diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95c6c6b03e..cd2cb1c2e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "is-ipfs": "^0.2.1",
     "isstream": "^0.1.2",
     "multiaddr": "^2.0.3",
+    "lru-cache": "^4.0.1",
     "multipart-stream": "^2.0.1",
     "ndjson": "^1.4.3",
     "once": "^1.4.0",
diff --git a/src/api/object.js b/src/api/object.js
index 4841c8330b..1d77bcd74b 100644
--- a/src/api/object.js
+++ b/src/api/object.js
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
 const bs58 = require('bs58')
 const bl = require('bl')
 const cleanMultihash = require('../clean-multihash')
+const LRU = require('lru-cache')
+const lruOptions = {
+  max: 128
+}
+
+const cache = LRU(lruOptions)
 
 module.exports = (send) => {
   const api = {
@@ -15,6 +21,7 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
         callback = options
         options = {}
       }
+
       if (!options) {
         options = {}
       }
@@ -25,6 +32,12 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
         return callback(err)
       }
 
+      const node = cache.get(multihash)
+
+      if (node) {
+        return callback(null, node)
+      }
+
       send({
         path: 'object/get',
         args: multihash
@@ -38,9 +51,12 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
             return new DAGLink(l.Name, l.Size, new Buffer(bs58.decode(l.Hash)))
           }))
 
+        cache.set(multihash, node)
+
         callback(null, node)
       })
     }),
+
     put: promisify((obj, options, callback) => {
       if (typeof options === 'function') {
         callback = options
@@ -122,6 +138,8 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
               return callback(new Error('Stored object was different from constructed object'))
             }
 
+            cache.set(result.Hash, node)
+
             callback(null, node)
           })
         }
@@ -142,6 +160,12 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
         return callback(err)
       }
 
+      const node = cache.get(multihash)
+
+      if (node) {
+        return callback(null, node.data)
+      }
+
       send({
         path: 'object/data',
         args: multihash
@@ -172,6 +196,12 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
         return callback(err)
       }
 
+      const node = cache.get(multihash)
+
+      if (node) {
+        return callback(null, node.links)
+      }
+
       send({
         path: 'object/links',
         args: multihash