Index: src/OFObject.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFObject.m
+++ src/OFObject.m
@@ -126,11 +126,10 @@
 #endif
 }
 
 + (void)initialize
 {
-	autoreleasepool = [OFAutoreleasePool class];
 }
 
 + alloc
 {
 	OFObject *instance;
@@ -618,10 +617,17 @@
 #endif
 }
 
 - autorelease
 {
+	/*
+	 * Cache OFAutoreleasePool since class lookups are expensive with the
+	 * GNU runtime.
+	 */
+	if (autoreleasepool == Nil)
+		autoreleasepool = [OFAutoreleasePool class];
+
 	[autoreleasepool addObjectToTopmostPool: self];
 
 	return self;
 }