diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3382 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3382
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04dcfca05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3382
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Change: honor RESTIC_CACHE_DIR environment variable in the check command
+
+--cache-dir option doesn't honor the RESTIC_CACHE_DIR environment variable by
+default. This fixes an issue with the restic check command that doesn't obey the
+RESTIC_CACHE_DIR environment variable. Extend the behavior of cache command to
+manage directories created by restic check.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3382
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3474
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_cache.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_cache.go
index 1b36219eb..50a738d5c 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_cache.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_cache.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/cache"
@@ -140,8 +141,13 @@ func runCache(opts CacheOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 			size = fmt.Sprintf("%11s", formatBytes(uint64(bytes)))
 		}
 
+		name := entry.Name()
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(name, "restic-check-cache-") {
+			name = name[:10]
+		}
+
 		tab.AddRow(data{
-			entry.Name()[:10],
+			name,
 			fmt.Sprintf("%d days ago", uint(time.Since(entry.ModTime()).Hours()/24)),
 			old,
 			size,
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
index 61bbd07ff..6d50dc96b 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/cache"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/checker"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/fs"
@@ -158,6 +159,9 @@ func prepareCheckCache(opts CheckOptions, gopts *GlobalOptions) (cleanup func())
 	}
 
 	cachedir := gopts.CacheDir
+	if cachedir == "" {
+		cachedir = cache.EnvDir()
+	}
 
 	// use a cache in a temporary directory
 	tempdir, err := ioutil.TempDir(cachedir, "restic-check-cache-")
diff --git a/internal/cache/cache.go b/internal/cache/cache.go
index bd88ed369..83013603b 100644
--- a/internal/cache/cache.go
+++ b/internal/cache/cache.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func updateTimestamp(d string) error {
 const MaxCacheAge = 30 * 24 * time.Hour
 
 func validCacheDirName(s string) bool {
-	r := regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-fA-F0-9]{64}$`)
+	r := regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-fA-F0-9]{64}$|^restic-check-cache-[0-9]+$`)
 	return r.MatchString(s)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/cache/dir.go b/internal/cache/dir.go
index 98019036a..5abdf2313 100644
--- a/internal/cache/dir.go
+++ b/internal/cache/dir.go
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
+// EnvDir return $RESTIC_CACHE_DIR env
+func EnvDir() string {
+	return os.Getenv("RESTIC_CACHE_DIR")
+}
+
 // DefaultDir returns $RESTIC_CACHE_DIR, or the default cache directory
 // for the current OS if that variable is not set.
 func DefaultDir() (cachedir string, err error) {
-	cachedir = os.Getenv("RESTIC_CACHE_DIR")
+	cachedir = EnvDir()
 	if cachedir != "" {
 		return cachedir, nil
 	}