diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 823e78cf..bade9b4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: Test
         run: cargo test -p stac-extensions
+  test-object-store-cache:
+    name: Test stac-object-store-cache
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: Test
+        run: cargo test -p stac-object-store-cache --all-features
   test-pgstac:
     name: Test pgstac
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a291dd7..bbf1e8a4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/derive",
     "crates/duckdb",
     "crates/extensions",
+    "crates/object-store-cache",
     "crates/pgstac",
     "crates/server",
 ]
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ log = "0.4.22"
 mime = "0.3.17"
 mockito = "1.5"
 object_store = "0.11.0"
+once_cell = "1.20.2"
 openssl = { version = "0.10.68", features = ["vendored"] }
 openssl-src = "=300.4.1" # joinked from https://github.com/iopsystems/rpc-perf/commit/705b290d2105af6f33150da04b217422c6d68701#diff-2e9d962a08321605940b5a657135052fbcef87b5e360662bb527c96d9a615542R41 to cross-compile Python
 parquet = { version = "52.2", default-features = false }
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ stac-api = { version = "0.6.2", path = "crates/api" }
 stac-derive = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/derive" }
 stac-duckdb = { version = "0.0.3", path = "crates/duckdb" }
 stac-server = { version = "0.3.2", path = "crates/server" }
+stac-object-store-cache = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/object-store-cache" }
 syn = "2.0"
 tempfile = "3.13"
 thiserror = "2.0"
diff --git a/crates/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
index acf643bb..ff479e1b 100644
--- a/crates/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ geoparquet-compression = [
     "parquet/lz4",
     "parquet/zstd",
 ]
-object-store = ["dep:object_store", "dep:tokio"]
+object-store = ["dep:object_store", "dep:tokio", "dep:stac-object-store-cache"]
 object-store-aws = ["object-store", "object_store/aws"]
 object-store-azure = ["object-store", "object_store/azure"]
 object-store-gcp = ["object-store", "object_store/gcp"]
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["json", "blocking"], optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, features = ["preserve_order"] }
 stac-derive.workspace = true
+stac-object-store-cache = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/core/src/error.rs b/crates/core/src/error.rs
index e597618f..633db317 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/error.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("json value is not an object")]
     NotAnObject(serde_json::Value),
 
+    /// [stac-object-store-cache::Error]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[cfg(feature = "object-store")]
+    ObjectStoreCache(#[from] stac_object_store_cache::Error),
+
     /// [object_store::Error]
     #[error(transparent)]
     #[cfg(feature = "object-store")]
diff --git a/crates/core/src/format.rs b/crates/core/src/format.rs
index 9c3ff4b8..87703d88 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/format.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/format.rs
@@ -156,9 +156,8 @@ impl Format {
         let href = href.into();
         match href.realize() {
             RealizedHref::Url(url) => {
-                use object_store::ObjectStore;
-
-                let (object_store, path) = object_store::parse_url_opts(&url, options)?;
+                let (object_store, path) =
+                    stac_object_store_cache::parse_url_opts(&url, options).await?;
                 let get_result = object_store.get(&path).await?;
                 let mut value: T = self.from_bytes(get_result.bytes().await?)?;
                 *value.self_href_mut() = Some(Href::Url(url));
@@ -237,9 +236,8 @@ impl Format {
     {
         let href = href.to_string();
         if let Ok(url) = url::Url::parse(&href) {
-            use object_store::ObjectStore;
-
-            let (object_store, path) = object_store::parse_url_opts(&url, options)?;
+            let (object_store, path) =
+                stac_object_store_cache::parse_url_opts(&url, options).await?;
             let bytes = self.into_vec(value)?;
             let put_result = object_store.put(&path, bytes.into()).await?;
             Ok(Some(put_result))
diff --git a/crates/object-store-cache/Cargo.toml b/crates/object-store-cache/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ef4816e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/object-store-cache/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+[package]
+name = "stac-object-store-cache"
+description = "Create and cache object stores based on url in stac."
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+categories.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+
+[features]
+object-store-aws = ["object_store/aws"]
+object-store-azure = ["object_store/azure"]
+object-store-gcp = ["object_store/gcp"]
+object-store-http = ["object_store/http"]
+object-store-all = [
+    "object-store-aws",
+    "object-store-azure",
+    "object-store-gcp",
+    "object-store-http",
+]
+
+
+[dependencies]
+object_store = { workspace = true }
+once_cell = { workspace = true }
+thiserror.workspace = true
+tokio = { workspace = true }
+url = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
+tokio-test.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/object-store-cache/README.md b/crates/object-store-cache/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/crates/object-store-cache/src/cache.rs b/crates/object-store-cache/src/cache.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e836ccca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/object-store-cache/src/cache.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
+
+use crate::{Error, Result};
+
+use object_store::{local::LocalFileSystem, path::Path, DynObjectStore, ObjectStoreScheme};
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+use url::Url;
+
+// To avoid memory leaks, we clear the cache when it grows too big.
+// The value does not have any meaning, other than polars use the same.
+const CACHE_SIZE: usize = 8;
+
+static OBJECT_STORE_CACHE: Lazy<RwLock<HashMap<ObjectStoreIdentifier, Arc<DynObjectStore>>>> =
+    Lazy::new(Default::default);
+
+/// Parameter set to identify and cache an object store
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Debug)]
+struct ObjectStoreIdentifier {
+    /// A base url to the bucket.
+    base_url: Url,
+
+    /// Object Store options
+    options: Vec<(String, String)>,
+}
+
+impl ObjectStoreIdentifier {
+    fn new<I, K, V>(base_url: Url, options: I) -> Self
+    where
+        I: IntoIterator<Item = (K, V)>,
+        K: AsRef<str>,
+        V: Into<String>,
+    {
+        Self {
+            base_url,
+            options: options
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(k, v)| (k.as_ref().into(), v.into()))
+                .collect(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_options(&self) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+        self.options.to_owned()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(
+    feature = "object-store-aws",
+    feature = "object-store-gcp",
+    feature = "object-store-azure"
+))]
+macro_rules! builder_env_opts {
+    ($builder:ty, $url:expr, $options:expr) => {{
+        let builder = $options.into_iter().fold(
+            <$builder>::from_env().with_url($url.to_string()),
+            |builder, (key, value)| match key.as_ref().parse() {
+                Ok(k) => builder.with_config(k, value),
+                Err(_) => builder,
+            },
+        );
+        Arc::new(builder.build()?)
+    }};
+}
+
+/// This was yanked from [object_store::parse_url_opts] with the following changes:
+///
+/// - Build [object_store::ObjectStore] with environment variables
+/// - Return [Arc] instead of [Box]
+#[cfg_attr(
+    not(any(
+        feature = "object-store-aws",
+        feature = "object-store-gcp",
+        feature = "object-store-azure",
+        feature = "object-store-http"
+    )),
+    allow(unused_variables)
+)]
+fn create_object_store<I, K, V>(
+    scheme: ObjectStoreScheme,
+    url: &Url,
+    options: I,
+) -> Result<Arc<DynObjectStore>>
+where
+    I: IntoIterator<Item = (K, V)>,
+    K: AsRef<str>,
+    V: Into<String>,
+{
+    let store: Arc<DynObjectStore> = match scheme {
+        ObjectStoreScheme::Local => Arc::new(LocalFileSystem::new()),
+        #[cfg(feature = "object-store-aws")]
+        ObjectStoreScheme::AmazonS3 => {
+            builder_env_opts!(object_store::aws::AmazonS3Builder, url, options)
+        }
+        #[cfg(feature = "object-store-gcp")]
+        ObjectStoreScheme::GoogleCloudStorage => {
+            builder_env_opts!(object_store::gcp::GoogleCloudStorageBuilder, url, options)
+        }
+        #[cfg(feature = "object-store-azure")]
+        ObjectStoreScheme::MicrosoftAzure => {
+            builder_env_opts!(object_store::azure::MicrosoftAzureBuilder, url, options)
+        }
+        #[cfg(feature = "object-store-http")]
+        ObjectStoreScheme::Http => {
+            let url = &url[..url::Position::BeforePath];
+            let builder = options.into_iter().fold(
+                object_store::http::HttpBuilder::new().with_url(url.to_string()),
+                |builder, (key, value)| match key.as_ref().parse() {
+                    Ok(k) => builder.with_config(k, value),
+                    Err(_) => builder,
+                },
+            );
+            Arc::new(builder.build()?)
+        }
+        s => return Err(Error::ObjectStoreCreate { scheme: s }),
+    };
+    Ok(store)
+}
+
+/// Drop-in replacement for [object_store::parse_url_opts] with caching and env vars.
+///
+/// It will create or retrieve object store based on passed `url` and `options`.
+/// Keeps global cache
+pub async fn parse_url_opts<I, K, V>(
+    url: &Url,
+    options: I,
+) -> crate::Result<(Arc<DynObjectStore>, Path)>
+where
+    I: IntoIterator<Item = (K, V)>,
+    K: AsRef<str>,
+    V: Into<String>,
+{
+    let (scheme, path) = ObjectStoreScheme::parse(url).map_err(object_store::Error::from)?;
+
+    let base_url = url
+        .as_ref()
+        .strip_suffix(path.as_ref())
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+        .try_into()?;
+
+    let object_store_id = ObjectStoreIdentifier::new(base_url, options);
+    let options = object_store_id.get_options();
+
+    {
+        let cache = OBJECT_STORE_CACHE.read().await;
+        if let Some(store) = (*cache).get(&object_store_id) {
+            return Ok((store.clone(), path));
+        }
+    }
+    let store = create_object_store(scheme, url, options)?;
+    {
+        let mut cache = OBJECT_STORE_CACHE.write().await;
+
+        if cache.len() >= CACHE_SIZE {
+            (*cache).clear()
+        }
+        _ = (*cache).insert(object_store_id, store.clone());
+    }
+
+    Ok((store.clone(), path))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use url::Url;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn file_different_path() {
+        let options: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
+
+        let url = Url::parse("file:///some/path").unwrap();
+        let (store, path) = parse_url_opts(&url, options.clone()).await.unwrap();
+
+        let url2 = Url::parse("file:///other/path").unwrap();
+        let (store2, _) = parse_url_opts(&url2, options.clone()).await.unwrap();
+
+        {
+            let cache = OBJECT_STORE_CACHE.read().await;
+            println!("{cache:#?}")
+        }
+
+        assert!(Arc::ptr_eq(&store, &store2));
+        assert!(std::ptr::addr_eq(Arc::as_ptr(&store), Arc::as_ptr(&store2)));
+        assert_eq!(path.as_ref(), "some/path");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn file_different_options() {
+        let options: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
+
+        let url = Url::parse("file:///some/path").unwrap();
+        let (store, _) = parse_url_opts(&url, options).await.unwrap();
+
+        let options2: Vec<(String, String)> = vec![(String::from("some"), String::from("option"))];
+        let url2 = Url::parse("file:///some/path").unwrap();
+        let (store2, _) = parse_url_opts(&url2, options2).await.unwrap();
+
+        assert!(!Arc::ptr_eq(&store, &store2));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "object-store-aws")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn cache_works() {
+        let url = Url::parse("s3://bucket/item").unwrap();
+        let options: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
+
+        let (store1, path) = parse_url_opts(&url, options.clone()).await.unwrap();
+
+        let url2 = Url::parse("s3://bucket/item2").unwrap();
+        let (store2, _path) = parse_url_opts(&url2, options.clone()).await.unwrap();
+
+        assert!(Arc::ptr_eq(&store1, &store2));
+        assert_eq!(path.as_ref(), "item");
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "object-store-aws")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn different_options() {
+        let url = Url::parse("s3://bucket/item").unwrap();
+        let options: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
+
+        let (store, _path) = parse_url_opts(&url, options).await.unwrap();
+
+        let url2 = Url::parse("s3://bucket/item2").unwrap();
+        let options2: Vec<(String, String)> = vec![(String::from("some"), String::from("option"))];
+        let (store2, _path) = parse_url_opts(&url2, options2).await.unwrap();
+
+        assert!(!Arc::ptr_eq(&store, &store2));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "object-store-aws")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn different_urls() {
+        let url = Url::parse("s3://bucket/item").unwrap();
+        let options: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
+
+        let (store, _path) = parse_url_opts(&url, options.clone()).await.unwrap();
+
+        let url2 = Url::parse("s3://other-bucket/item").unwrap();
+        // let options2: Vec<(String, String)> = vec![(String::from("some"), String::from("option"))];
+        let (store2, _path) = parse_url_opts(&url2, options).await.unwrap();
+
+        assert!(!Arc::ptr_eq(&store, &store2));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/object-store-cache/src/error.rs b/crates/object-store-cache/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4a90ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/object-store-cache/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use object_store::ObjectStoreScheme;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+/// Error enum for crate-specific errors.
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("Failed to create object_store for {scheme:?}. Check if required feature is enabled.")]
+    ObjectStoreCreate {
+        /// feature
+        scheme: ObjectStoreScheme,
+    },
+
+    /// [url::ParseError]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    UrlParse(#[from] url::ParseError),
+
+    /// [object_store::Error]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    ObjectStore(#[from] object_store::Error),
+
+    /// [object_store::path::Error]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    ObjectStorePath(#[from] object_store::path::Error),
+}
diff --git a/crates/object-store-cache/src/lib.rs b/crates/object-store-cache/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebe3c379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/object-store-cache/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//! Work with [ObjectStore](object_store::ObjectStore) in STAC.
+//!
+//! Features:
+//!  - cache used objects_stores based on url and options
+//!  - read cloud creadentials from env
+//!
+
+mod cache;
+mod error;
+
+pub use cache::parse_url_opts;
+
+pub use error::Error;
+
+/// Custom [Result](std::result::Result) type for this crate.
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;