diff --git a/internal/app/run/runner.go b/internal/app/run/runner.go
index f9bc836..b4b0487 100644
--- a/internal/app/run/runner.go
+++ b/internal/app/run/runner.go
@@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ func (r *Runner) run(ctx context.Context, task *runnerv1.Task, reporter *report.
 	runnerConfig := &runner.Config{
 		// On Linux, Workdir will be like "/<parent_directory>/<owner>/<repo>"
 		// On Windows, Workdir will be like "\<parent_directory>\<owner>\<repo>"
-		Workdir:     filepath.FromSlash(fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%s", r.cfg.Container.WorkdirParent, preset.Repository)),
-		BindWorkdir: false,
+		Workdir:        filepath.FromSlash(fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%s", r.cfg.Container.WorkdirParent, preset.Repository)),
+		BindWorkdir:    false,
+		ActionCacheDir: filepath.FromSlash(r.cfg.Host.WorkdirParent),
 
 		ReuseContainers:      false,
 		ForcePull:            false,
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml b/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
index 9b8f656..e71184b 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
@@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ container:
   # default value is the value of DOCKER_HOST environment variable.
   # if DOCKER_HOST is not set, the default value is unix:///var/run/docker.sock
   docker_host: ""
+
+host:
+  # The parent directory of a job's working directory.
+  # If it's empty, $HOME/.cache/act/ will be used.
+  workdir_parent:
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/config.go b/internal/pkg/config/config.go
index 15835b1..8f81cc8 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -51,12 +51,18 @@ type Container struct {
 	DockerHost    string   `yaml:"docker_host"`    // DockerHost specifies the Docker host. It overrides the value specified in environment variable DOCKER_HOST.
 }
 
+// Host represents the configuration for the host.
+type Host struct {
+	WorkdirParent string `yaml:"workdir_parent"` // WorkdirParent specifies the parent directory for the host's working directory.
+}
+
 // Config represents the overall configuration.
 type Config struct {
 	Log       Log       `yaml:"log"`       // Log represents the configuration for logging.
 	Runner    Runner    `yaml:"runner"`    // Runner represents the configuration for the runner.
 	Cache     Cache     `yaml:"cache"`     // Cache represents the configuration for caching.
 	Container Container `yaml:"container"` // Container represents the configuration for the container.
+	Host      Host      `yaml:"host"`      // Host represents the configuration for the host.
 }
 
 // LoadDefault returns the default configuration.
@@ -111,6 +117,10 @@ func LoadDefault(file string) (*Config, error) {
 	if cfg.Container.WorkdirParent == "" {
 		cfg.Container.WorkdirParent = "workspace"
 	}
+	if cfg.Host.WorkdirParent == "" {
+		home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
+		cfg.Container.WorkdirParent = filepath.Join(home, ".cache", "act")
+	}
 	if cfg.Runner.FetchTimeout <= 0 {
 		cfg.Runner.FetchTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 	}