diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 39bfebf3a..c022200bb 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@
     "phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules": "2.0.4",
     "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5 || ^10.5.21 || ^11",
     "psr/http-message": "^1 || ^2",
+    "psr/simple-cache": "^1.0",
     "react/http": "^1.6",
     "react/promise": "^2.0 || ^3.0",
     "rector/rector": "^2.0",
+    "symfony/cache": "^5.4",
     "symfony/polyfill-php81": "^1.23",
     "symfony/var-exporter": "^5 || ^6 || ^7",
     "thecodingmachine/safe": "^1.3 || ^2 || ^3"
diff --git a/docs/class-reference.md b/docs/class-reference.md
index 5b79dba4e..3fd6e1434 100644
--- a/docs/class-reference.md
+++ b/docs/class-reference.md
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ static function executeQuery(
     ?array $variableValues = null,
     ?string $operationName = null,
     ?callable $fieldResolver = null,
-    ?array $validationRules = null
+    ?array $validationRules = null,
+    ?GraphQL\Validator\ValidationCache $cache = null
 ): GraphQL\Executor\ExecutionResult
 ```
 
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ static function promiseToExecute(
     ?array $variableValues = null,
     ?string $operationName = null,
     ?callable $fieldResolver = null,
-    ?array $validationRules = null
+    ?array $validationRules = null,
+    ?GraphQL\Validator\ValidationCache $cache = null
 ): GraphQL\Executor\Promise\Promise
 ```
 
@@ -1811,7 +1813,8 @@ static function validate(
     GraphQL\Type\Schema $schema,
     GraphQL\Language\AST\DocumentNode $ast,
     ?array $rules = null,
-    ?GraphQL\Utils\TypeInfo $typeInfo = null
+    ?GraphQL\Utils\TypeInfo $typeInfo = null,
+    ?GraphQL\Validator\ValidationCache $cache = null
 ): array
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/GraphQL.php b/src/GraphQL.php
index 919b09dec..80e65803e 100644
--- a/src/GraphQL.php
+++ b/src/GraphQL.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use GraphQL\Validator\DocumentValidator;
 use GraphQL\Validator\Rules\QueryComplexity;
 use GraphQL\Validator\Rules\ValidationRule;
+use GraphQL\Validator\ValidationCache;
 
 /**
  * This is the primary facade for fulfilling GraphQL operations.
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ public static function executeQuery(
         ?array $variableValues = null,
         ?string $operationName = null,
         ?callable $fieldResolver = null,
-        ?array $validationRules = null
+        ?array $validationRules = null,
+        ?ValidationCache $cache = null
     ): ExecutionResult {
         $promiseAdapter = new SyncPromiseAdapter();
 
@@ -103,7 +105,8 @@ public static function executeQuery(
             $variableValues,
             $operationName,
             $fieldResolver,
-            $validationRules
+            $validationRules,
+            $cache
         );
 
         return $promiseAdapter->wait($promise);
@@ -132,7 +135,8 @@ public static function promiseToExecute(
         ?array $variableValues = null,
         ?string $operationName = null,
         ?callable $fieldResolver = null,
-        ?array $validationRules = null
+        ?array $validationRules = null,
+        ?ValidationCache $cache = null
     ): Promise {
         try {
             $documentNode = $source instanceof DocumentNode
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ public static function promiseToExecute(
                 }
             }
 
-            $validationErrors = DocumentValidator::validate($schema, $documentNode, $validationRules);
+            $validationErrors = DocumentValidator::validate($schema, $documentNode, $validationRules, null, $cache);
 
             if ($validationErrors !== []) {
                 return $promiseAdapter->createFulfilled(
diff --git a/src/Validator/DocumentValidator.php b/src/Validator/DocumentValidator.php
index 0c4eb498f..50037d58a 100644
--- a/src/Validator/DocumentValidator.php
+++ b/src/Validator/DocumentValidator.php
@@ -99,16 +99,22 @@ public static function validate(
         Schema $schema,
         DocumentNode $ast,
         ?array $rules = null,
-        ?TypeInfo $typeInfo = null
+        ?TypeInfo $typeInfo = null,
+        ?ValidationCache $cache = null
     ): array {
-        $rules ??= static::allRules();
+        if (isset($cache)) {
+            $cached = $cache->isValidated($schema, $ast);
+            if ($cached) {
+                return [];
+            }
+        }
 
+        $rules ??= static::allRules();
         if ($rules === []) {
             return [];
         }
 
         $typeInfo ??= new TypeInfo($schema);
-
         $context = new QueryValidationContext($schema, $ast, $typeInfo);
 
         $visitors = [];
@@ -124,7 +130,14 @@ public static function validate(
             )
         );
 
-        return $context->getErrors();
+        $errors = $context->getErrors();
+
+        // Only cache clean results
+        if (isset($cache) && count($errors) === 0) {
+            $cache->markValidated($schema, $ast);
+        }
+
+        return $errors;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Validator/ValidationCache.php b/src/Validator/ValidationCache.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..755679b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Validator/ValidationCache.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace GraphQL\Validator;
+
+use GraphQL\GraphQL;
+use GraphQL\Language\AST\DocumentNode;
+use GraphQL\Type\Schema;
+
+/**
+ * Implement this interface and pass an instance to GraphQL::executeQuery to cache validation of ASTs. The details
+ * of how to compute any keys (or whether to validate at all) are left up to you.
+ */
+interface ValidationCache
+{
+    /**
+     * Return true if the given schema + AST pair has previously been validated successfully.
+     * Only successful validations are cached. A return value of false means the pair is either unknown or has not been validated yet.
+     */
+    public function isValidated(Schema $schema, DocumentNode $ast): bool;
+
+    /** Cache validation status for this schema/query. */
+    public function markValidated(Schema $schema, DocumentNode $ast): void;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Executor/ValidationWithCacheTest.php b/tests/Executor/ValidationWithCacheTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86eafc809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Executor/ValidationWithCacheTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace GraphQL\Tests\Executor;
+
+use DMS\PHPUnitExtensions\ArraySubset\ArraySubsetAsserts;
+use GraphQL\Deferred;
+use GraphQL\GraphQL;
+use GraphQL\Language\AST\DocumentNode;
+use GraphQL\Tests\Executor\TestClasses\Cat;
+use GraphQL\Tests\Executor\TestClasses\Dog;
+use GraphQL\Tests\PsrValidationCacheAdapter;
+use GraphQL\Type\Definition\InterfaceType;
+use GraphQL\Type\Definition\ObjectType;
+use GraphQL\Type\Definition\Type;
+use GraphQL\Type\Schema;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\ArrayAdapter;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Psr16Cache;
+
+final class SpyValidationCacheAdapter extends PsrValidationCacheAdapter
+{
+    public int $isValidatedCalls = 0;
+
+    public int $markValidatedCalls = 0;
+
+    public function isValidated(Schema $schema, DocumentNode $ast): bool
+    {
+        ++$this->isValidatedCalls;
+
+        return parent::isValidated($schema, $ast);
+    }
+
+    public function markValidated(Schema $schema, DocumentNode $ast): void
+    {
+        ++$this->markValidatedCalls;
+        parent::markValidated($schema, $ast);
+    }
+}
+
+final class ValidationWithCacheTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use ArraySubsetAsserts;
+
+    public function testIsValidationCachedWithAdapter(): void
+    {
+        $cache = new SpyValidationCacheAdapter(new Psr16Cache(new ArrayAdapter()));
+        $petType = new InterfaceType([
+            'name' => 'Pet',
+            'fields' => [
+                'name' => ['type' => Type::string()],
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+        $DogType = new ObjectType([
+            'name' => 'Dog',
+            'interfaces' => [$petType],
+            'isTypeOf' => static fn ($obj): Deferred => new Deferred(static fn (): bool => $obj instanceof Dog),
+            'fields' => [
+                'name' => ['type' => Type::string()],
+                'woofs' => ['type' => Type::boolean()],
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+        $CatType = new ObjectType([
+            'name' => 'Cat',
+            'interfaces' => [$petType],
+            'isTypeOf' => static fn ($obj): Deferred => new Deferred(static fn (): bool => $obj instanceof Cat),
+            'fields' => [
+                'name' => ['type' => Type::string()],
+                'meows' => ['type' => Type::boolean()],
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+        $schema = new Schema([
+            'query' => new ObjectType([
+                'name' => 'Query',
+                'fields' => [
+                    'pets' => [
+                        'type' => Type::listOf($petType),
+                        'resolve' => static fn (): array => [
+                            new Dog('Odie', true),
+                            new Cat('Garfield', false),
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ]),
+            'types' => [$CatType, $DogType],
+        ]);
+
+        $query = '{
+          pets {
+            name
+            ... on Dog {
+              woofs
+            }
+            ... on Cat {
+              meows
+            }
+          }
+        }';
+
+        // make the same call twice in a row. We'll then inspect the cache object to count calls
+        GraphQL::executeQuery($schema, $query, null, null, null, null, null, null, $cache)->toArray();
+        $result = GraphQL::executeQuery($schema, $query, null, null, null, null, null, null, $cache)->toArray();
+
+        // ✅ Assert that validation only happened once
+        self::assertEquals(2, $cache->isValidatedCalls, 'Should check cache twice');
+        self::assertEquals(1, $cache->markValidatedCalls, 'Should mark as validated once');
+
+        $expected = [
+            'data' => [
+                'pets' => [
+                    ['name' => 'Odie', 'woofs' => true],
+                    ['name' => 'Garfield', 'meows' => false],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        self::assertEquals($expected, $result);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/PsrValidationCacheAdapter.php b/tests/PsrValidationCacheAdapter.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d03e19794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PsrValidationCacheAdapter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace GraphQL\Tests;
+
+use GraphQL\Language\AST\DocumentNode;
+use GraphQL\Type\Schema;
+use GraphQL\Utils\SchemaPrinter;
+use GraphQL\Validator\ValidationCache;
+use Psr\SimpleCache\CacheInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\String\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+
+class PsrValidationCacheAdapter implements ValidationCache
+{
+    private const KEY_PREFIX = 'gql_validation_';
+
+    private int $ttl;
+
+    private CacheInterface $cache;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        CacheInterface $cache,
+        int $ttlSeconds = 300
+    ) {
+        $this->ttl = $ttlSeconds;
+        $this->cache = $cache;
+    }
+
+    /** @throws InvalidArgumentException */
+    public function isValidated(Schema $schema, DocumentNode $ast): bool
+    {
+        try {
+            $key = $this->buildKey($schema, $ast);
+
+            /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
+            return $this->cache->has($key);
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** @throws InvalidArgumentException */
+    public function markValidated(Schema $schema, DocumentNode $ast): void
+    {
+        try {
+            $key = $this->buildKey($schema, $ast);
+            /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
+            $this->cache->set($key, true, $this->ttl);
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            // ignore silently
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws \GraphQL\Error\Error
+     * @throws \GraphQL\Error\InvariantViolation
+     * @throws \GraphQL\Error\SerializationError
+     * @throws \JsonException
+     */
+    private function buildKey(Schema $schema, DocumentNode $ast): string
+    {
+        // NOTE: You can override this strategy if you want to make schema fingerprinting cheaper
+        $schemaHash = md5(SchemaPrinter::doPrint($schema));
+        $astHash = md5($ast->__toString());
+
+        return self::KEY_PREFIX . $schemaHash . '_' . $astHash;
+    }
+}