diff --git a/tpl/internal/go_templates/htmltemplate/hugo_template.go b/tpl/internal/go_templates/htmltemplate/hugo_template.go
index 117d85e4967..eba54fbbf25 100644
--- a/tpl/internal/go_templates/htmltemplate/hugo_template.go
+++ b/tpl/internal/go_templates/htmltemplate/hugo_template.go
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ package is auto generated.
 
 */
 
+// Export it so we can populate Hugo's func map with it, which makes it faster.
+var GoFuncs = funcMap
+
 // Prepare returns a template ready for execution.
 func (t *Template) Prepare() (*template.Template, error) {
 	if err := t.escape(); err != nil {
diff --git a/tpl/internal/go_templates/texttemplate/hugo_template.go b/tpl/internal/go_templates/texttemplate/hugo_template.go
index d881064e52c..37fa969da92 100644
--- a/tpl/internal/go_templates/texttemplate/hugo_template.go
+++ b/tpl/internal/go_templates/texttemplate/hugo_template.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ package is auto generated.
 
 */
 
+// Export it so we can populate Hugo's func map with it, which makes it faster.
+var GoFuncs = builtinFuncs
+
 // Preparer prepares the template before execution.
 type Preparer interface {
 	Prepare() (*Template, error)
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go b/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go
index 6be8aa8b7b4..88869940d01 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go
@@ -108,7 +108,25 @@ func newTemplateExecuter(d *deps.Deps) (texttemplate.Executer, map[string]reflec
 	funcsv := make(map[string]reflect.Value)
 
 	for k, v := range funcs {
-		funcsv[k] = reflect.ValueOf(v)
+		vv := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+		funcsv[k] = vv
+	}
+
+	// Duplicate Go's internal funcs here for faster lookups.
+	for k, v := range template.GoFuncs {
+		if _, exists := funcsv[k]; !exists {
+			vv, ok := v.(reflect.Value)
+			if !ok {
+				vv = reflect.ValueOf(v)
+			}
+			funcsv[k] = vv
+		}
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range texttemplate.GoFuncs {
+		if _, exists := funcsv[k]; !exists {
+			funcsv[k] = v
+		}
 	}
 
 	exeHelper := &templateExecHelper{