]}* ]] &&
+				cached_pkgs[$_pkg]="$CACHE_DIR/$_cached"
+		fi
+	done
+	(( ! DOWNLOAD_ONLY)) && for _pkg in "${!cached_pkgs[@]}"; do
+	    local _file="${cached_pkgs[$_pkg]}"
+		su_pacman -U "${PACMAN_S_ARG[@]}" "$_file" && 
+			unset aur_pkgs[$_pkg] && unset repo_pkgs[$_pkg] ||
+			manage_error "$_pkg" || return 1
+	done
+
 	bin_pkgs=("${!pkgs_search[@]}")
 	for _pkg in "${repo_pkgs[@]}"; do
 		install_from_abs "$_pkg" || return 1
@@ -432,7 +459,7 @@ sync_packages() {
 			su_pacman -S "${PACMAN_S_ARG[@]}" "${bin_pkgs[@]}" || return 1
 		fi
 	fi
-	for _pkg in "${aur_pkgs[@]}"; do
+	for _pkg in "${!aur_pkgs[@]}"; do
 		install_from_aur "$_pkg" || return 1
 	done
 	return 0
diff --git a/src/lib/pkgbuild.sh.in b/src/lib/pkgbuild.sh.in
index c433759..242aafb 100644
--- a/src/lib/pkgbuild.sh.in
+++ b/src/lib/pkgbuild.sh.in
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ build_package() {
 	# Build
 	SRCDEST="$YSRCDEST" PKGDEST="$YPKGDEST" y_makepkg -s -c -f -p ./PKGBUILD
 
+	# Cache it
+	msg $(_gettext 'Caching locally: %s %s-%s' "$pkgbase" "$pkgver" "$pkgrel")
+	cp -uv "$YPKGDEST/"*.pkg.* "$CACHE_DIR" || failed=1
+
 	if (( $? )); then
 		error $(_gettext 'Makepkg was unable to build %s.' "$pkgbase")
 		return 1
@@ -403,11 +407,12 @@ package_loop() {
 			*) return 99 ;; # should never execute
 		esac
 	done
-	(( ! ret )) && (( ! failed )) &&
+	(( ! ret )) && (( ! failed )) && (( ! DOWNLOAD_ONLY )) &&
 	  ( [[ $MAJOR == "pkgbuild" ]] && (( INSTALL_FLAG )) || ! [[ $MAJOR == "pkgbuild" ]] ) &&
 	    { install_package || failed=1; }
 
-	[[ $MAJOR == "pkgbuild" ]] && (( ! INSTALL_FLAG )) && cp -v "$YPKGDEST/"*.pkg.* "$YPKGBUILDDIR"
+	[[ $MAJOR == "pkgbuild" ]] && (( ! INSTALL_FLAG )) && cp -v "$YPKGDEST/"*.pkg.* $YPKGBUILDDIR
+
 	rm -r "$YPKGDEST"
 	return $failed
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/util.sh.in b/src/lib/util.sh.in
index 486a8c6..3d4e145 100644
--- a/src/lib/util.sh.in
+++ b/src/lib/util.sh.in
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ init_paths() {
 	YAOURTTMPDIR="$TMPDIR/yaourt-tmp-$(id -un)"
 	mkdir -p "$YAOURTTMPDIR" || check_dir YAOURTTMPDIR || die 1
 	(( EXPORT )) && [[ $EXPORTDIR ]] && { check_dir EXPORTDIR || die 1; }
+	[[ ! "$CACHE_DIR" ]] && CACHE_DIR="@cachedir@" && 
+		! [[ -d "$CACHE_DIR" ]] && { mkdir -p "$CACHE_DIR" || die 1; }
+	check_dir CACHE_DIR || die 1;
 	parse_pacman_conf
 }
 
diff --git a/src/man/yaourt.8 b/src/man/yaourt.8
index d9d833f..61ce300 100644
--- a/src/man/yaourt.8
+++ b/src/man/yaourt.8
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ Specify a custom AUR url (default to https://aur.archlinux.org)\&.
 Build from sources, ABS for official packages, or AUR if packages is not found\&. Specify this option twice to build all dependencies\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+\fB\-\-cachedir <dir>\fR
+.RS 4
+Use <dir> as a local cache for \fByaourt\fR, rather than the standard location, /var/cache/pacman/pkg.
+.RE
+.PP
 \fB\-\-devel\fR
 .RS 4
 With
@@ -295,6 +300,11 @@ option, put them in quotes.
 .RS 4
 Upgrade all packages that are out of date\&.
 .RE
+.PP
+\fB\-w, \-\-download-only\fR
+.RS 4
+Download and compile packages, but do not install. Place output in <cache dir>. See \fI--cachedir\fR\&.
+.RE
 .SH "HANDLING CONFIG FILES"
 .sp
 With AUTOSAVEBACKUPFILE (\fByaourtrc\fR(5)), yaourt will search and save all files marked as backup\&. These files can be used later with \fIyaourt \-C\fR to automerge current configuration files with new ones\&.
diff --git a/src/yaourt.sh.in b/src/yaourt.sh.in
index 0050a36..07729b0 100755
--- a/src/yaourt.sh.in
+++ b/src/yaourt.sh.in
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ unset MAJOR AUR SEARCH BUILD REFRESH SYSUPGRADE CLEAN \
       IGNOREGRP IGNOREPKG CHANGELOG LIST INFO RSORT SORT UNREQUIRED \
       FOREIGN GROUP QUERYTYPE QUIET DEPENDS PRINT \
       AURVOTEINSTALLED CUSTOMIZEPKGINSTALLED PACMAN_CMD \
-      NEEDED
+      NEEDED CACHE_DIR DOWNLOAD_ONLY_DIR
 
 # Disable color if output is not a terminal
 [[ -t 1 ]] || { ((USECOLOR!=2)) && USECOLOR=0; USEPAGER=0; TERMINALTITLE=0; }
@@ -364,14 +364,12 @@ while [[ $1 ]]; do
 		-u|--upgrades)      (( UPGRADES ++ )); program_arg $A_PQ $1;;
 		-V|--version)       version; exit 0;;
 		-v|--verbose)       program_arg $((A_PQ | A_PS)) $1;;
-		-w|--downloadonly)  PACMAN_CMD=1;;
 		-y|--refresh)       (( REFRESH ++ ));;
 
 		--asdeps)           program_arg $A_PS $1;;
 		--asexplicit)       program_arg $A_PS $1;;
 		--assume-installed) program_arg $A_PS $1 "$2"; shift;;
 		--arch)             program_arg $A_PC $1 "$2"; shift;;
-		--cachedir)         program_arg $A_PC $1 "$2"; shift;;
 		--changelog)        [[ ! $PACMAN_CMD ]] && PACMAN_CMD=0;;
 		--clean)            ((CLEAN++));;
 		--color)            USECOLOR=2;;
@@ -405,10 +403,12 @@ while [[ $1 ]]; do
 		-)                  break;; # support smth like echo package | yaourt -S -
 		-a|--aur)           AUR=1; AURUPGRADE=1; AURSEARCH=1;;
 		-b|--build)         ((BUILD++));;
+		-w|--downloadonly)  DOWNLOAD_ONLY="1";;
 
 		--)                 shift; ARGS+=("$@"); break;;
 		--aur-url)          AURURL=$2; shift;;
 		--backupfile)       BACKUPFILE=$2; shift;;
+		--cachedir)         CACHE_DIR="$2"; shift;;
 		--conflicts)        QUERYTYPE=${1:2};;
 		--date)             SORT=1;;
 		--depends)          QUERYTYPE=${1:2};;
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ init_paths
 init_color
 [[ $PACMAN_CMD ]] && pacman_cmd $PACMAN_CMD
 
+[[ $CACHE_DIR ]] && program_arg $A_PC --cachedir "$CACHE_DIR"
+
 # No options
 [[ -z $MAJOR ]] && yaourt_no_action
 # Complete options