diff --git a/zstd.go b/zstd.go
index 8499bf1..b0c4faf 100644
--- a/zstd.go
+++ b/zstd.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"runtime"
+	"sync"
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
@@ -57,6 +59,38 @@ func cCompressBound(srcSize int) int {
 	return int(C.ZSTD_compressBound(C.size_t(srcSize)))
 }
 
+// Keep pools of reusable contexts and use them in calls to
+// ZSTD_compressCCtx/ZSTD_decompressDCtx. Those functions reset
+// session state so pooling context objects is safe and significantly
+// reduces allocation churn.
+type cctxWrapper struct {
+	cctx *C.ZSTD_CCtx
+}
+
+type dctxWrapper struct {
+	dctx *C.ZSTD_DCtx
+}
+
+var cctxPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		w := &cctxWrapper{cctx: C.ZSTD_createCCtx()}
+		runtime.SetFinalizer(w, func(w *cctxWrapper) {
+			C.ZSTD_freeCCtx(w.cctx)
+		})
+		return w
+	},
+}
+
+var dctxPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		w := &dctxWrapper{dctx: C.ZSTD_createDCtx()}
+		runtime.SetFinalizer(w, func(w *dctxWrapper) {
+			C.ZSTD_freeDCtx(w.dctx)
+		})
+		return w
+	},
+}
+
 // decompressSizeHint tries to give a hint on how much of the output buffer size we should have
 // based on zstd frame descriptors. To prevent DOS from maliciously-created payloads, limit the size
 func decompressSizeHint(src []byte) int {
@@ -100,19 +134,23 @@ func CompressLevel(dst, src []byte, level int) ([]byte, error) {
 		dst = make([]byte, bound)
 	}
 
+	w := cctxPool.Get().(*cctxWrapper)
+
 	// We need unsafe.Pointer(&src[0]) in the Cgo call to avoid "Go pointer to Go pointer" panics.
 	// This means we need to special case empty input. See:
 	// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14210#issuecomment-346402945
 	var cWritten C.size_t
 	if len(src) == 0 {
-		cWritten = C.ZSTD_compress(
+		cWritten = C.ZSTD_compressCCtx(
+			w.cctx,
 			unsafe.Pointer(&dst[0]),
 			C.size_t(len(dst)),
 			unsafe.Pointer(nil),
 			C.size_t(0),
 			C.int(level))
 	} else {
-		cWritten = C.ZSTD_compress(
+		cWritten = C.ZSTD_compressCCtx(
+			w.cctx,
 			unsafe.Pointer(&dst[0]),
 			C.size_t(len(dst)),
 			unsafe.Pointer(&src[0]),
@@ -120,6 +158,8 @@ func CompressLevel(dst, src []byte, level int) ([]byte, error) {
 			C.int(level))
 	}
 
+	cctxPool.Put(w)
+
 	written := int(cWritten)
 	// Check if the return is an Error code
 	if err := getError(written); err != nil {
@@ -165,10 +205,13 @@ func Decompress(dst, src []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 // It returns the number of bytes copied and an error if any is encountered. If
 // dst is too small, DecompressInto errors.
 func DecompressInto(dst, src []byte) (int, error) {
-	written := int(C.ZSTD_decompress(
+	w := dctxPool.Get().(*dctxWrapper)
+	written := int(C.ZSTD_decompressDCtx(
+		w.dctx,
 		unsafe.Pointer(&dst[0]),
 		C.size_t(len(dst)),
 		unsafe.Pointer(&src[0]),
 		C.size_t(len(src))))
+	dctxPool.Put(w)
 	return written, getError(written)
 }