diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/xcode/ccache-clang++.sh b/packages/react-native/scripts/xcode/ccache-clang++.sh
index 54ff8ba5816d..b4dee6cfe74b 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/xcode/ccache-clang++.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/xcode/ccache-clang++.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,13 @@ REACT_NATIVE_CCACHE_CONFIGPATH=$SCRIPT_DIR/ccache.conf
 # Provide our config file if none is already provided
 export CCACHE_CONFIGPATH="${CCACHE_CONFIGPATH:-$REACT_NATIVE_CCACHE_CONFIGPATH}"
 
-exec $CCACHE_BINARY clang++ "$@"
+# Xcode does not export user-defined build settings as environment variables
+# for invoked scripts, so $CCACHE_BINARY may be empty even when set in the
+# project. Fall back to a PATH lookup so ccache is still used.
+CCACHE_BINARY="${CCACHE_BINARY:-$(command -v ccache)}"
+
+if [ -n "$CCACHE_BINARY" ]; then
+    exec "$CCACHE_BINARY" clang++ "$@"
+fi
+
+exec clang++ "$@"
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/xcode/ccache-clang.sh b/packages/react-native/scripts/xcode/ccache-clang.sh
index 9b1a355c2cce..be632004cf10 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/xcode/ccache-clang.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/xcode/ccache-clang.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,13 @@ REACT_NATIVE_CCACHE_CONFIGPATH=$SCRIPT_DIR/ccache.conf
 # Provide our config file if none is already provided
 export CCACHE_CONFIGPATH="${CCACHE_CONFIGPATH:-$REACT_NATIVE_CCACHE_CONFIGPATH}"
 
-exec $CCACHE_BINARY clang "$@"
+# Xcode does not export user-defined build settings as environment variables
+# for invoked scripts, so $CCACHE_BINARY may be empty even when set in the
+# project. Fall back to a PATH lookup so ccache is still used.
+CCACHE_BINARY="${CCACHE_BINARY:-$(command -v ccache)}"
+
+if [ -n "$CCACHE_BINARY" ]; then
+    exec "$CCACHE_BINARY" clang "$@"
+fi
+
+exec clang "$@"