diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 67036f4a..0c24b538 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+httpuv 1.5.2.9000
+=================
+
+* Avoid creating a new Rook error stream object for each request. This should improve performance. ([#245](https://github.com/rstudio/httpuv/pull/245))
+
 httpuv 1.5.2
 ============
 
diff --git a/R/httpuv.R b/R/httpuv.R
index ff0f2f90..1eeb2178 100644
--- a/R/httpuv.R
+++ b/R/httpuv.R
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ ErrorStream <- R6Class(
   ),
   cloneable = FALSE
 )
+stdErrStream <- ErrorStream$new()
 
 #' @importFrom promises promise then finally is.promise %...>% %...!%
 rookCall <- function(func, req, data = NULL, dataLength = -1) {
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ rookCall <- function(func, req, data = NULL, dataLength = -1) {
 
     req$rook.input <- inputStream
 
-    req$rook.errors <- ErrorStream$new()
+    req$rook.errors <- stdErrStream
 
     req$httpuv.version <- httpuv_version()