diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2979d27e3b..42f482aa27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: usecache
         run: |
            ./v -usecache examples/hello_world.v && examples/hello_world
-#          ./v -o v2 -usecache cmd/v
-#          ./v2 -o v3 -usecache cmd/v
-#          ./v3 -usecache examples/tetris/tetris.v
+           ./v  -o v2 -usecache cmd/v
+           ./v2 -o v3 -usecache cmd/v
+           ./v3 -o tetris  -usecache examples/tetris/tetris.v
       - name: Test symlink
         run: ./v symlink
       #    - name: Set up pg database
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
index b2d0425cc2..00b704a68e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
@@ -5008,7 +5008,18 @@ fn (mut g Gen) const_decl(node ast.ConstDecl) {
 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				if g.pref.build_mode != .build_module {
+				// NB: -usecache uses prebuilt modules, each compiled with:
+				// `v build-module vlib/module`
+				// combined with a top level program, that is compiled with:
+				// `v -usecache toplevel`
+				// For it to work, the consts optimisations should be identical, because
+				// only the top level program will have the const initialisation code for
+				// all the modules.
+				// TODO: encapsulate const initialisation for each module in a separate function,
+				// that is just called by the top level program in _vinit, instead of generating
+				// all the code inside _vinit for each module.
+				use_cache_mode := g.pref.build_mode == .build_module || g.pref.use_cache
+				if !use_cache_mode {
 					if ct_value := field.comptime_expr_value() {
 						if g.const_decl_precomputed(field.mod, name, ct_value, field.typ) {
 							continue