diff --git a/sample/Benchmark.java b/sample/Benchmark.java
index e9a9a7ae..665c3e44 100644
--- a/sample/Benchmark.java
+++ b/sample/Benchmark.java
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 import java.util.Random;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.maxmind.db.CHMCache;
 import com.maxmind.db.InvalidDatabaseException;
+import com.maxmind.db.NoCache;
+import com.maxmind.db.NodeCache;
 import com.maxmind.db.Reader;
 import com.maxmind.db.Reader.FileMode;
 
@@ -17,14 +20,19 @@ public class Benchmark {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InvalidDatabaseException {
         File file = new File(args.length > 0 ? args[0] : "GeoLite2-City.mmdb");
-        loop("Warming up", file, WARMUPS);
-        loop("Benchmarking", file, BENCHMARKS);
+        System.out.println("No caching");
+        loop("Warming up", file, WARMUPS, new NoCache());
+        loop("Benchmarking", file, BENCHMARKS, new NoCache());
+
+        System.out.println("With caching");
+        loop("Warming up", file, WARMUPS, new CHMCache());
+        loop("Benchmarking", file, BENCHMARKS, new CHMCache());
     }
 
-    private static void loop(String msg, File file, int loops) throws IOException {
+    private static void loop(String msg, File file, int loops, NodeCache cache) throws IOException {
         System.out.println(msg);
         for (int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
-            Reader r = new Reader(file, FileMode.MEMORY_MAPPED);
+            Reader r = new Reader(file, FileMode.MEMORY_MAPPED, cache);
             bench(r, COUNT, i);
         }
         System.out.println();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/CHMCache.java b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/CHMCache.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..983cf09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/CHMCache.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.maxmind.db;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ContainerNode;
+
+/**
+ * A simplistic cache using a {@link ConcurrentHashMap}. There's no eviction
+ * policy, it just fills up until reaching the specified capacity <small>(or
+ * close enough at least, bounds check is not atomic :)</small>
+ */
+public class CHMCache implements NodeCache {
+
+    private static final int DEFAULT_CAPACITY = 4096;
+
+    private final int capacity;
+    private final ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, JsonNode> cache;
+    private boolean cacheFull = false;
+
+    public CHMCache() {
+        this(DEFAULT_CAPACITY);
+    }
+
+    public CHMCache(int capacity) {
+        this.capacity = capacity;
+        this.cache = new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, JsonNode>(capacity);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode get(int key, Loader loader) throws IOException {
+        Integer k = key;
+        JsonNode value = cache.get(k);
+        if (value == null) {
+            value = loader.load(key);
+            if (!cacheFull) {
+                if (cache.size() < capacity) {
+                    cache.put(k, value);
+                } else {
+                    cacheFull = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (value instanceof ContainerNode) {
+            value = value.deepCopy();
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/Decoder.java b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/Decoder.java
index 68a17dbf..34863a29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/Decoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/Decoder.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ final class Decoder {
     // constructor to set this
     boolean POINTER_TEST_HACK = false;
 
+    private final NodeCache cache;
+
     private final long pointerBase;
 
     private final CharsetDecoder utfDecoder = UTF_8.newDecoder();
@@ -77,13 +79,26 @@ void setOffset(int offset) {
             this.offset = offset;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "Result[" + offset + " " + node.getNodeType() + " " + node.asText() + "]";
+        }
+
     }
 
-    Decoder(ByteBuffer buffer, long pointerBase) {
+    Decoder(NodeCache cache, ByteBuffer buffer, long pointerBase) {
+        this.cache = cache;
         this.pointerBase = pointerBase;
         this.buffer = buffer;
     }
 
+    private final NodeCache.Loader cacheLoader = new NodeCache.Loader() {
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode load(int key) throws IOException {
+            return decode(key).getNode();
+        }
+    };
+
     Result decode(int offset) throws IOException {
         if (offset >= this.buffer.capacity()) {
             throw new InvalidDatabaseException(
@@ -112,9 +127,9 @@ Result decode(int offset) throws IOException {
                 return new Result(new LongNode(pointer), newOffset);
             }
 
-            Result result = this.decode((int) pointer);
-            result.setOffset(newOffset);
-            return result;
+            int targetOffset = (int) pointer;
+            JsonNode node = cache.get(targetOffset, cacheLoader);
+            return new Result(node, newOffset);
         }
 
         if (type.equals(Type.EXTENDED)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/NoCache.java b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/NoCache.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..176747a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/NoCache.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.maxmind.db;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * A no-op cache.
+ */
+public class NoCache implements NodeCache {
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode get(int key, Loader loader) throws IOException {
+        return loader.load(key);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/NodeCache.java b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/NodeCache.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1c73635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/NodeCache.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.maxmind.db;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+public interface NodeCache {
+
+    public interface Loader {
+        JsonNode load(int key) throws IOException;
+    }
+
+    public JsonNode get(int key, Loader loader) throws IOException;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/Reader.java b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/Reader.java
index 0c4048c5..004e3268 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/Reader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/maxmind/db/Reader.java
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ public final class Reader implements Closeable {
             (byte) 0xCD, (byte) 0xEF, 'M', 'a', 'x', 'M', 'i', 'n', 'd', '.',
             'c', 'o', 'm'};
 
+    private static final NodeCache NO_CACHE = new NoCache();
+
     private final int ipV4Start;
     private final Metadata metadata;
     private final AtomicReference<BufferHolder> bufferHolderReference;
+    private final NodeCache cache;
 
     /**
      * The file mode to use when opening a MaxMind DB.
@@ -41,47 +44,93 @@ public enum FileMode {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a Reader for the MaxMind DB format. The file passed to it must
-     * be a valid MaxMind DB file such as a GeoIP2 database file.
+     * Constructs a Reader for the MaxMind DB format, with no caching. The file
+     * passed to it must be a valid MaxMind DB file such as a GeoIP2 database
+     * file.
      *
      * @param database the MaxMind DB file to use.
      * @throws IOException if there is an error opening or reading from the file.
      */
     public Reader(File database) throws IOException {
-        this(database, FileMode.MEMORY_MAPPED);
+        this(database, NO_CACHE);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a Reader as if in mode {@link FileMode#MEMORY}, without using
-     * a <code>File</code> instance.
+     * Constructs a Reader for the MaxMind DB format, with the specified backing
+     * cache. The file passed to it must be a valid MaxMind DB file such as a
+     * GeoIP2 database file.
+     *
+     * @param database the MaxMind DB file to use.
+     * @param cache backing cache instance
+     * @throws IOException if there is an error opening or reading from the file.
+     */
+    public Reader(File database, NodeCache cache) throws IOException {
+        this(database, FileMode.MEMORY_MAPPED, cache);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a Reader with no caching, as if in mode
+     * {@link FileMode#MEMORY}, without using a <code>File</code> instance.
      *
      * @param source the InputStream that contains the MaxMind DB file.
      * @throws IOException if there is an error reading from the Stream.
      */
     public Reader(InputStream source) throws IOException {
-        this(new BufferHolder(source), "<InputStream>");
+        this(source, NO_CACHE);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a Reader for the MaxMind DB format. The file passed to it must
-     * be a valid MaxMind DB file such as a GeoIP2 database file.
+     * Constructs a Reader with the specified backing cache, as if in mode
+     * {@link FileMode#MEMORY}, without using a <code>File</code> instance.
+     *
+     * @param source the InputStream that contains the MaxMind DB file.
+     * @param cache backing cache instance
+     * @throws IOException if there is an error reading from the Stream.
+     */
+    public Reader(InputStream source, NodeCache cache) throws IOException {
+        this(new BufferHolder(source), "<InputStream>", cache);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a Reader for the MaxMind DB format, with no caching. The file
+     * passed to it must be a valid MaxMind DB file such as a GeoIP2 database
+     * file.
      *
      * @param database the MaxMind DB file to use.
      * @param fileMode the mode to open the file with.
      * @throws IOException if there is an error opening or reading from the file.
      */
     public Reader(File database, FileMode fileMode) throws IOException {
-        this(new BufferHolder(database, fileMode), database.getName());
+        this(database, fileMode, NO_CACHE);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a Reader for the MaxMind DB format, with the specified backing
+     * cache. The file passed to it must be a valid MaxMind DB file such as a
+     * GeoIP2 database file.
+     *
+     * @param database the MaxMind DB file to use.
+     * @param fileMode the mode to open the file with.
+     * @param cache backing cache instance
+     * @throws IOException if there is an error opening or reading from the file.
+     */
+    public Reader(File database, FileMode fileMode, NodeCache cache) throws IOException {
+        this(new BufferHolder(database, fileMode), database.getName(), cache);
     }
 
-    private Reader(BufferHolder bufferHolder, String name) throws IOException {
+    private Reader(BufferHolder bufferHolder, String name, NodeCache cache) throws IOException {
         this.bufferHolderReference = new AtomicReference<BufferHolder>(
                 bufferHolder);
 
+        if (cache == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException("Cache cannot be null");
+        }
+        this.cache = cache;
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = bufferHolder.get();
         int start = this.findMetadataStart(buffer, name);
 
-        Decoder metadataDecoder = new Decoder(buffer, start);
+        Decoder metadataDecoder = new Decoder(this.cache, buffer, start);
         this.metadata = new Metadata(metadataDecoder.decode(start).getNode());
 
         this.ipV4Start = this.findIpV4StartNode(buffer);
@@ -200,8 +249,8 @@ private JsonNode resolveDataPointer(ByteBuffer buffer, int pointer)
 
         // We only want the data from the decoder, not the offset where it was
         // found.
-        Decoder decoder = new Decoder(buffer, this.metadata.getSearchTreeSize()
-                + DATA_SECTION_SEPARATOR_SIZE);
+        Decoder decoder = new Decoder(this.cache, buffer,
+                this.metadata.getSearchTreeSize() + DATA_SECTION_SEPARATOR_SIZE);
         return decoder.decode(resolved).getNode();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/maxmind/db/DecoderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/maxmind/db/DecoderTest.java
index 7ce266a7..85554637 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/maxmind/db/DecoderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/maxmind/db/DecoderTest.java
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ public void testArrays() throws IOException {
     private static <T> void testTypeDecoding(Decoder.Type type, Map<T, byte[]> tests)
             throws IOException {
 
+        NodeCache cache = new CHMCache();
+
         for (Map.Entry<T, byte[]> entry : tests.entrySet()) {
             T expect = entry.getKey();
             byte[] input = entry.getValue();
@@ -423,7 +425,7 @@ private static <T> void testTypeDecoding(Decoder.Type type, Map<T, byte[]> tests
             MappedByteBuffer mmap = fc.map(MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, fc.size());
             try {
 
-                Decoder decoder = new Decoder(mmap, 0);
+                Decoder decoder = new Decoder(cache, mmap, 0);
                 decoder.POINTER_TEST_HACK = true;
 
                 // XXX - this could be streamlined
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/maxmind/db/PointerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/maxmind/db/PointerTest.java
index c7ccde33..f1d5d320 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/maxmind/db/PointerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/maxmind/db/PointerTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public void testWithPointers() throws
         File file = new File(PointerTest.class.getResource(
                 "/maxmind-db/test-data/maps-with-pointers.raw").toURI());
         BufferHolder ptf = new BufferHolder(file, FileMode.MEMORY);
-        Decoder decoder = new Decoder(ptf.get(), 0);
+        Decoder decoder = new Decoder(new NoCache(), ptf.get(), 0);
 
         ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();