diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 066be7c8d1..12b4b78b54 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 node_modules
 .wireit
 .rollup.cache
+.cache
 
 # Ignore compiled files in webroot
 _site
diff --git a/docs/_plugins/importMap.cjs b/docs/_plugins/importMap.cjs
index 16a614e63f..55e83a98a6 100644
--- a/docs/_plugins/importMap.cjs
+++ b/docs/_plugins/importMap.cjs
@@ -2,33 +2,47 @@
 const { join } = require('node:path');
 const { pathToFileURL } = require('node:url');
 const { glob } = require('glob');
+const { AssetCache } = require('@11ty/eleventy-fetch');
 
-module.exports = function(eleventyConfig, {
-  inputMap = undefined,
-  defaultProvider = undefined,
-  localPackages = [],
-} = {}) {
-  const cwd = process.cwd();
-  const elementsDir = join(cwd, 'elements/');
-
-  const specs = localPackages.map(spec => ({
-    spec,
-    packageName: spec.replace(/^@/, '$').replace(/@.*$/, '').replace(/^\$/, '@')
-  }));
-
-  // copy over local packages
-  for (const { packageName } of specs) {
-    eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({ [`node_modules/${packageName}`]: `/assets/packages/${packageName}` });
-  }
-
-  // HACK: copy lit transitive deps
-  // this might not be necessary if we flatten to a single lit version
-  for (const packageName of ['lit-html', 'lit-element']) {
-    eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({ [`node_modules/${packageName}`]: `/assets/packages/${packageName}` });
+function logPerf() {
+  // We should log performance regressions
+  /* eslint-disable no-console */
+  const chalk = require('chalk');
+  const TOTAL = performance.measure('importMap-total', 'importMap-start', 'importMap-end');
+  const RESOLVE = performance.measure('importMap-resolve', 'importMap-start', 'importMap-afterLocalPackages');
+  const TRACE = performance.measure('importMap-trace', 'importMap-afterLocalPackages', 'importMap-afterRHDSTraces');
+  if (TOTAL.duration > 2000) {
+    console.log(
+      `🦥 Import map generator done in ${chalk.red(TOTAL.duration)}ms\n`,
+      `  Resolving local packages took ${chalk.red(RESOLVE.duration)}ms\n`,
+      `  Tracing RHDS sources took ${chalk.red(TRACE.duration)}ms`,
+    );
+  } else if (TOTAL.duration > 1000) {
+    console.log(
+      `🐢 Import map generator done in ${chalk.yellow(TOTAL.duration)}ms\n`,
+      `  Resolving local packages took ${chalk.yellow(RESOLVE.duration)}ms\n`,
+      `  Tracing RHDS sources took ${chalk.yellow(TRACE.duration)}ms`,
+    );
+  } else {
+    console.log(
+      `⚡ Import map generator done in ${chalk.blue(TOTAL.duration)}ms\n`,
+    );
   }
-  // ENDHACK
+  /* eslint-enable no-console */
+}
 
-  eleventyConfig.addGlobalData('importMap', async function importMap() {
+async function getCachedImportMap({
+  defaultProvider,
+  inputMap,
+  specs,
+  localPackages,
+  elementsDir,
+  cwd,
+  assetCache,
+}) {
+  if (assetCache.isCacheValid('1d')) {
+    return assetCache.getCachedValue();
+  } else {
     try {
       performance.mark('importMap-start');
 
@@ -51,8 +65,8 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig, {
       const traces = [];
       for (const x of await glob('./*/*.ts', { cwd: elementsDir, dotRelative: true, ignore: '**/*.d.ts' })) {
         traces.push(
-          generator.traceInstall(x.replace('./', elementsDir).replace('.ts', '.js')),
-          generator.traceInstall(x.replace('./', '@rhds/elements/').replace('.ts', '.js')),
+          generator.link(x.replace('./', elementsDir).replace('.ts', '.js')),
+          generator.link(x.replace('./', '@rhds/elements/').replace('.ts', '.js')),
         );
       }
       await Promise.all(traces);
@@ -87,6 +101,8 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig, {
 
       logPerf();
 
+      assetCache.save(json, 'json');
+
       return json;
     } catch (e) {
       // it's important to surface this, even if it means double-logging
@@ -94,32 +110,55 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig, {
       console.error(e);
       throw e;
     }
-  });
-};
-
-function logPerf() {
-  // We should log performance regressions
-  /* eslint-disable no-console */
-  const chalk = require('chalk');
-  const TOTAL = performance.measure('importMap-total', 'importMap-start', 'importMap-end');
-  const RESOLVE = performance.measure('importMap-resolve', 'importMap-start', 'importMap-afterLocalPackages');
-  const TRACE = performance.measure('importMap-trace', 'importMap-afterLocalPackages', 'importMap-afterRHDSTraces');
-  if (TOTAL.duration > 2000) {
-    console.log(
-      `🦥 Import map generator done in ${chalk.red(TOTAL.duration)}ms\n`,
-      `  Resolving local packages took ${chalk.red(RESOLVE.duration)}ms\n`,
-      `  Tracing RHDS sources took ${chalk.red(TRACE.duration)}ms`,
-    );
-  } else if (TOTAL.duration > 1000) {
-    console.log(
-      `🐢 Import map generator done in ${chalk.yellow(TOTAL.duration)}ms\n`,
-      `  Resolving local packages took ${chalk.yellow(RESOLVE.duration)}ms\n`,
-      `  Tracing RHDS sources took ${chalk.yellow(TRACE.duration)}ms`,
-    );
-  } else {
-    console.log(
-      `⚡ Import map generator done in ${chalk.blue(TOTAL.duration)}ms\n`,
-    );
   }
-  /* eslint-enable no-console */
 }
+
+module.exports = function(eleventyConfig, {
+  inputMap = undefined,
+  defaultProvider = undefined,
+  localPackages = [],
+} = {}) {
+  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const elementsDir = join(cwd, 'elements/');
+
+  const specs = localPackages.map(spec => ({
+    spec,
+    packageName: spec.replace(/^@/, '$').replace(/@.*$/, '').replace(/^\$/, '@')
+  }));
+
+  // copy over local packages
+  for (const { packageName } of specs) {
+    eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({ [`node_modules/${packageName}`]: `/assets/packages/${packageName}` });
+  }
+
+  // HACK: copy lit transitive deps
+  // this might not be necessary if we flatten to a single lit version
+  for (const packageName of ['lit-html', 'lit-element']) {
+    eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({ [`node_modules/${packageName}`]: `/assets/packages/${packageName}` });
+  }
+  // ENDHACK
+
+  const assetCache = new AssetCache('rhds-ux-dot-import-map');
+
+  eleventyConfig.addGlobalData('importMap', async function cacheImportMap() {
+    return getCachedImportMap({
+      defaultProvider,
+      inputMap,
+      specs,
+      localPackages,
+      elementsDir,
+      cwd,
+      assetCache,
+    });
+  });
+
+  eleventyConfig.on('eleventy.beforeWatch', async function(/** @type {string[]} */ changedFiles) {
+    const files =
+      changedFiles.filter(x => x.match(/eleventy\.config\.c?js$|importMap\.c?js$/));
+    if (files.length) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log(`${files.join(', ')} changed, invalidating importmap cache`);
+      assetCache.cache.destroy();
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/eleventy.config.cjs b/eleventy.config.cjs
index 726d77e9d6..acc1cf5ac2 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.cjs
+++ b/eleventy.config.cjs
@@ -60,20 +60,24 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
   eleventyConfig.addPlugin(ImportMapPlugin, {
     defaultProvider: 'nodemodules',
     localPackages: [
+      // ux-dot dependencies
       'fuse.js',
       'element-internals-polyfill',
+
+      // RHDS dependencies
       'lit',
       '@lit/reactive-element',
       'tslib',
       '@floating-ui/dom',
       '@floating-ui/core',
-      //
+
+      // RHDS modules
       '@rhds/tokens',
       '@rhds/tokens/media.js',
       '@rhds/tokens/meta.js',
       '@patternfly/pfe-core',
       '@patternfly/elements',
-      '@rhds/tokens',
+
       // extra modules used in demo that didn't get picked up in the sources trace
       // future solution could be to inject maps into each page in a transform
       // but that could be prohibitively expensive if it has to call out to network for each page