diff --git a/esbuild/esbuild.js b/esbuild/esbuild.js
index e22613e0e9..581a4ed2b0 100644
--- a/esbuild/esbuild.js
+++ b/esbuild/esbuild.js
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ const argv = yargs
 		description:
 			"Saves esbuild metafiles for built assets. Useful for analyzing bundle size. More info: https://esbuild.github.io/api/#metafile",
 	})
+	.option("using-cached", {
+		type: "boolean",
+		description:
+			"Skips build and uses cached build artifacts to update assets.json (used by Bench)",
+	})
 	.example("node esbuild --apps frappe,erpnext", "Run build only for frappe and erpnext")
 	.example(
 		"node esbuild --files frappe/website.bundle.js,frappe/desk.bundle.js",
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ const NODE_PATHS = [].concat(
 	// import js file of any app if you provide the full path
 	app_list.map((app) => path.resolve(get_app_path(app), "..")).filter(fs.existsSync)
 );
+const USING_CACHED = Boolean(argv["using-cached"]);
 
 execute().catch((e) => {
 	console.error(e);
@@ -101,6 +107,12 @@ if (WATCH_MODE) {
 
 async function execute() {
 	console.time(TOTAL_BUILD_TIME);
+	if (USING_CACHED) {
+		await update_assets_json_from_built_assets(APPS);
+		await update_assets_json_in_cache();
+		console.timeEnd(TOTAL_BUILD_TIME);
+		process.exit(0);
+	}
 
 	let results;
 	try {
@@ -131,6 +143,44 @@ async function execute() {
 	}
 }
 
+async function update_assets_json_from_built_assets(apps) {
+	const assets = await get_assets_json_path_and_obj(false);
+	const assets_rtl = await get_assets_json_path_and_obj(true);
+
+	for (const app in apps) {
+		await update_assets_obj(app, assets.obj, assets_rtl.obj);
+	}
+
+	for (const { obj, path } of [assets, assets_rtl]) {
+		const data = JSON.stringify(obj, null, 4);
+		await fs.promises.writeFile(path, data);
+	}
+}
+
+async function update_assets_obj(app, assets, assets_rtl) {
+	const app_path = get_app_path(app);
+	const dist_path = path.join(app_path, "public, dist");
+	const files = await glob("**/*.bundle.*.{js,css}", { cwd: dist_path });
+	const prefix = path.join("/", "assets", app, "dist");
+
+	// eg: "js/marketplace.bundle.6SCSPSGQ.js"
+	for (const file of files) {
+		// eg: [ "marketplace", "bundle", "6SCSPSGQ", "js" ]
+		const parts = path.parse(file).base.split(".");
+
+		// eg: "marketplace.bundle.js"
+		const key = [...parts.slice(0, -2), parts.at(-1)].join(".");
+
+		// eg: "js/marketplace.bundle.6SCSPSGQ.js"
+		const value = path.join(prefix, file);
+		if (file.includes("-rtl")) {
+			assets_rtl[`rtl_${key}`] = value;
+		} else {
+			assets[key] = value;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 function build_assets_for_apps(apps, files) {
 	let { include_patterns, ignore_patterns } = files.length
 		? get_files_to_build(files)
@@ -393,14 +443,7 @@ async function write_assets_json(metafile) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	let assets_json_path = path.resolve(assets_path, `assets${rtl ? "-rtl" : ""}.json`);
-	let assets_json;
-	try {
-		assets_json = await fs.promises.readFile(assets_json_path, "utf-8");
-	} catch (error) {
-		assets_json = "{}";
-	}
-	assets_json = JSON.parse(assets_json);
+	let { obj: assets_json, path: assets_json_path } = await get_assets_json_path_and_obj(rtl);
 	// update with new values
 	let new_assets_json = Object.assign({}, assets_json, out);
 	curr_assets_json = new_assets_json;
@@ -434,6 +477,19 @@ async function update_assets_json_in_cache() {
 	});
 }
 
+async function get_assets_json_path_and_obj(is_rtl) {
+	const file_name = is_rtl ? "assets-rtl.json" : "assets.json";
+	const assets_json_path = path.resolve(assets_path, file_name);
+	let assets_json;
+	try {
+		assets_json = await fs.promises.readFile(assets_json_path, "utf-8");
+	} catch (error) {
+		assets_json = "{}";
+	}
+	assets_json = JSON.parse(assets_json);
+	return { obj: assets_json, path: assets_json_path };
+}
+
 function run_build_command_for_apps(apps) {
 	let cwd = process.cwd();
 	let { execSync } = require("child_process");
diff --git a/frappe/build.py b/frappe/build.py
index 03b830f0cb..49021ae6bb 100644
--- a/frappe/build.py
+++ b/frappe/build.py
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ def bundle(
 	skip_frappe=False,
 	files=None,
 	save_metafiles=False,
+	using_cached=False,
 ):
 	"""concat / minify js files"""
 	setup()
@@ -246,7 +247,10 @@ def bundle(
 	if files:
 		command += " --files {files}".format(files=",".join(files))
 
-	command += " --run-build-command"
+	if using_cached:
+		command += " --using-cached"
+	else:
+		command += " --run-build-command"
 
 	if save_metafiles:
 		command += " --save-metafiles"
diff --git a/frappe/commands/utils.py b/frappe/commands/utils.py
index 8f6cb70d17..7d997e012d 100644
--- a/frappe/commands/utils.py
+++ b/frappe/commands/utils.py
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ EXTRA_ARGS_CTX = {"ignore_unknown_options": True, "allow_extra_args": True}
 	default=False,
 	help="Saves esbuild metafiles for built assets. Useful for analyzing bundle size. More info: https://esbuild.github.io/api/#metafile",
 )
+@click.option(
+	"--using-cached",
+	is_flag=True,
+	default=False,
+	help="Skips build and uses cached build artifacts (cache is set by Bench). Ignored if developer_mode enabled.",
+)
 def build(
 	app=None,
 	apps=None,
@@ -44,6 +50,7 @@ def build(
 	verbose=False,
 	force=False,
 	save_metafiles=False,
+	using_cached=False,
 ):
 	"Compile JS and CSS source files"
 	from frappe.build import bundle, download_frappe_assets
@@ -69,6 +76,9 @@ def build(
 		if production:
 			mode = "production"
 
+		if development:
+			using_cached = False
+
 		bundle(
 			mode,
 			apps=apps,
@@ -76,6 +86,7 @@ def build(
 			verbose=verbose,
 			skip_frappe=skip_frappe,
 			save_metafiles=save_metafiles,
+			using_cached=using_cached,
 		)
 
 		if apps and isinstance(apps, str):