diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1aca170..aac578b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 2021-03-09: v1.9 🚀 optimize remote build cache with mark push=false
+
+Previously `read-only` was implemented as "skip saving the caches",
+however it makes sense to configure `push=false` so Gradle skips cache entry preparation as well.
+
 ## 2021-03-09: v1.8 🚑 support Gradle 5
 
 Support Gradle 5 (and possibly even earlier versions).
diff --git a/cache-action-entrypoint/src/main/kotlin/main.kt b/cache-action-entrypoint/src/main/kotlin/main.kt
index 8f1cd0e..9eb5780 100644
--- a/cache-action-entrypoint/src/main/kotlin/main.kt
+++ b/cache-action-entrypoint/src/main/kotlin/main.kt
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ suspend fun mainInternal(stage: ActionStage) {
                     multiCacheVersion = getInput("multi-cache-version").ifBlank { "1.0" },
                     multiCacheRepository = getInput("multi-cache-repository"),
                     multiCacheGroupIdFilter = getInput("multi-cache-group-id-filter").ifBlank { "com[.]github[.]burrunan[.]multi-?cache" },
+                    push = !params.readOnly,
                 ),
             )
         }
diff --git a/cache-proxy/src/main/kotlin/com/github/burrunan/gradle/proxy/CacheProxy.kt b/cache-proxy/src/main/kotlin/com/github/burrunan/gradle/proxy/CacheProxy.kt
index 086128c..2812394 100644
--- a/cache-proxy/src/main/kotlin/com/github/burrunan/gradle/proxy/CacheProxy.kt
+++ b/cache-proxy/src/main/kotlin/com/github/burrunan/gradle/proxy/CacheProxy.kt
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ class CacheProxy {
         multiCacheEnabled: Boolean = true,
         multiCacheVersion: String = "1.0",
         multiCacheRepository: String = "",
-        multiCacheGroupIdFilter: String = "com[.]github[.]burrunan[.]multi-?cache"
+        multiCacheGroupIdFilter: String = "com[.]github[.]burrunan[.]multi-?cache",
+        push: Boolean = true,
     ): String {
         val multiCacheGroupIdFilterEscaped = multiCacheGroupIdFilter.replace("\\", "\\\\")
         //language=Groovy
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ class CacheProxy {
                     }
                     remote(HttpBuildCache) {
                         url = '$cacheUrl'
-                        push = true
+                        push = $push
                         // Build cache is located on localhost, so it is fine to use http protocol
                         if (gradle6Plus) {
                             allowInsecureProtocol = true