diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/ModelLoader.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/ModelLoader.java
index e11baaf1c5..3b4aceabd8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/ModelLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/ModelLoader.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
@@ -103,8 +104,12 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
+import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
 import com.google.common.collect.HashMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -512,7 +517,12 @@ public final class ModelLoader extends ModelBakery
             return builder.build();
         }
 
-        public IBakedModel bake(IModelState state, final VertexFormat format, Function<ResourceLocation, TextureAtlasSprite> bakedTextureGetter)
+        public IBakedModel bake(IModelState state, VertexFormat format, Function<ResourceLocation, TextureAtlasSprite> bakedTextureGetter)
+        {
+            return VanillaLoader.INSTANCE.modelCache.getUnchecked(new BakedModelCacheKey(this, state, format, bakedTextureGetter));
+        }
+
+        public IBakedModel bakeImpl(IModelState state, final VertexFormat format, Function<ResourceLocation, TextureAtlasSprite> bakedTextureGetter)
         {
             if(!Attributes.moreSpecific(format, Attributes.DEFAULT_BAKED_FORMAT))
             {
@@ -829,11 +839,55 @@ public final class ModelLoader extends ModelBakery
         return missingModel;
     }
 
+    protected final class BakedModelCacheKey
+    {
+        private final VanillaModelWrapper model;
+        private final IModelState state;
+        private final VertexFormat format;
+        private final Function<ResourceLocation, TextureAtlasSprite> bakedTextureGetter;
+
+        public BakedModelCacheKey(VanillaModelWrapper model, IModelState state, VertexFormat format, Function<ResourceLocation, TextureAtlasSprite> bakedTextureGetter)
+        {
+            this.model = model;
+            this.state = state;
+            this.format = format;
+            this.bakedTextureGetter = bakedTextureGetter;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o)
+        {
+            if (this == o)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass())
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            BakedModelCacheKey that = (BakedModelCacheKey) o;
+            return Objects.equal(model, that.model) && Objects.equal(state, that.state) && Objects.equal(format, that.format) && Objects.equal(bakedTextureGetter, that.bakedTextureGetter);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode()
+        {
+            return Objects.hashCode(model, state, format, bakedTextureGetter);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected static enum VanillaLoader implements ICustomModelLoader
     {
         INSTANCE;
 
         private ModelLoader loader;
+        private LoadingCache<BakedModelCacheKey, IBakedModel> modelCache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().maximumSize(50).expireAfterWrite(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).build(new CacheLoader<BakedModelCacheKey, IBakedModel>() {
+            @Override
+            public IBakedModel load(BakedModelCacheKey key) throws Exception
+            {
+                return key.model.bakeImpl(key.state, key.format, key.bakedTextureGetter);
+            }
+        });
 
         void setLoader(ModelLoader loader)
         {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/ModelStateComposition.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/ModelStateComposition.java
index 31e0ca6b57..3d1d6c2210 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/ModelStateComposition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/ModelStateComposition.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package net.minecraftforge.client.model;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.model.IModelPart;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.model.IModelState;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.model.TRSRTransformation;
@@ -45,4 +46,25 @@ public class ModelStateComposition implements IModelState
         }
         return f.or(s);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o)
+    {
+        if (this == o)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        ModelStateComposition that = (ModelStateComposition) o;
+        return Objects.equal(first, that.first) && Objects.equal(second, that.second);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+        return Objects.hashCode(first, second);
+    }
 }