diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jozufozu/flywheel/impl/mixin/optimize/PoseStackMixin.java b/src/main/java/com/jozufozu/flywheel/impl/mixin/optimize/PoseStackMixin.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7d98a677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jozufozu/flywheel/impl/mixin/optimize/PoseStackMixin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package com.jozufozu.flywheel.impl.mixin.optimize;
+
+import java.util.ArrayDeque;
+import java.util.Deque;
+
+import org.joml.Matrix3f;
+import org.joml.Matrix4f;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Overwrite;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
+
+@Mixin(PoseStack.class)
+abstract class PoseStackMixin {
+	@Shadow
+	@Final
+	private Deque<PoseStack.Pose> poseStack;
+
+	// Just use a second deque for recycling. There may be a more efficient container.
+	@Unique
+	private final Deque<PoseStack.Pose> flywheel$recycled = new ArrayDeque<>();
+
+	/**
+	 * @author Jozufozu
+	 * @reason Use a recycled pose if available, should avoid almost all allocations on push.
+	 */
+	@Overwrite
+	public void pushPose() {
+		var last = poseStack.getLast();
+		if (flywheel$recycled.isEmpty()) {
+			// Nothing to recycle, create a new pose. This should look exactly like the un-overwritten method.
+			PoseStack.Pose pose = PoseStackPoseInvoker.flywheel$create(new Matrix4f(last.pose()), new Matrix3f(last.normal()));
+			poseStack.addLast(pose);
+		} else {
+			// Recycle a pose, no need to allocate new matrices.
+			PoseStack.Pose recycled = flywheel$recycled.pop();
+			recycled.pose()
+					.set(last.pose());
+			recycled.normal()
+					.set(last.normal());
+			poseStack.addLast(recycled);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @author Jozufozu
+	 * @reason Put the popped pose back into the recycling deque.
+	 */
+	@Overwrite
+	public void popPose() {
+		// Return the pose to be recycled.
+		PoseStack.Pose pose = poseStack.removeLast();
+		// No need to zero out the matrices, they will be overwritten before use.
+		flywheel$recycled.add(pose);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jozufozu/flywheel/impl/mixin/optimize/PoseStackPoseInvoker.java b/src/main/java/com/jozufozu/flywheel/impl/mixin/optimize/PoseStackPoseInvoker.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e131b32e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jozufozu/flywheel/impl/mixin/optimize/PoseStackPoseInvoker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.jozufozu.flywheel.impl.mixin.optimize;
+
+import org.joml.Matrix3f;
+import org.joml.Matrix4f;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.gen.Invoker;
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
+
+@Mixin(PoseStack.Pose.class)
+public interface PoseStackPoseInvoker {
+	@Invoker("<init>")
+	static PoseStack.Pose flywheel$create(Matrix4f pose, Matrix3f normal) {
+		throw new IllegalStateException();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/flywheel.impl.mixins.json b/src/main/resources/flywheel.impl.mixins.json
index 99f47ed3c..df253b0f3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/flywheel.impl.mixins.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/flywheel.impl.mixins.json
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
     "VertexMultiConsumerMultipleMixin",
     "fix.FixFabulousDepthMixin",
     "fix.FixNormalScalingMixin",
+    "optimize.PoseStackMixin",
+    "optimize.PoseStackPoseInvoker",
     "visualmanage.BlockEntityMixin",
     "visualmanage.LevelChunkMixin",
     "visualmanage.LevelRendererMixin",