diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/SerializerCache.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/SerializerCache.java
index 153a5334bd..54896f9225 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/SerializerCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/SerializerCache.java
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser;
 
-import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl.ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.LRUMap;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.TypeKey;
 
 /**
@@ -24,22 +24,34 @@
  */
 public final class SerializerCache
 {
+    /**
+     * By default, allow caching of up to 4000 serializer entries (for possibly up to
+     * 1000 types; but depending access patterns may be as few as half of that).
+     */
+    public final static int DEFAULT_MAX_CACHED = 4000;
+
     /**
      * Shared, modifiable map; all access needs to be through synchronized blocks.
      *<p>
      * NOTE: keys are of various types (see below for key types), in addition to
      * basic {@link JavaType} used for "untyped" serializers.
      */
-    private final HashMap<TypeKey, JsonSerializer<Object>> _sharedMap
-        = new HashMap<TypeKey, JsonSerializer<Object>>(64);
+    private final LRUMap<TypeKey, JsonSerializer<Object>> _sharedMap;
 
     /**
      * Most recent read-only instance, created from _sharedMap, if any.
      */
-    private final AtomicReference<ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap> _readOnlyMap
-        = new AtomicReference<ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap>();
+    private final AtomicReference<ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap> _readOnlyMap;
 
-    public SerializerCache() { }
+    public SerializerCache() {
+        this(DEFAULT_MAX_CACHED);
+    }
+
+    public SerializerCache(int maxCached) {
+        int initial = Math.min(64, maxCached>>2);
+        _sharedMap = new LRUMap<TypeKey, JsonSerializer<Object>>(initial, maxCached);
+        _readOnlyMap = new AtomicReference<ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap>();
+    }
 
     /**
      * Method that can be called to get a read-only instance populated from the
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/impl/ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/impl/ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap.java
index feacbce21e..7b3531d109 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/impl/ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/impl/ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap.java
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl;
 
-import java.util.*;
-
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.LRUMap;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.TypeKey;
 
 /**
@@ -23,17 +22,15 @@ public final class ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap
 
     private final int _mask;
 
-    public ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap(Map<TypeKey,JsonSerializer<Object>> serializers)
+    public ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap(LRUMap<TypeKey,JsonSerializer<Object>> src)
     {
-        int size = findSize(serializers.size());
-        _size = size;
-        _mask = (size-1);
-        Bucket[] buckets = new Bucket[size];
-        for (Map.Entry<TypeKey,JsonSerializer<Object>> entry : serializers.entrySet()) {
-            TypeKey key = entry.getKey();
+        _size = findSize(src.size());
+        _mask = (_size-1);
+        Bucket[] buckets = new Bucket[_size];
+        src.contents((key, value) -> {
             int index = key.hashCode() & _mask;
-            buckets[index] = new Bucket(buckets[index], key, entry.getValue());
-        }
+            buckets[index] = new Bucket(buckets[index], key, value);
+        });
         _buckets = buckets;
     }
     
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ private final static int findSize(int size)
     /**
      * Factory method for constructing an instance.
      */
-    public static ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap from(HashMap<TypeKey, JsonSerializer<Object>> src) {
+    public static ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap from(LRUMap<TypeKey, JsonSerializer<Object>> src) {
         return new ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap(src);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/LRUMap.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/LRUMap.java
index 2ce8fe3a09..af9f7b79ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/LRUMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/LRUMap.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.internal.PrivateMaxEntriesMap;
 
 /**
@@ -61,9 +64,21 @@ public V putIfAbsent(K key, V value) {
     public int size() { return _map.size(); }
 
     /*
-    /**********************************************************
+    /**********************************************************************
+    /* Extended API (2.14)
+    /**********************************************************************
+     */
+
+    public void contents(BiConsumer<K,V> consumer) {
+        for (Map.Entry<K,V> entry : _map.entrySet()) {
+            consumer.accept(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+    /**********************************************************************
     /* Serializable overrides
-    /**********************************************************
+    /**********************************************************************
      */
 
     protected Object readResolve() {