diff --git a/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js b/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js
index df8f5f060a..7fb21d89a5 100644
--- a/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js
+++ b/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ define([
         this.providers = {};
         this.rootRegistry = new RootRegistry();
         this.rootProvider = new RootObjectProvider.default(this.rootRegistry);
+        this.cache = {};
     }
 
     /**
@@ -154,6 +155,11 @@ define([
      *          has been saved, or be rejected if it cannot be saved
      */
     ObjectAPI.prototype.get = function (identifier) {
+        let keystring = this.makeKeyString(identifier);
+        if (this.cache[keystring] !== undefined) {
+            return this.cache[keystring];
+        }
+
         identifier = utils.parseKeyString(identifier);
         const provider = this.getProvider(identifier);
 
@@ -165,7 +171,15 @@ define([
             throw new Error('Provider does not support get!');
         }
 
-        return provider.get(identifier);
+        let objectPromise = provider.get(identifier);
+
+        this.cache[keystring] = objectPromise;
+
+        return objectPromise.then(result => {
+            delete this.cache[keystring];
+
+            return result;
+        });
     };
 
     ObjectAPI.prototype.delete = function () {
diff --git a/src/api/objects/ObjectAPISpec.js b/src/api/objects/ObjectAPISpec.js
index 973cc6744a..93de3378fb 100644
--- a/src/api/objects/ObjectAPISpec.js
+++ b/src/api/objects/ObjectAPISpec.js
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ describe("The Object API", () => {
             beforeEach(() => {
                 mockProvider = jasmine.createSpyObj("mock provider", [
                     "create",
-                    "update"
+                    "update",
+                    "get"
                 ]);
                 mockProvider.create.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(true));
+                mockProvider.get.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(mockDomainObject));
                 objectAPI.addProvider(TEST_NAMESPACE, mockProvider);
             });
             it("Calls 'create' on provider if object is new", () => {
@@ -57,6 +59,14 @@ describe("The Object API", () => {
                 expect(mockProvider.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
                 expect(mockProvider.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
             });
+
+            it("Caches multiple requests for the same object", () => {
+                expect(mockProvider.get.calls.count()).toBe(0);
+                objectAPI.get(mockDomainObject.identifier);
+                expect(mockProvider.get.calls.count()).toBe(1);
+                objectAPI.get(mockDomainObject.identifier);
+                expect(mockProvider.get.calls.count()).toBe(1);
+            });
         });
     });
 });