diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 808dd924cf..d1f546ba75 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 clone:
     hg:
         image: plugins/hg
+        environment:
+            - HG_SHARE_POOL=/root/.cache/hg
+        volumes:
+            - cache:/root/.cache
 
 pipeline:
     tox:
@@ -12,6 +16,7 @@ pipeline:
             - POSTGRESQL_URI=postgresql://postgres@postgresql:5432/
         secrets: [ dpd_user_id, dpd_password ]
         commands:
+            - echo -e "[repositories]\nhgext.share =\n[share]\npool = /root/.hgcache\n" >> /root/.hgrc
             - pip install tox
             - tox -e "${TOXENV}-${DATABASE}"
         volumes: