diff --git a/gzip.go b/gzip.go
index af78611..0ecd0b3 100644
--- a/gzip.go
+++ b/gzip.go
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ var serveGzip = func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c martini.Context,
 	headers.Set(HeaderContentEncoding, "gzip")
 	headers.Set(HeaderVary, HeaderAcceptEncoding)
 
-	gz := gzip.NewWriter(w)
-	defer gz.Close()
+	gz := getGzip(w, options.CompressionLevel)
+	defer putGzip(gz)
 
 	gzw := gzipResponseWriter{gz, w.(martini.ResponseWriter)}
 	c.MapTo(gzw, (*http.ResponseWriter)(nil))
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ func All(options ...Options) martini.Handler {
 
 func prepareOptions(options []Options) Options {
 	var opt Options
-        if len(options) > 0 {
-                opt = options[0]
-        }
-        if !isCompressionLevelValid(opt.CompressionLevel) {
-                opt.CompressionLevel = DefaultCompression
-        }
+	if len(options) > 0 {
+		opt = options[0]
+	}
+	if !isCompressionLevelValid(opt.CompressionLevel) {
+		opt.CompressionLevel = DefaultCompression
+	}
 	return opt
 }
 
diff --git a/pool.go b/pool.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2f7d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package gzip
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"io"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+var (
+	gzipBuffers sync.Pool
+)
+
+func getGzip(dst io.Writer, level int) (w *gzip.Writer) {
+	if gz := gzipBuffers.Get(); gz != nil {
+		w = gz.(*gzip.Writer)
+		w.Reset(dst)
+	} else {
+		w, _ = gzip.NewWriterLevel(dst, level)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func putGzip(gz *gzip.Writer) {
+	gz.Close()
+	gzipBuffers.Put(gz)
+}
diff --git a/wercker.yml b/wercker.yml
index f8bf918..41d2c52 100644
--- a/wercker.yml
+++ b/wercker.yml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-box: wercker/golang@1.1.1
\ No newline at end of file
+box: wercker/golang