diff --git a/cache.go b/cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8318c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package validator
+
+import "sync"
+
+type cachedField struct {
+	Idx       int
+	Name      string
+	AltName   string
+	CachedTag *cachedTag
+}
+
+type cachedStruct struct {
+	Name   string
+	fields map[int]cachedField
+}
+
+type structCacheMap struct {
+	lock sync.RWMutex
+	m    map[string]*cachedStruct
+}
+
+func (s *structCacheMap) Get(key string) (*cachedStruct, bool) {
+	s.lock.RLock()
+	value, ok := s.m[key]
+	s.lock.RUnlock()
+	return value, ok
+}
+
+func (s *structCacheMap) Set(key string, value *cachedStruct) {
+	s.lock.Lock()
+	s.m[key] = value
+	s.lock.Unlock()
+}
+
+type cachedTag struct {
+	isOmitEmpty     bool
+	isNoStructLevel bool
+	isStructOnly    bool
+	diveTag         string
+	tags            []*tagVals
+}
+
+type tagVals struct {
+	tagVals [][]string
+	isOrVal bool
+	isAlias bool
+	tag     string
+}
+
+type tagCacheMap struct {
+	lock sync.RWMutex
+	m    map[string]*cachedTag
+}
+
+func (s *tagCacheMap) Get(key string) (*cachedTag, bool) {
+	s.lock.RLock()
+	value, ok := s.m[key]
+	s.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return value, ok
+}
+
+func (s *tagCacheMap) Set(key string, value *cachedTag) {
+	s.lock.Lock()
+	s.m[key] = value
+	s.lock.Unlock()
+}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 10626bc..3a35fa8 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -247,11 +247,62 @@ func panicIf(err error) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (v *Validate) parseStruct(topStruct reflect.Type, sName string) *cachedStruct {
+
+	s := &cachedStruct{Name: sName, fields: map[int]cachedField{}}
+
+	numFields := topStruct.NumField()
+
+	var fld reflect.StructField
+	var tag string
+	var customName string
+
+	for i := 0; i < numFields; i++ {
+
+		fld = topStruct.Field(i)
+
+		if len(fld.PkgPath) != 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		tag = fld.Tag.Get(v.tagName)
+
+		if tag == skipValidationTag {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		customName = fld.Name
+		if len(v.fieldNameTag) != 0 {
+
+			name := strings.SplitN(fld.Tag.Get(v.fieldNameTag), ",", 2)[0]
+
+			// dash check is for json "-" (aka skipValidationTag) means don't output in json
+			if name != "" && name != skipValidationTag {
+				customName = name
+			}
+		}
+
+		cTag, ok := v.tagCache.Get(tag)
+		if !ok {
+			cTag = v.parseTags(tag, fld.Name)
+		}
+
+		s.fields[i] = cachedField{Idx: i, Name: fld.Name, AltName: customName, CachedTag: cTag}
+	}
+
+	v.structCache.Set(sName, s)
+
+	return s
+}
+
 func (v *Validate) parseTags(tag, fieldName string) *cachedTag {
 
 	cTag := &cachedTag{}
 
 	v.parseTagsRecursive(cTag, tag, fieldName, blank, false)
+
+	v.tagCache.Set(tag, cTag)
+
 	return cTag
 }
 
diff --git a/validator.go b/validator.go
index 4347095..0b13bae 100644
--- a/validator.go
+++ b/validator.go
@@ -47,39 +47,6 @@ var (
 	emptyStructPtr = new(struct{})
 )
 
-type cachedTag struct {
-	isOmitEmpty     bool
-	isNoStructLevel bool
-	isStructOnly    bool
-	diveTag         string
-	tags            []*tagVals
-}
-
-type tagVals struct {
-	tagVals [][]string
-	isOrVal bool
-	isAlias bool
-	tag     string
-}
-
-type tagCacheMap struct {
-	lock sync.RWMutex
-	m    map[string]*cachedTag
-}
-
-func (s *tagCacheMap) Get(key string) (*cachedTag, bool) {
-	s.lock.RLock()
-	value, ok := s.m[key]
-	s.lock.RUnlock()
-	return value, ok
-}
-
-func (s *tagCacheMap) Set(key string, value *cachedTag) {
-	s.lock.Lock()
-	s.m[key] = value
-	s.lock.Unlock()
-}
-
 // StructLevel contains all of the information and helper methods
 // for reporting errors during struct level validation
 type StructLevel struct {
@@ -154,7 +121,8 @@ type Validate struct {
 	hasCustomFuncs      bool
 	hasAliasValidators  bool
 	hasStructLevelFuncs bool
-	tagsCache           *tagCacheMap
+	tagCache            *tagCacheMap
+	structCache         *structCacheMap
 	errsPool            *sync.Pool
 }
 
@@ -227,7 +195,8 @@ func New(config *Config) *Validate {
 	v := &Validate{
 		tagName:      config.TagName,
 		fieldNameTag: config.FieldNameTag,
-		tagsCache:    &tagCacheMap{m: map[string]*cachedTag{}},
+		tagCache:     &tagCacheMap{m: map[string]*cachedTag{}},
+		structCache:  &structCacheMap{m: map[string]*cachedStruct{}},
 		errsPool: &sync.Pool{New: func() interface{} {
 			return ValidationErrors{}
 		}}}
@@ -545,11 +514,10 @@ func (v *Validate) traverseField(topStruct reflect.Value, currentStruct reflect.
 		return
 	}
 
-	cTag, isCached := v.tagsCache.Get(tag)
+	cTag, isCached := v.tagCache.Get(tag)
 
 	if !isCached {
 		cTag = v.parseTags(tag, name)
-		v.tagsCache.Set(tag, cTag)
 	}
 
 	current, kind := v.ExtractType(current)