diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index 679a02e2..eee3d35d 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * @template T
+ * @param {T} fn
+ * @returns {T}
+ */
+function memoize(fn) {
+	const cache = new Map();
+	return (arg) => {
+		let res = cache.get(arg);
+		if (!res) {
+			res = fn(arg);
+			cache.set(arg, res);
+		}
+		return res;
+	};
+}
+
 // DOM properties that should NOT have "px" added when numeric
 export const IS_NON_DIMENSIONAL = /acit|ex(?:s|g|n|p|$)|rph|grid|ows|mnc|ntw|ine[ch]|zoo|^ord|^--/i;
 
@@ -9,10 +26,15 @@ const tagsToReplace = {
 	'"': '"'
 };
 const replaceTag = (tag) => tagsToReplace[tag] || tag;
-export function encodeEntities(s) {
+
+/**
+ * @param {any} s
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+export const encodeEntities = memoize((s) => {
 	if (typeof s !== 'string') s = String(s);
 	return s.replace(HTML_ENTITY_REG, replaceTag);
-}
+});
 
 export let indent = (s, char) =>
 	String(s).replace(/(\n+)/g, '$1' + (char || '\t'));