diff --git a/src/sys/mod.rs b/src/sys/mod.rs
index 34f3dcb..7c2b1c2 100644
--- a/src/sys/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sys/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
-pub use self::imp::*;
+use core::atomic::{ATOMIC_USIZE_INIT, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+
+pub use self::imp::{map_stack, protect_stack, unmap_stack};
+use self::imp::sys_page_size;
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 #[path = "unix.rs"]
 mod imp;
+
+static PAGE_SIZE_CACHE: AtomicUsize = ATOMIC_USIZE_INIT;
+pub fn page_size() -> usize {
+  match PAGE_SIZE_CACHE.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+    0 => {
+      let page_size = sys_page_size();
+      PAGE_SIZE_CACHE.store(page_size, Ordering::Relaxed);
+      page_size
+    }
+    page_size => page_size
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/sys/unix.rs b/src/sys/unix.rs
index 284b427..e292633 100644
--- a/src/sys/unix.rs
+++ b/src/sys/unix.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ use core::prelude::*;
 use self::libc::{c_void, c_int, size_t};
 use self::libc::{mmap, mprotect, munmap};
 use self::libc::MAP_FAILED;
+use super::page_size;
 
 use core::ptr;
 
-pub fn page_size() -> usize {
+#[cold]
+#[inline(never)]
+pub fn sys_page_size() -> usize {
   unsafe {
     libc::sysconf(libc::_SC_PAGESIZE) as usize
   }