diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/scorer.ts b/src/vs/base/common/scorer.ts
index 1c6435fddbd856735e3c839643fa8bd36dd6d937..998e63bc671e0b44be9d638ed37fa403930b5b11 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/scorer.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/scorer.ts
@@ -31,13 +31,18 @@
  * Start of word/path bonus: 7
  * Start of string bonus: 8
  */
-export function score(target: string, query: string): number {
+export function score(target: string, query: string, cache?: {[id: string]: number}): number {
 	let score = 0;
 
 	if (!target || !query) {
 		return score; // return early if target or query are undefined
 	}
 
+	const cached = cache && cache[target + query];
+	if (typeof cached === 'number') {
+		return cached;
+	}
+
 	const queryLen = query.length;
 	const targetLower = target.toLowerCase();
 	const queryLower = query.toLowerCase();
@@ -77,6 +82,10 @@ export function score(target: string, query: string): number {
 		index++;
 	}
 
+	if (cache) {
+		cache[target + query] = score;
+	}
+
 	return score;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/common/scorer.test.ts b/src/vs/base/test/common/scorer.test.ts
index 6de190abcbaeca9228396b698556860cdfbd8598..1340aec2eda2d5018299f5f81c0eca7e4d4c9f5b 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/common/scorer.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/common/scorer.test.ts
@@ -32,4 +32,12 @@ suite('Scorer', () => {
 		let sortedScores = scores.sort();
 		assert.deepEqual(scores.reverse(), sortedScores);
 	});
+
+	test("cache", function() {
+		const cache = Object.create(null);
+
+		scorer.score('target', 'query', cache);
+
+		assert.ok(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(cache).length > 0);
+	});
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openAnythingHandler.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openAnythingHandler.ts
index 51916d63169a181aa1d41d87ad5362ce24f74a5b..a44938128f9b8e36a6f4d79173cd00565640876f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openAnythingHandler.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openAnythingHandler.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export class OpenAnythingHandler extends QuickOpenHandler {
 	private delayer: ThrottledDelayer<QuickOpenModel>;
 	private pendingSearch: TPromise<QuickOpenModel>;
 	private isClosed: boolean;
+	private scorerCache: {[key: string]: number};
 	private fuzzyMatchingEnabled: boolean;
 	private configurationListenerUnbind: ListenerUnbind;
 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export class OpenAnythingHandler extends QuickOpenHandler {
 		this.openFileHandler.setStandalone(false);
 
 		this.resultsToSearchCache = Object.create(null);
+		this.scorerCache = Object.create(null);
 		this.delayer = new ThrottledDelayer<QuickOpenModel>(OpenAnythingHandler.SEARCH_DELAY);
 
 		this.updateFuzzyMatching(contextService.getOptions().globalSettings.settings);
@@ -293,15 +295,15 @@ export class OpenAnythingHandler extends QuickOpenHandler {
 
 		// Fuzzy scoring is special
 		if (enableFuzzyScoring) {
-			const labelAScore = scorer.score(elementA.getLabel(), lookFor);
-			const labelBScore = scorer.score(elementB.getLabel(), lookFor);
+			const labelAScore = scorer.score(elementA.getLabel(), lookFor, this.scorerCache);
+			const labelBScore = scorer.score(elementB.getLabel(), lookFor, this.scorerCache);
 
 			if (labelAScore !== labelBScore) {
 				return labelAScore > labelBScore ? -1 : 1;
 			}
 
-			const descriptionAScore = scorer.score(elementA.getDescription(), lookFor);
-			const descriptionBScore = scorer.score(elementB.getDescription(), lookFor);
+			const descriptionAScore = scorer.score(elementA.getDescription(), lookFor, this.scorerCache);
+			const descriptionBScore = scorer.score(elementB.getDescription(), lookFor, this.scorerCache);
 
 			if (descriptionAScore !== descriptionBScore) {
 				return descriptionAScore > descriptionBScore ? -1 : 1;
@@ -329,6 +331,7 @@ export class OpenAnythingHandler extends QuickOpenHandler {
 
 		// Clear Cache
 		this.resultsToSearchCache = Object.create(null);
+		this.scorerCache = Object.create(null);
 
 		// Propagate
 		this.openSymbolHandler.onClose(canceled);