diff --git a/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py b/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
index 93096e54e6..618faa4456 100644
--- a/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
+++ b/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 from . import util
 
+modpath_cache = {}
+
 
 # The MetaPathFinder protocol comes from typeshed, which says:
 # Intentionally omits one deprecated and one optional method of `importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder`
@@ -423,6 +425,18 @@ def _find_spec_with_path(
     raise ImportError(f"No module named {'.'.join(module_parts)}")
 
 
+def cache_modpath(func):
+    def wrapper(*args):
+        key = ".".join(args[0])
+        if key not in modpath_cache:
+            modpath_cache[key] = func(*args)
+
+        return modpath_cache[key]
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
+@cache_modpath
 def find_spec(modpath: list[str], path: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> ModuleSpec:
     """Find a spec for the given module.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_manager.py b/tests/test_manager.py
index 7861927930..4db6e7053a 100644
--- a/tests/test_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_manager.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class AstroidManagerTest(
 ):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         super().setUp()
+        astroid.interpreter._import.spec.modpath_cache.clear()
         self.manager = test_utils.brainless_manager()
 
     def test_ast_from_file(self) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_modutils.py b/tests/test_modutils.py
index 929c58992c..8f21064cb2 100644
--- a/tests/test_modutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_modutils.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class ModuleFileTest(unittest.TestCase):
     package = "mypypa"
 
     def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        astroid.interpreter._import.spec.modpath_cache.clear()
         for k in list(sys.path_importer_cache):
             if "MyPyPa" in k:
                 del sys.path_importer_cache[k]