diff --git a/bin/eslint.js b/bin/eslint.js
index b6b14d3a2ba..061e94767f0 100755
--- a/bin/eslint.js
+++ b/bin/eslint.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 "use strict";
 
+// to use V8's code cache to speed up instantiation time
+require("v8-compile-cache");
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Helpers
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------