diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c1dccb5d9fe9..983bb9f5a0654 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ CHANGELOG
 4.1.0
 -----
 
+* added `CacheableSupportsMethodInterface` for normalizers and denormalizers that use
+  only the type and the format in their `supports*()` methods
 * added `MissingConstructorArgumentsException` new exception for deserialization failure
   of objects that needs data insertion in constructor
 * added an optional `default_constructor_arguments` option of context to specify a default data in
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
index abac37770e333..a7055498d5ff8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  *
  * @author Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
  */
-abstract class AbstractObjectNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer
+abstract class AbstractObjectNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer implements CacheableSupportsMethodInterface
 {
     const ENABLE_MAX_DEPTH = 'enable_max_depth';
     const DEPTH_KEY_PATTERN = 'depth_%s::%s';
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ abstract class AbstractObjectNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer
 
     private $propertyTypeExtractor;
     private $attributesCache = array();
-    private $cache = array();
 
     /**
      * @var callable|null
@@ -225,11 +224,7 @@ public function setMaxDepthHandler(?callable $handler): void
      */
     public function supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format = null)
     {
-        if (!isset($this->cache[$type])) {
-            $this->cache[$type] = class_exists($type) || (interface_exists($type) && null !== $this->classDiscriminatorResolver && null !== $this->classDiscriminatorResolver->getMappingForClass($type));
-        }
-
-        return $this->cache[$type];
+        return \class_exists($type) || (\interface_exists($type, false) && $this->classDiscriminatorResolver && null !== $this->classDiscriminatorResolver->getMappingForClass($type));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/CacheableSupportsMethodInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/CacheableSupportsMethodInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f3b50be7cdcd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/CacheableSupportsMethodInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;
+
+/**
+ * Marker interface for normalizers and denormalizers that use
+ * only the type and the format in their supports*() methods.
+ *
+ * By implementing this interface, the return value of the
+ * supports*() methods will be cached by type and format.
+ *
+ * @author Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ */
+interface CacheableSupportsMethodInterface
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/ConstraintViolationListNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/ConstraintViolationListNormalizer.php
index 68a4cb9213279..cf1c6616fa58c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/ConstraintViolationListNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/ConstraintViolationListNormalizer.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * @author Grégoire Pineau <lyrixx@lyrixx.info>
  * @author Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
  */
-class ConstraintViolationListNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface
+class ConstraintViolationListNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, CacheableSupportsMethodInterface
 {
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/CustomNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/CustomNormalizer.php
index 6a15d8da90270..87ad14102281f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/CustomNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/CustomNormalizer.php
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
 /**
  * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
  */
-class CustomNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface, SerializerAwareInterface
+class CustomNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface, SerializerAwareInterface, CacheableSupportsMethodInterface
 {
     use ObjectToPopulateTrait;
     use SerializerAwareTrait;
 
-    private $cache = array();
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -67,14 +65,6 @@ public function supportsNormalization($data, $format = null)
      */
     public function supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format = null)
     {
-        if (isset($this->cache[$type])) {
-            return $this->cache[$type];
-        }
-
-        if (!class_exists($type)) {
-            return $this->cache[$type] = false;
-        }
-
-        return $this->cache[$type] = is_subclass_of($type, 'Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizableInterface');
+        return \is_subclass_of($type, DenormalizableInterface::class);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DataUriNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DataUriNormalizer.php
index 995bdf1441776..9b637a269ca33 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DataUriNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DataUriNormalizer.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *
  * @author Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
  */
-class DataUriNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface
+class DataUriNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface, CacheableSupportsMethodInterface
 {
     private static $supportedTypes = array(
         \SplFileInfo::class => true,
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateIntervalNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateIntervalNormalizer.php
index 7ab102ed7a9ec..ee30dddcada6d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateIntervalNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateIntervalNormalizer.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  *
  * @author Jérôme Parmentier <jerome@prmntr.me>
  */
-class DateIntervalNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface
+class DateIntervalNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface, CacheableSupportsMethodInterface
 {
     const FORMAT_KEY = 'dateinterval_format';
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateTimeNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateTimeNormalizer.php
index 3dd94e07e029b..aced67e37a881 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateTimeNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/DateTimeNormalizer.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  *
  * @author Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
  */
-class DateTimeNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface
+class DateTimeNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerInterface, CacheableSupportsMethodInterface
 {
     const FORMAT_KEY = 'datetime_format';
     const TIMEZONE_KEY = 'datetime_timezone';
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php
index a6b8327be1ff9..4df997cbbcf39 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php
@@ -35,14 +35,13 @@
 class GetSetMethodNormalizer extends AbstractObjectNormalizer
 {
     private static $setterAccessibleCache = array();
-    private $cache = array();
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
     public function supportsNormalization($data, $format = null)
     {
-        return parent::supportsNormalization($data, $format) && (isset($this->cache[$type = \get_class($data)]) ? $this->cache[$type] : $this->cache[$type] = $this->supports($type));
+        return parent::supportsNormalization($data, $format) && $this->supports(\get_class($data));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ public function supportsNormalization($data, $format = null)
      */
     public function supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format = null)
     {
-        return parent::supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format) && (isset($this->cache[$type]) ? $this->cache[$type] : $this->cache[$type] = $this->supports($type));
+        return parent::supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format) && $this->supports($type);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/JsonSerializableNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/JsonSerializableNormalizer.php
index 27ccf8023cba3..912546b4b03c9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/JsonSerializableNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/JsonSerializableNormalizer.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *
  * @author Fred Cox <mcfedr@gmail.com>
  */
-class JsonSerializableNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer
+class JsonSerializableNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer implements CacheableSupportsMethodInterface
 {
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/PropertyNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/PropertyNormalizer.php
index fe0d3521e890e..5690d07d461ea 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/PropertyNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/PropertyNormalizer.php
@@ -30,14 +30,12 @@
  */
 class PropertyNormalizer extends AbstractObjectNormalizer
 {
-    private $cache = array();
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
     public function supportsNormalization($data, $format = null)
     {
-        return parent::supportsNormalization($data, $format) && (isset($this->cache[$type = \get_class($data)]) ? $this->cache[$type] : $this->cache[$type] = $this->supports($type));
+        return parent::supportsNormalization($data, $format) && $this->supports(\get_class($data));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ public function supportsNormalization($data, $format = null)
      */
     public function supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format = null)
     {
-        return parent::supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format) && (isset($this->cache[$type]) ? $this->cache[$type] : $this->cache[$type] = $this->supports($type));
+        return parent::supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format) && $this->supports($type);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
index 1a7087042567a..488b269d4fa6d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\LogicException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\CacheableSupportsMethodInterface;
 
 /**
  * Serializer serializes and deserializes data.
@@ -55,10 +56,14 @@ class Serializer implements SerializerInterface, ContextAwareNormalizerInterface
     protected $decoder;
 
     /**
-     * @var array
+     * @internal since Symfony 4.1
      */
     protected $normalizers = array();
 
+    private $cachedNormalizers;
+    private $denormalizerCache = array();
+    private $normalizerCache = array();
+
     public function __construct(array $normalizers = array(), array $encoders = array())
     {
         foreach ($normalizers as $normalizer) {
@@ -200,10 +205,35 @@ public function supportsDenormalization($data, $type, $format = null, array $con
      *
      * @return NormalizerInterface|null
      */
-    private function getNormalizer($data, $format, array $context)
+    private function getNormalizer($data, ?string $format, array $context)
     {
-        foreach ($this->normalizers as $normalizer) {
-            if ($normalizer instanceof NormalizerInterface && $normalizer->supportsNormalization($data, $format, $context)) {
+        if ($this->cachedNormalizers !== $this->normalizers) {
+            $this->cachedNormalizers = $this->normalizers;
+            $this->denormalizerCache = $this->normalizerCache = array();
+        }
+        $type = \is_object($data) ? \get_class($data) : 'native-'.\gettype($data);
+
+        if (!isset($this->normalizerCache[$format][$type])) {
+            $this->normalizerCache[$format][$type] = array();
+
+            foreach ($this->normalizers as $k => $normalizer) {
+                if (!$normalizer instanceof NormalizerInterface) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (!$normalizer instanceof CacheableSupportsMethodInterface) {
+                    $this->normalizerCache[$format][$type][$k] = false;
+                } elseif ($normalizer->supportsNormalization($data, $format)) {
+                    $this->normalizerCache[$format][$type][$k] = true;
+
+                    return $normalizer;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->normalizerCache[$format][$type] as $k => $cached) {
+            $normalizer = $this->normalizers[$k];
+            if ($cached || $normalizer->supportsNormalization($data, $format, $context)) {
                 return $normalizer;
             }
         }
@@ -219,10 +249,33 @@ private function getNormalizer($data, $format, array $context)
      *
      * @return DenormalizerInterface|null
      */
-    private function getDenormalizer($data, $class, $format, array $context)
+    private function getDenormalizer($data, string $class, ?string $format, array $context)
     {
-        foreach ($this->normalizers as $normalizer) {
-            if ($normalizer instanceof DenormalizerInterface && $normalizer->supportsDenormalization($data, $class, $format, $context)) {
+        if ($this->cachedNormalizers !== $this->normalizers) {
+            $this->cachedNormalizers = $this->normalizers;
+            $this->denormalizerCache = $this->normalizerCache = array();
+        }
+        if (!isset($this->denormalizerCache[$format][$class])) {
+            $this->denormalizerCache[$format][$class] = array();
+
+            foreach ($this->normalizers as $k => $normalizer) {
+                if (!$normalizer instanceof DenormalizerInterface) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (!$normalizer instanceof CacheableSupportsMethodInterface) {
+                    $this->denormalizerCache[$format][$class][$k] = false;
+                } elseif ($normalizer->supportsDenormalization(null, $class, $format)) {
+                    $this->denormalizerCache[$format][$class][$k] = true;
+
+                    return $normalizer;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->denormalizerCache[$format][$class] as $k => $cached) {
+            $normalizer = $this->normalizers[$k];
+            if ($cached || $normalizer->supportsDenormalization($data, $class, $format, $context)) {
                 return $normalizer;
             }
         }