diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index d0562feff..77f8ec5f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 2.1.14 (unreleased)
 -------------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Improve performance of json schema serialization
+  [vangheem]
 
 
 2.1.13 (2017-11-29)
diff --git a/guillotina/json/serialize_schema.py b/guillotina/json/serialize_schema.py
index fa452d9f1..6c6ac6ecb 100644
--- a/guillotina/json/serialize_schema.py
+++ b/guillotina/json/serialize_schema.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from guillotina.interfaces import IRequest
 from guillotina.interfaces import ISchemaFieldSerializeToJson
 from guillotina.interfaces import ISchemaSerializeToJson
+from guillotina.profile import profilable
 from guillotina.schema import getFieldsInOrder
 from zope.interface import Interface
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ def __init__(self, factory, request):
         self.factory = factory
         self.request = request
 
+    @profilable
     async def __call__(self):
         factory = self.factory
         result = {
diff --git a/guillotina/json/serialize_schema_field.py b/guillotina/json/serialize_schema_field.py
index 7cda7b179..bcb44f377 100644
--- a/guillotina/json/serialize_schema_field.py
+++ b/guillotina/json/serialize_schema_field.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from guillotina.interfaces import ISchemaFieldSerializeToJson
 from guillotina.interfaces import ISchemaSerializeToJson
 from guillotina.json.serialize_value import json_compatible
+from guillotina.profile import profilable
 from guillotina.schema import getFields
 from guillotina.schema.interfaces import IBool
 from guillotina.schema.interfaces import IChoice
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
 from zope.interface import Interface
 
 
+FIELDS_CACHE = {}
+
+
 @configure.adapter(
     for_=(IField, Interface, Interface),
     provides=ISchemaFieldSerializeToJson)
@@ -49,14 +53,20 @@ def __init__(self, field, schema, request):
         self.field = field
         self.schema = schema
         self.request = request
-        self.field_attributes = {}
 
+    @profilable
     async def __call__(self):
         result = {'type': self.field_type}
-        for schema in implementedBy(self.field.__class__).flattened():
-            self.field_attributes.update(getFields(schema))
-        for attribute_name in sorted(self.field_attributes.keys()):
-            attribute_field = self.field_attributes[attribute_name]
+        # caching the field_attributes here improves performance dramatically
+        if self.field.__class__ in FIELDS_CACHE:
+            field_attributes = FIELDS_CACHE[self.field.__class__].copy()
+        else:
+            field_attributes = {}
+            for schema in implementedBy(self.field.__class__).flattened():
+                field_attributes.update(getFields(schema))
+            FIELDS_CACHE[self.field.__class__] = field_attributes
+        for attribute_name in sorted(field_attributes.keys()):
+            attribute_field = field_attributes[attribute_name]
             if attribute_name in self.filtered_attributes:
                 continue