diff --git a/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py b/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
index 93096e54e6..efdb8cb923 100644
--- a/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
+++ b/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 import warnings
 import zipimport
 from collections.abc import Iterator, Sequence
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Literal, NamedTuple, Protocol
 
@@ -423,7 +425,19 @@ def _find_spec_with_path(
     raise ImportError(f"No module named {'.'.join(module_parts)}")
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SpecArgs:
+    key: tuple
+    modpath: list[str] = field(compare=False, hash=False)
+    path: Sequence[str] | None = field(compare=False, hash=False)
+
+
 def find_spec(modpath: list[str], path: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> ModuleSpec:
+    return _find_spec(SpecArgs(tuple(modpath), modpath, path))
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1024)
+def _find_spec(args: SpecArgs) -> ModuleSpec:
     """Find a spec for the given module.
 
     :type modpath: list or tuple
@@ -440,10 +454,10 @@ def find_spec(modpath: list[str], path: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> ModuleSp
     :return: A module spec, which describes how the module was
              found and where.
     """
-    _path = path or sys.path
+    _path = args.path or sys.path
 
     # Need a copy for not mutating the argument.
-    modpath = modpath[:]
+    modpath = args.modpath[:]
 
     submodule_path = None
     module_parts = modpath[:]
@@ -452,7 +466,7 @@ def find_spec(modpath: list[str], path: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> ModuleSp
     while modpath:
         modname = modpath.pop(0)
         finder, spec = _find_spec_with_path(
-            _path, modname, module_parts, processed, submodule_path or path
+            _path, modname, module_parts, processed, submodule_path or args.path
         )
         processed.append(modname)
         if modpath:
@@ -468,3 +482,7 @@ def find_spec(modpath: list[str], path: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> ModuleSp
             spec = spec._replace(submodule_search_locations=submodule_path)
 
     return spec
+
+
+def clear_spec_cache() -> None:
+    _find_spec.cache_clear()
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]