diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/util/v4/design-system.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/util/v4/design-system.ts
index f312b95c..b7bf8daf 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/util/v4/design-system.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/util/v4/design-system.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { plugins } from './plugins'
 
 const HAS_V4_IMPORT = /@import\s*(?:'tailwindcss'|"tailwindcss")/
 const HAS_V4_THEME = /@theme\s*\{/
+const COMPILE_CACHE = Symbol('LSP_COMPILE_CACHE')
 
 export async function isMaybeV4(css: string): Promise<boolean> {
   // Look for:
@@ -215,6 +216,11 @@ export async function loadDesignSystem(
     }),
   })
 
+  // This object doesn't exist in older versions but we can patch it in so it
+  // seems like it always existed.
+  design.storage ??= {}
+  design.storage[COMPILE_CACHE] = {}
+
   // Step 4: Augment the design system with some additional APIs that the LSP needs
   Object.assign(design, {
     dependencies: () => dependencies,
@@ -227,25 +233,42 @@ export async function loadDesignSystem(
     // - Replace `candidatesToCss` with a `candidatesToAst` API
     // First step would be to convert to a PostCSS AST by transforming the nodes directly
     // Then it would be to drop the PostCSS AST representation entirely in all v4 code paths
-    compile(classes: string[]): (postcss.Root | null)[] {
-      let css = design.candidatesToCss(classes)
+    compile(classes: string[]): postcss.Root[] {
+      // 1. Compile any uncached classes
+      let cache = design.storage[COMPILE_CACHE] as Record<string, postcss.Root>
+      let uncached = classes.filter((name) => cache[name] === undefined)
+
+      let css = design.candidatesToCss(uncached)
       let errors: any[] = []
 
-      let roots = css.map((str) => {
-        if (str === null) return postcss.root()
+      for (let [idx, cls] of uncached.entries()) {
+        let str = css[idx]
+
+        if (str === null) {
+          cache[cls] = postcss.root()
+          continue
+        }
 
         try {
-          return postcss.parse(str.trimEnd())
+          cache[cls] = postcss.parse(str.trimEnd())
         } catch (err) {
           errors.push(err)
-          return postcss.root()
+          cache[cls] = postcss.root()
+          continue
         }
-      })
+      }
 
       if (errors.length > 0) {
         console.error(JSON.stringify(errors))
       }
 
+      // 2. Pull all the classes from the cache
+      let roots: postcss.Root[] = []
+
+      for (let cls of classes) {
+        roots.push(cache[cls].clone())
+      }
+
       return roots
     },
 
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/find.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/find.ts
index 1bd51cfa..ab1df1f6 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/find.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/find.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Range, Position } from 'vscode-languageserver'
+import { type Range, type Position, LRUCache } from 'vscode-languageserver'
 import type { TextDocument } from 'vscode-languageserver-textdocument'
 import type { DocumentClassName, DocumentClassList, State, DocumentHelperFunction } from './state'
 import lineColumn from 'line-column'
@@ -591,8 +591,20 @@ export function findHelperFunctionsInRange(
   return fns
 }
 
+let lineTableCache = new LRUCache<string, ReturnType<typeof lineColumn>>(20)
+
+function createLineTable(str: string) {
+  let existing = lineTableCache.get(str)
+  if (existing) return existing
+
+  let table = lineColumn(str + '\n')
+  lineTableCache.set(str, table)
+  return table
+}
+
 export function indexToPosition(str: string, index: number): Position {
-  const { line, col } = lineColumn(str + '\n').fromIndex(index) ?? { line: 1, col: 1 }
+  let table = createLineTable(str)
+  let { line, col } = table.fromIndex(index) ?? { line: 1, col: 1 }
   return { line: line - 1, character: col - 1 }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/v4/design-system.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/v4/design-system.ts
index 2ddcc2b3..2e00d8ce 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/v4/design-system.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/v4/design-system.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ export interface DesignSystem {
 
   // Added in v4.1.15
   canonicalizeCandidates?(classes: string[], options?: CanonicalizeOptions): string[]
+
+  // Added in v4.1.16
+  // We can patch it into any design system if it doesn't exist though
+  storage?: Record<symbol, any>
 }
 
 export interface DesignSystem {
diff --git a/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/CHANGELOG.md
index d8c536d0..d817fbb7 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Prerelease
 
 - Add a source to all emitted diagnostics ([#1491](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/pull/1491))
+- Improve performance in large files ([#1507](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/pull/1507))
 
 ## 0.14.29