diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Provider/Provider.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/Provider/Provider.tsx
index 99be832c1d..37094fe23a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Provider/Provider.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Provider/Provider.tsx
@@ -37,8 +37,14 @@ export interface ProviderProps extends ChildrenComponentProps {
   target?: Document
   theme?: ThemeInput
   variables?: ComponentVariablesInput
+  unstable_performanceBits?: number
 }
 
+export const PerformanceBitCacheThemeVariables = 0x1 // not implemented yet
+export const PerformanceBitMemoizeFelaStyles = 0x2
+export const PerformanceAllBits =
+  PerformanceBitMemoizeFelaStyles | PerformanceBitCacheThemeVariables
+
 /**
  * The Provider passes the CSS-in-JS renderer, theme styles and other settings to Stardust components.
  */
@@ -76,10 +82,12 @@ class Provider extends React.Component<WithAsProp<ProviderProps>> {
     disableAnimations: PropTypes.bool,
     children: PropTypes.node.isRequired,
     target: PropTypes.object,
+    unstable_performanceBits: PropTypes.number,
   }
 
   static defaultProps = {
     theme: {},
+    unstable_performanceBits: 0,
   }
 
   static Consumer = ProviderConsumer
@@ -153,6 +161,7 @@ class Provider extends React.Component<WithAsProp<ProviderProps>> {
       target,
       theme,
       variables,
+      unstable_performanceBits,
       ...unhandledProps
     } = this.props
     const inputContext: ProviderContextInput = {
@@ -167,6 +176,20 @@ class Provider extends React.Component<WithAsProp<ProviderProps>> {
     // rehydration disabled to avoid leaking styles between renderers
     // https://github.com/rofrischmann/fela/blob/master/docs/api/fela-dom/rehydrate.md
     this.outgoingContext = mergeContexts(incomingContext, inputContext)
+    this.outgoingContext.unstable_performanceBits = unstable_performanceBits
+
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+      console.log(
+        [
+          '@stardust-ui/react: following performance optimizations are turned on:',
+          unstable_performanceBits & PerformanceBitCacheThemeVariables && '- cache theme variables',
+          unstable_performanceBits & PerformanceBitMemoizeFelaStyles &&
+            '- memoize calls to Fela to avoid plugin execution',
+        ]
+          .filter(Boolean)
+          .join('\n'),
+      )
+    }
 
     this.renderStaticStylesOnce(this.outgoingContext.theme)
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/lib/felaRenderer.tsx b/packages/react/src/lib/felaRenderer.tsx
index f267b237e4..71a206f4ce 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/lib/felaRenderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/lib/felaRenderer.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import { callable } from '@stardust-ui/react-bindings'
 import { createRenderer as createFelaRenderer } from 'fela'
 import felaPluginEmbedded from 'fela-plugin-embedded'
 import felaPluginFallbackValue from 'fela-plugin-fallback-value'
 import felaPluginPlaceholderPrefixer from 'fela-plugin-placeholder-prefixer'
 import felaPluginPrefixer from 'fela-plugin-prefixer'
 import felaPluginRtl from 'fela-plugin-rtl'
+import memoize from 'fast-memoize'
 
 import { Renderer } from '../themes/types'
 import felaDisableAnimationsPlugin from './felaDisableAnimationsPlugin'
@@ -77,6 +79,14 @@ const rendererConfig = {
   ],
 }
 
-export const createRenderer = (): Renderer => createFelaRenderer(rendererConfig)
+export const createRenderer = (): Renderer => {
+  const renderer = createFelaRenderer(rendererConfig) as Renderer
+  renderer.unstable_memoizedRenderRule = memoize((styles, direction) => {
+    return renderer.renderRule(callable(styles), {
+      theme: { direction },
+    })
+  })
+  return renderer
+}
 
 export const felaRenderer = createRenderer()
diff --git a/packages/react/src/lib/renderComponent.tsx b/packages/react/src/lib/renderComponent.tsx
index 23a39242af..f675189e1e 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/lib/renderComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/lib/renderComponent.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import createAnimationStyles from './createAnimationStyles'
 import { isEnabled as isDebugEnabled } from './debug/debugEnabled'
 import { DebugData } from './debug/debugData'
 import withDebugId from './withDebugId'
+import { PerformanceBitMemoizeFelaStyles } from '@stardust-ui/react'
 
 export interface RenderResultConfig<P> {
   ElementType: React.ElementType<P>
@@ -166,8 +167,13 @@ const renderComponent = <P extends {}>(
     logProviderMissingWarning()
   }
 
-  const { disableAnimations = false, renderer = null, rtl = false, theme = emptyTheme } =
-    context || {}
+  const {
+    disableAnimations = false,
+    renderer = null,
+    rtl = false,
+    theme = emptyTheme,
+    unstable_performanceBits = 0,
+  } = context || {}
 
   const ElementType = getElementType(props) as React.ReactType<P>
   const stateAndProps = { ...state, ...props }
@@ -230,7 +236,14 @@ const renderComponent = <P extends {}>(
     }
 
     if (renderer) {
-      classes[slotName] = renderer.renderRule(callable(resolvedStyles[slotName]), felaParam)
+      if (unstable_performanceBits & PerformanceBitMemoizeFelaStyles) {
+        classes[slotName] = renderer.unstable_memoizedRenderRule(
+          resolvedStyles[slotName],
+          direction,
+        )
+      } else {
+        classes[slotName] = renderer.renderRule(callable(resolvedStyles[slotName]), felaParam)
+      }
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/themes/types.ts b/packages/react/src/themes/types.ts
index 19b70875ba..bacb40d0f5 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/themes/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/themes/types.ts
@@ -523,7 +523,9 @@ export type ThemeComponentStylesPrepared = {
 } &
   Record<string, ComponentSlotStylesPrepared | undefined>
 
-export interface Renderer extends FelaRenderer {}
+export interface Renderer extends FelaRenderer {
+  unstable_memoizedRenderRule: (styles: Record<string, any>, direction: string) => string
+}
 
 // ========================================================
 // Fonts
diff --git a/packages/react/src/types.ts b/packages/react/src/types.ts
index 3253ae4549..8833c7a548 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/types.ts
@@ -168,4 +168,5 @@ export interface ProviderContextPrepared {
   target: Document
   theme: ThemePrepared
   originalThemes: (ThemeInput | undefined)[]
+  unstable_performanceBits?: number
 }