diff --git a/tests/test_eval_cli.py b/tests/test_eval_cli.py
index ccb87d4c..91a096c4 100644
--- a/tests/test_eval_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_eval_cli.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ def __init__(self, api_key=None, base_url=None):
         },
         verbose=False,
         save_dataset=False,
+        save_dataset_cache=False,
+        cache_dir="~/.cache/verifiers/",
         save_to_hf_hub=False,
         hf_hub_dataset_name="",
     )
@@ -114,6 +116,8 @@ def __init__(self, api_key=None, base_url=None):
         },
         verbose=False,
         save_dataset=False,
+        save_dataset_cache=False,
+        cache_dir="~/.cache/verifiers/",
         save_to_hf_hub=False,
         hf_hub_dataset_name="",
     )
diff --git a/verifiers/scripts/eval.py b/verifiers/scripts/eval.py
index 7c92db11..31628ea4 100644
--- a/verifiers/scripts/eval.py
+++ b/verifiers/scripts/eval.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import logging
 import time
 import uuid
+import os
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ def eval_environment(
     sampling_args: dict | None,
     verbose: bool,
     save_dataset: bool,
+    save_dataset_cache: bool,
+    cache_dir: str,
     save_to_hf_hub: bool,
     hf_hub_dataset_name: str,
 ):
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ def eval_environment(
             out = f"r{i + 1}: {trials}"
             print(out)
 
-    if save_dataset or save_to_hf_hub:
+    if save_dataset or save_dataset_cache or save_to_hf_hub:
         ids = [i // rollouts_per_example for i in range(n * rollouts_per_example)]
         rewards = results.reward
         tasks = results.task
@@ -198,6 +201,43 @@ def eval_environment(
                 json.dump(metadata, f)
 
             logger.info(f"Saved dataset to {results_path}")
+        if save_dataset_cache:
+            if cache_dir:
+                cache_base = Path(cache_dir)
+            else:
+                cache_base = Path(
+                    os.environ.get(
+                        "VF_CACHE_DIR", 
+                        Path.home() / ".cache" / "verifiers"
+                    )
+                )
+            cache_path = cache_base / "evals" / env_model_str / uuid_str
+            cache_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+            dataset.to_json(cache_path / "results.jsonl")
+            with open(cache_path / "metadata.json", "w") as f:
+                json.dump(metadata, f)
+
+            index_file = cache_base / "evals" / "index.json"
+            index_data = {}
+            if index_file.exists():
+                with open(index_file, "r") as f:
+                    index_data = json.load(f)
+
+            run_key = f"{env_model_str}/{uuid_str}"
+            index_data[run_key] = {
+                "env": env,
+                "model": model,
+                "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(),
+                "path": str(cache_path),
+                "avg_reward": metadata.get("avg_reward"),
+                "num_examples": n,
+                "rollouts_per_example": rollouts_per_example,
+            }
+
+            with open(index_file, "w") as f:
+                json.dump(index_data, f, indent=2)
+
         if save_to_hf_hub:
             if hf_hub_dataset_name == "":
                 dataset_name = (
@@ -307,6 +347,20 @@ def main():
         action="store_true",
         help="Save dataset to disk",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--save-dataset-cache",
+        "-sc",
+        default=False,
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Save dataset to disk .cache",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--cache-dir",
+        "-C",
+        type=str,
+        default="",
+        help="Custom cache directory"
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--save-to-hf-hub",
         "-H",
@@ -339,6 +393,8 @@ def main():
         sampling_args=args.sampling_args,
         verbose=args.verbose,
         save_dataset=args.save_dataset,
+        save_dataset_cache=args.save_dataset_cache,
+        cache_dir=args.cache_dir,
         save_to_hf_hub=args.save_to_hf_hub,
         hf_hub_dataset_name=args.hf_hub_dataset_name,
     )