diff --git a/config/storage/middleware/default.json b/config/storage/middleware/default.json
index 6b4f041c5..5ccff216b 100644
--- a/config/storage/middleware/default.json
+++ b/config/storage/middleware/default.json
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
     "files-scs:config/storage/middleware/stores/patching.json"
   ],
   "@graph": [
+    {
+      "comment": "A cache to prevent duplicate existence checks on resources.",
+      "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:CachedResourceSet",
+      "@type": "CachedResourceSet",
+      "source": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ResourceStore" }
+    },
     {
       "comment": "Sets up a stack of utility stores used by most instances.",
       "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ResourceStore",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 51bc27da2..2f30aa872 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ export * from './storage/validators/QuotaValidator';
 export * from './storage/AtomicResourceStore';
 export * from './storage/BaseResourceStore';
 export * from './storage/BasicConditions';
+export * from './storage/CachedResourceSet';
 export * from './storage/Conditions';
 export * from './storage/DataAccessorBasedStore';
 export * from './storage/IndexRepresentationStore';
diff --git a/src/storage/CachedResourceSet.ts b/src/storage/CachedResourceSet.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e81a967d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/storage/CachedResourceSet.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import type { ResourceIdentifier } from '../http/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
+import type { ResourceSet } from './ResourceSet';
+
+/**
+ * Caches resource existence in a `WeakMap` tied to the `ResourceIdentifier` object.
+ */
+export class CachedResourceSet implements ResourceSet {
+  private readonly source: ResourceSet;
+  private readonly cache: WeakMap<ResourceIdentifier, boolean>;
+
+  public constructor(source: ResourceSet) {
+    this.source = source;
+    this.cache = new WeakMap();
+  }
+
+  public async hasResource(identifier: ResourceIdentifier): Promise<boolean> {
+    if (this.cache.has(identifier)) {
+      return this.cache.get(identifier)!;
+    }
+    const result = await this.source.hasResource(identifier);
+    this.cache.set(identifier, result);
+    return result;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/CachedResourceSet.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/CachedResourceSet.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c609f9680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/storage/CachedResourceSet.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import type { ResourceIdentifier } from '../../../src/http/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
+import { CachedResourceSet } from '../../../src/storage/CachedResourceSet';
+import type { ResourceSet } from '../../../src/storage/ResourceSet';
+
+describe('A CachedResourceSet', (): void => {
+  const identifier: ResourceIdentifier = { path: 'http://example.com/foo' };
+  let source: jest.Mocked<ResourceSet>;
+  let set: CachedResourceSet;
+
+  beforeEach(async(): Promise<void> => {
+    source = {
+      hasResource: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
+    };
+
+    set = new CachedResourceSet(source);
+  });
+
+  it('calls the source.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    await expect(set.hasResource(identifier)).resolves.toBe(true);
+    expect(source.hasResource).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(source.hasResource).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(identifier);
+  });
+
+  it('caches the result.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    await expect(set.hasResource(identifier)).resolves.toBe(true);
+    await expect(set.hasResource(identifier)).resolves.toBe(true);
+    expect(source.hasResource).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(source.hasResource).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(identifier);
+  });
+
+  it('caches on the identifier object itself.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    const copy = { ...identifier };
+    await expect(set.hasResource(identifier)).resolves.toBe(true);
+    await expect(set.hasResource(copy)).resolves.toBe(true);
+    expect(source.hasResource).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(source.hasResource).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, identifier);
+    expect(source.hasResource).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, copy);
+  });
+});