diff --git a/drush_make.download.inc b/drush_make.download.inc
index 2d6c070..55f8d9e 100644
--- a/drush_make.download.inc
+++ b/drush_make.download.inc
@@ -99,6 +99,19 @@ function _drush_make_download_file($download) {
       $download_path = $tmp_path . '/__download__';
       drush_make_mkdir($download_path);
 
+      // Check if we have already downloaded a file+headers
+      $cache_path = sys_get_temp_dir() .'/__drushcache__/'. sha1($url);
+      $cache_file = $cache_path .'/file.contents';
+      $cache_headers = $cache_path .'/file.headers';
+      if ($download['request_type'] == 'get' && file_exists($cache_file) && file_exists($cache_headers)) {
+        drush_log(dt('Using cached download of @url', array('@url' => $url)));
+        $filename = $download_path . '/__destination__';
+        copy($cache_file, $filename);
+        $headers = unserialize(file_get_contents($cache_headers));
+        $success = TRUE;
+        $download_mechanism = 'cached'; // skip download methods below
+      }
+
       if (!isset($download_mechanism) || $download_mechanism == 'curl') {
         $header_file = $tmp_path . '/__header__';
         touch($header_file);
@@ -183,6 +196,14 @@ function _drush_make_download_file($download) {
       if (!$success) {
         return;
       }
+
+      // Save downloaded files in cache
+      if ($download_mechanism != 'cached') {
+        drush_make_mkdir($cache_path);
+        copy($filename, $cache_file);
+        file_put_contents($cache_headers, serialize($headers));
+      }
+
       // Much more useful in reverse order.
       $headers = array_reverse($headers);
       $content_type = '';