diff --git a/dependencies.json b/dependencies.json
index 89cc5ab0c..0b7b7aae1 100644
--- a/dependencies.json
+++ b/dependencies.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
         ">=4096": [
             "bracex",
             "mdpopups",
+            "orjson",
             "typing_extensions",
             "wcmatch"
         ]
diff --git a/plugin/core/transports.py b/plugin/core/transports.py
index b0e91f89c..76503cdd0 100644
--- a/plugin/core/transports.py
+++ b/plugin/core/transports.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from queue import Queue
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Generic, IO, Protocol, TypeVar
 import http
-import json
 import os
 import shutil
 import socket
@@ -17,6 +16,11 @@
 import time
 import weakref
 
+try:
+    import orjson
+except ImportError:
+    import json
+    orjson = None
 
 T = TypeVar('T')
 T_contra = TypeVar('T_contra', contravariant=True)
@@ -93,6 +97,17 @@ def _decode(message: bytes) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return json.loads(message.decode('utf-8'))
 
 
+class OrjsonRpcProcessor(JsonRpcProcessor):
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _encode(data: dict[str, Any]) -> bytes:
+        return orjson.dumps(data)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _decode(message: bytes) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return orjson.loads(message)
+
+
 class ProcessTransport(Transport[T]):
 
     def __init__(self, name: str, process: subprocess.Popen | None, socket: socket.socket | None,
@@ -231,7 +246,10 @@ def _stderr_loop(self) -> None:
 
 
 # Can be a singleton since it doesn't hold any state.
-json_rpc_processor = JsonRpcProcessor()
+if orjson:
+    json_rpc_processor = OrjsonRpcProcessor()
+else:
+    json_rpc_processor = JsonRpcProcessor()
 
 
 def create_transport(config: TransportConfig, cwd: str | None,