diff --git a/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py b/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
index 93096e54e6..9b78b7eeb0 100644
--- a/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
+++ b/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 
 from . import util
 
+_spec_cache = {}
+
+
+def clear_spec_cache():
+    _spec_cache.clear()
+
 
 # The MetaPathFinder protocol comes from typeshed, which says:
 # Intentionally omits one deprecated and one optional method of `importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder`
@@ -423,6 +429,18 @@ def _find_spec_with_path(
     raise ImportError(f"No module named {'.'.join(module_parts)}")
 
 
+def spec_cache(func):
+    def wrapper(*args):
+        key = ".".join(args[0])
+        if key not in _spec_cache:
+            _spec_cache[key] = func(*args)
+
+        return _spec_cache[key]
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
+@spec_cache
 def find_spec(modpath: list[str], path: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> ModuleSpec:
     """Find a spec for the given module.
 
diff --git a/astroid/manager.py b/astroid/manager.py
index a7a51f19c5..195ac66459 100644
--- a/astroid/manager.py
+++ b/astroid/manager.py
@@ -442,10 +442,12 @@ def clear_cache(self) -> None:
         # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
         from astroid.brain.helpers import register_all_brains
         from astroid.inference_tip import clear_inference_tip_cache
+        from astroid.interpreter._import.spec import clear_spec_cache
         from astroid.interpreter.objectmodel import ObjectModel
         from astroid.nodes._base_nodes import LookupMixIn
         from astroid.nodes.scoped_nodes import ClassDef
 
+        clear_spec_cache()
         clear_inference_tip_cache()
         _invalidate_cache()  # inference context cache
 
diff --git a/tests/test_manager.py b/tests/test_manager.py
index 7861927930..160fa944bb 100644
--- a/tests/test_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_manager.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     AttributeInferenceError,
 )
 from astroid.interpreter._import import util
+from astroid.interpreter._import.spec import clear_spec_cache
 from astroid.modutils import EXT_LIB_DIRS, module_in_path
 from astroid.nodes import Const
 from astroid.nodes.scoped_nodes import ClassDef, Module
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class AstroidManagerTest(
 ):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         super().setUp()
+        clear_spec_cache()
         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..be7095e2dd 100644
--- a/tests/test_modutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_modutils.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from astroid import modutils
 from astroid.const import PY310_PLUS
 from astroid.interpreter._import import spec
+from astroid.interpreter._import.spec import clear_spec_cache
 
 from . import resources
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class ModuleFileTest(unittest.TestCase):
     package = "mypypa"
 
     def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        clear_spec_cache()
         for k in list(sys.path_importer_cache):
             if "MyPyPa" in k:
                 del sys.path_importer_cache[k]