diff --git a/readthedocs/builds/constants.py b/readthedocs/builds/constants.py
index 7fd6ce3e5f1..14c0b6dd7b9 100644
--- a/readthedocs/builds/constants.py
+++ b/readthedocs/builds/constants.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 
 BUILD_STATE_TRIGGERED = 'triggered'
+BUILD_STATE_PULLING_CACHE = 'pulling-cache'
 BUILD_STATE_CLONING = 'cloning'
 BUILD_STATE_INSTALLING = 'installing'
 BUILD_STATE_BUILDING = 'building'
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 
 BUILD_STATE = (
     (BUILD_STATE_TRIGGERED, _('Triggered')),
+    (BUILD_STATE_PULLING_CACHE, _('Pulling cache')),
     (BUILD_STATE_CLONING, _('Cloning')),
     (BUILD_STATE_INSTALLING, _('Installing')),
     (BUILD_STATE_BUILDING, _('Building')),
diff --git a/readthedocs/builds/migrations/0015_pulling_cache_build_state.py b/readthedocs/builds/migrations/0015_pulling_cache_build_state.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63e2779934b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readthedocs/builds/migrations/0015_pulling_cache_build_state.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.10 on 2020-03-19 03:38
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('builds', '0014_migrate-doctype-from-project-to-version'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='build',
+            name='state',
+            field=models.CharField(choices=[('triggered', 'Triggered'), ('pulling-cache', 'Pulling cache'), ('cloning', 'Cloning'), ('installing', 'Installing'), ('building', 'Building'), ('finished', 'Finished')], default='finished', max_length=55, verbose_name='State'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/readthedocs/projects/tasks.py b/readthedocs/projects/tasks.py
index 2529e5bf82b..447ddc9b70f 100644
--- a/readthedocs/projects/tasks.py
+++ b/readthedocs/projects/tasks.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     BUILD_STATE_CLONING,
     BUILD_STATE_FINISHED,
     BUILD_STATE_INSTALLING,
+    BUILD_STATE_PULLING_CACHE,
     BUILD_STATUS_SUCCESS,
     BUILD_STATUS_FAILURE,
     LATEST,
@@ -93,10 +94,12 @@ class CachedEnvironmentMixin:
 
     """Mixin that pull/push cached environment to storage."""
 
-    def pull_cached_environment(self):
+    def pull_cached_environment(self, environment):
         if not self.project.has_feature(feature_id=Feature.CACHED_ENVIRONMENT):
             return
 
+        environment.update_build(state=BUILD_STATE_PULLING_CACHE)
+
         storage = get_storage_class(settings.RTD_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT_STORAGE)()
         filename = self.version.get_storage_environment_cache_path()
 
@@ -119,17 +122,9 @@ def pull_cached_environment(self):
                     'msg': msg,
                 }
             )
-            _, tmp_filename = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.tar')
             remote_fd = storage.open(filename, mode='rb')
-            with open(tmp_filename, mode='wb') as local_fd:
-                local_fd.write(remote_fd.read())
-
-            with tarfile.open(tmp_filename) as tar:
-                tar.extractall(self.version.project.doc_path)
-
-            # Cleanup the temporary file
-            if os.path.exists(tmp_filename):
-                os.remove(tmp_filename)
+            with tarfile.open(fileobj=remote_fd) as tar:
+                tar.extracall(self.project.doc_path)
 
     def push_cached_environment(self):
         if not self.project.has_feature(feature_id=Feature.CACHED_ENVIRONMENT):
@@ -369,7 +364,7 @@ def run(self, version_pk):  # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
                     # repository in this step, and pushing it back will delete
                     # all the other cached things (Python packages, Sphinx,
                     # virtualenv, etc)
-                    self.pull_cached_environment()
+                    self.pull_cached_environment(environment)
                     self.sync_repo(environment)
             return True
         except RepositoryError:
@@ -591,7 +586,7 @@ def run_setup(self, record=True):
                     raise ProjectBuildsSkippedError
                 try:
                     with self.project.repo_nonblockinglock(version=self.version):
-                        self.pull_cached_environment()
+                        self.pull_cached_environment(environment)
                         self.setup_vcs(environment)
                 except vcs_support_utils.LockTimeout as e:
                     self.task.retry(exc=e, throw=False)