diff --git a/src/index.rs b/src/index.rs
index b0e17ddf..65323444 100644
--- a/src/index.rs
+++ b/src/index.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ use crate::{
 	table::{key::TableKey, SIZE_TIERS_BITS},
 	Key,
 };
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86")]
+use std::arch::x86::*;
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+use std::arch::x86_64::*;
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 
 // Index chunk consists of 8 64-bit entries.
@@ -231,8 +235,63 @@ impl IndexTable {
 		Ok(try_io!(Ok(&map[offset..offset + CHUNK_LEN])))
 	}
 
-	#[inline(never)]
 	fn find_entry(&self, key_prefix: u64, sub_index: usize, chunk: &[u8]) -> (Entry, usize) {
+		#[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+		if is_x86_feature_detected!("sse2") {
+			return self.find_entry_sse2(key_prefix, sub_index, chunk);
+		}
+		self.find_entry_regular(key_prefix, sub_index, chunk)
+	}
+
+	#[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+	fn find_entry_sse2(&self, key_prefix: u64, sub_index: usize, chunk: &[u8]) -> (Entry, usize) {
+		debug_assert!(
+			(CHUNK_ENTRIES - sub_index) % 4 == 0,
+			"SSE2 find entry only works on number of entities dividable by 4"
+		);
+
+		unsafe {
+			let partial_key = Entry::extract_key(key_prefix, self.id.index_bits());
+			let target = _mm_set1_epi32(partial_key as i32);
+			let shift = Entry::address_bits(self.id.index_bits());
+			let mut i = sub_index;
+			while i + 4 <= CHUNK_ENTRIES {
+				// We load the value two by two and do the same shift as for the partial_key
+				// before moving the values into the low part of the register
+				let first_two = _mm_shuffle_epi32::<0b11011000>(_mm_srl_epi64(
+					_mm_loadu_si128(chunk[i * 8..].as_ptr() as *const __m128i),
+					_mm_set_epi64x(0, shift.into()),
+				));
+				let last_two = _mm_shuffle_epi32::<0b11011000>(_mm_srl_epi64(
+					_mm_loadu_si128(chunk[(i + 2) * 8..].as_ptr() as *const __m128i),
+					_mm_set_epi64x(0, shift.into()),
+				));
+				// We set into current the low parts of first_two and last_two
+				// in the interleaved order
+				let current = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(first_two, last_two);
+				let cmp = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_cmpeq_epi32(current, target));
+				if cmp != 0 {
+					// We found a match, let's validate it
+					for i in i..(i + 4) {
+						let entry = Self::read_entry(chunk, i);
+						if entry.partial_key(self.id.index_bits()) == partial_key {
+							return (entry, i)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				i += 4;
+			}
+		}
+		(Entry::empty(), 0)
+	}
+
+	#[inline(never)]
+	fn find_entry_regular(
+		&self,
+		key_prefix: u64,
+		sub_index: usize,
+		chunk: &[u8],
+	) -> (Entry, usize) {
 		let partial_key = Entry::extract_key(key_prefix, self.id.index_bits());
 		for i in sub_index..CHUNK_ENTRIES {
 			let entry = Self::read_entry(chunk, i);