diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/GameList/GameFileCache.h b/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/GameList/GameFileCache.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2+
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QFile>
+
+#include <mutex>
+
+#include "DolphinQt2/GameList/GameFile.h"
+
+class GameFileCache
+{
+public:
+  explicit GameFileCache();
+
+  void Update(const GameFile& gamefile);
+  void Save();
+  void Load();
+  bool IsCached(const QString& path);
+  GameFile GetFile(const QString& path);
+  QList<QString> GetCached();
+
+private:
+  QString m_path;
+
+  QMap<QString, GameFile> m_gamefiles;
+  std::mutex m_mutex;
+};
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/GameList/GameTracker.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/GameList/GameTracker.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 #include <QFile>
 
 #include "DiscIO/DirectoryBlob.h"
+#include "DolphinQt2/GameList/GameFileCache.h"
 #include "DolphinQt2/GameList/GameTracker.h"
+#include "DolphinQt2/QtUtils/QueueOnObject.h"
 #include "DolphinQt2/Settings.h"
 
 static const QStringList game_filters{
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ GameTracker::GameTracker(QObject* parent) : QFileSystemWatcher(parent)
   connect(this, &QFileSystemWatcher::directoryChanged, this, &GameTracker::UpdateDirectory);
   connect(this, &QFileSystemWatcher::fileChanged, this, &GameTracker::UpdateFile);
 
+  cache.Load();
+
   m_load_thread.Reset([this](const QString& path) { LoadGame(path); });
 }
 
@@ -128,8 +132,23 @@ void GameTracker::LoadGame(const QString& path)
 {
   if (!DiscIO::ShouldHideFromGameList(path.toStdString()))
   {
+    if (cache.IsCached(path))
+    {
+      const QDateTime last_modified = QFileInfo(path).lastModified();
+      auto cached_file = cache.GetFile(path);
+      if (cached_file.GetLastModified() >= last_modified)
+      {
+        emit GameLoaded(QSharedPointer<GameFile>::create(cached_file));
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
     auto game = QSharedPointer<GameFile>::create(path);
     if (game->IsValid())
+    {
       emit GameLoaded(game);
+      cache.Update(*game);
+      cache.Save();
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/GameList/GameTracker.h b/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/GameList/GameTracker.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "Common/WorkQueueThread.h"
 #include "DolphinQt2/GameList/GameFile.h"
+#include "DolphinQt2/GameList/GameFileCache.h"
 
 // Watches directories and loads GameFiles in a separate thread.
 // To use this, just add directories using AddDirectory, and listen for the
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class GameTracker final : public QFileSystemWatcher
   // game path -> directories that track it
   QMap<QString, QSet<QString>> m_tracked_files;
   Common::WorkQueueThread<QString> m_load_thread;
+  GameFileCache cache;
 };
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QSharedPointer<GameFile>)