diff --git a/src/restic/fuse/dir.go b/src/restic/fuse/dir.go
index 49210bb90..439ea16e7 100644
--- a/src/restic/fuse/dir.go
+++ b/src/restic/fuse/dir.go
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ type dir struct {
 	inode       uint64
 	node        *restic.Node
 	ownerIsRoot bool
+
+	sizes map[restic.ID]uint
 }
 
-func newDir(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, node *restic.Node, ownerIsRoot bool) (*dir, error) {
+func newDir(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, node *restic.Node, ownerIsRoot bool, sizes map[restic.ID]uint) (*dir, error) {
 	debug.Log("new dir for %v (%v)", node.Name, node.Subtree.Str())
 	tree, err := repo.LoadTree(ctx, *node.Subtree)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ func newDir(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, node *restic.Node, owne
 		items:       items,
 		inode:       node.Inode,
 		ownerIsRoot: ownerIsRoot,
+		sizes:       sizes,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ func replaceSpecialNodes(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, node *rest
 	return tree.Nodes, nil
 }
 
-func newDirFromSnapshot(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, snapshot SnapshotWithId, ownerIsRoot bool) (*dir, error) {
+func newDirFromSnapshot(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, snapshot SnapshotWithId, ownerIsRoot bool, sizes map[restic.ID]uint) (*dir, error) {
 	debug.Log("new dir for snapshot %v (%v)", snapshot.ID.Str(), snapshot.Tree.Str())
 	tree, err := repo.LoadTree(ctx, *snapshot.Tree)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ func newDirFromSnapshot(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, snapshot Sn
 		items:       items,
 		inode:       inodeFromBackendID(snapshot.ID),
 		ownerIsRoot: ownerIsRoot,
+		sizes:       sizes,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -167,9 +171,9 @@ func (d *dir) Lookup(ctx context.Context, name string) (fs.Node, error) {
 	}
 	switch node.Type {
 	case "dir":
-		return newDir(ctx, d.repo, node, d.ownerIsRoot)
+		return newDir(ctx, d.repo, node, d.ownerIsRoot, d.sizes)
 	case "file":
-		return newFile(d.repo, node, d.ownerIsRoot)
+		return newFile(d.repo, node, d.ownerIsRoot, d.sizes)
 	case "symlink":
 		return newLink(d.repo, node, d.ownerIsRoot)
 	default:
diff --git a/src/restic/fuse/file.go b/src/restic/fuse/file.go
index ae3ba5a7d..679c5e010 100644
--- a/src/restic/fuse/file.go
+++ b/src/restic/fuse/file.go
@@ -41,14 +41,17 @@ type file struct {
 
 const defaultBlobSize = 128 * 1024
 
-func newFile(repo BlobLoader, node *restic.Node, ownerIsRoot bool) (*file, error) {
+func newFile(repo BlobLoader, node *restic.Node, ownerIsRoot bool, sizecache map[restic.ID]uint) (fusefile *file, err error) {
 	debug.Log("create new file for %v with %d blobs", node.Name, len(node.Content))
 	var bytes uint64
 	sizes := make([]int, len(node.Content))
 	for i, id := range node.Content {
-		size, err := repo.LookupBlobSize(id, restic.DataBlob)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+		size, ok := sizecache[id]
+		if !ok {
+			size, err = repo.LookupBlobSize(id, restic.DataBlob)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		}
 
 		sizes[i] = int(size)
diff --git a/src/restic/fuse/file_test.go b/src/restic/fuse/file_test.go
index dcb959fec..87aaa052d 100644
--- a/src/restic/fuse/file_test.go
+++ b/src/restic/fuse/file_test.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func TestFuseFile(t *testing.T) {
 		Size:    filesize,
 		Content: content,
 	}
-	f, err := newFile(repo, node, false)
+	f, err := newFile(repo, node, false, make(map[restic.ID]uint))
 	OK(t, err)
 
 	attr := fuse.Attr{}
diff --git a/src/restic/fuse/snapshot.go b/src/restic/fuse/snapshot.go
index 4057301f8..2aa34e341 100644
--- a/src/restic/fuse/snapshot.go
+++ b/src/restic/fuse/snapshot.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"restic"
 	"restic/debug"
+	"restic/repository"
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
@@ -36,12 +37,25 @@ type SnapshotsDir struct {
 	tags        []string
 	host        string
 
+	// sizes caches the sizes of all blobs.
+	sizes map[restic.ID]uint
+
 	// knownSnapshots maps snapshot timestamp to the snapshot
 	sync.RWMutex
 	knownSnapshots map[string]SnapshotWithId
 	processed      restic.IDSet
 }
 
+func sizeCache(midx *repository.MasterIndex) map[restic.ID]uint {
+	c := make(map[restic.ID]uint, 1000)
+	for _, idx := range midx.All() {
+		for pb := range idx.Each(nil) {
+			c[pb.ID] = pb.Length
+		}
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
 // NewSnapshotsDir returns a new dir object for the snapshots.
 func NewSnapshotsDir(repo restic.Repository, ownerIsRoot bool, paths []string, tags []string, host string) *SnapshotsDir {
 	debug.Log("fuse mount initiated")
@@ -53,6 +67,7 @@ func NewSnapshotsDir(repo restic.Repository, ownerIsRoot bool, paths []string, t
 		host:           host,
 		knownSnapshots: make(map[string]SnapshotWithId),
 		processed:      restic.NewIDSet(),
+		sizes:          sizeCache(repo.Index().(*repository.MasterIndex)),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -158,5 +173,5 @@ func (sn *SnapshotsDir) Lookup(ctx context.Context, name string) (fs.Node, error
 		}
 	}
 
-	return newDirFromSnapshot(ctx, sn.repo, snapshot, sn.ownerIsRoot)
+	return newDirFromSnapshot(ctx, sn.repo, snapshot, sn.ownerIsRoot, sn.sizes)
 }