diff --git a/scripts/build.mjs b/scripts/build.mjs
index ef6ef94d47..fe42d1e82b 100644
--- a/scripts/build.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build.mjs
@@ -60,7 +60,22 @@ async function build(args) {
       const mainCachePath = getCachePath(getDefaultBranch());
       if (existsSync(mainCachePath)) {
         mkdirSync(cachePath, { recursive: true });
-        cpSync(mainCachePath, cachePath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        try {
+          cpSync(mainCachePath, cachePath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        } catch (err) {
+          switch (err?.code) {
+            case "EPERM":
+            case "EACCES":
+              try {
+                chmodSync(mainCachePath, 0o777);
+              } catch (e2) {}
+
+              cpSync(mainCachePath, cachePath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+              break;
+            default:
+              throw err;
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
     generateOptions["-DCACHE_PATH"] = cmakePath(cachePath);
diff --git a/src/bun.js/node/node_fs.zig b/src/bun.js/node/node_fs.zig
index c08b4a2690..ca3339b259 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/node/node_fs.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/node/node_fs.zig
@@ -6732,18 +6732,20 @@ pub const NodeFS = struct {
             };
         }
 
-        if (comptime Environment.isMac) {
+        if (comptime Environment.isMac) try_with_clonefile: {
             if (Maybe(Return.Cp).errnoSysP(C.clonefile(src, dest, 0), .clonefile, src)) |err| {
                 switch (err.getErrno()) {
-                    .ACCES,
-                    .NAMETOOLONG,
-                    .ROFS,
-                    .PERM,
-                    .INVAL,
-                    => {
+                    .NAMETOOLONG, .ROFS, .INVAL, .ACCES, .PERM => |errno| {
+                        if (errno == .ACCES or errno == .PERM) {
+                            if (args.flags.force) {
+                                break :try_with_clonefile;
+                            }
+                        }
+
                         @memcpy(this.sync_error_buf[0..src.len], src);
                         return .{ .err = err.err.withPath(this.sync_error_buf[0..src.len]) };
                     },
+
                     // Other errors may be due to clonefile() not being supported
                     // We'll fall back to other implementations
                     else => {},