diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index f7611980e00..64a7ddd7135 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
     <SystemThreadingThreadVersion>4.3.0</SystemThreadingThreadVersion>
     <SystemThreadingThreadPoolVersion>4.3.0</SystemThreadingThreadPoolVersion>
     <SystemValueTupleVersion>4.5.0</SystemValueTupleVersion>
+    <SystemBuffersVersion>4.5.0</SystemBuffersVersion>
     <!-- Roslyn packages -->
     <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisEditorFeaturesVersion>$(RoslynVersion)</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisEditorFeaturesVersion>
     <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisEditorFeaturesTextVersion>$(RoslynVersion)</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisEditorFeaturesTextVersion>
diff --git a/fcs/FSharp.Compiler.Service/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj b/fcs/FSharp.Compiler.Service/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
index f99d7aac7af..4ba9a9b2c32 100644
--- a/fcs/FSharp.Compiler.Service/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
+++ b/fcs/FSharp.Compiler.Service/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" Version="$(FcsFSharpCorePkgVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="1.5.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="1.6.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Buffers" Version="4.5.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.Process" Version="4.1.0" />
diff --git a/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj b/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj
index 8710d929be5..c919f3056b1 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj
+++ b/src/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Private/FSharp.Compiler.Private.fsproj
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel" Version="$(SystemThreadingTasksParallelVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Thread" Version="$(SystemThreadingThreadVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.ThreadPool" Version="$(SystemThreadingThreadPoolVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Buffers" Version="$(SystemBuffersVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/utils/prim-parsing.fs b/src/utils/prim-parsing.fs
index b58e592278d..996cdc67d59 100644
--- a/src/utils/prim-parsing.fs
+++ b/src/utils/prim-parsing.fs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace  Internal.Utilities.Text.Parsing
 open Internal.Utilities.Text.Lexing
 
 open System
+open System.Buffers
 
 exception RecoverableParseError
 exception Accept of obj
@@ -131,11 +132,7 @@ module internal Implementation =
     //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Read the tables written by FSYACC.  
 
-    type AssocTable(elemTab:uint16[], offsetTab:uint16[]) =
-        let cacheSize = 7919 // the 1000'th prime
-        // Use a simpler hash table with faster lookup, but only one
-        // hash bucket per key.
-        let cache = Array.zeroCreate<int> (cacheSize * 2)
+    type AssocTable(elemTab: uint16[], offsetTab: uint16[], cache: int[], cacheSize: int) =
 
         member t.ReadAssoc (minElemNum,maxElemNum,defaultValueOfAssoc,keyToFind) =     
             // do a binary chop on the table 
@@ -234,8 +231,21 @@ module internal Implementation =
         let ruleValues    = (Array.zeroCreate 100 : obj[])              
         let lhsPos        = (Array.zeroCreate 2 : Position[])                                            
         let reductions = tables.reductions
-        let actionTable = new AssocTable(tables.actionTableElements, tables.actionTableRowOffsets)
-        let gotoTable = new AssocTable(tables.gotos, tables.sparseGotoTableRowOffsets)
+        let cacheSize = 7919 // the 1000'th prime
+        // Use a simpler hash table with faster lookup, but only one
+        // hash bucket per key.
+        let actionTableCache = ArrayPool<int>.Shared.Rent(cacheSize * 2)
+        let gotoTableCache = ArrayPool<int>.Shared.Rent(cacheSize * 2)
+        // Clear the arrays since ArrayPool does not
+        Array.Clear(actionTableCache, 0, actionTableCache.Length)
+        Array.Clear(gotoTableCache, 0, gotoTableCache.Length)
+        use _cacheDisposal = 
+            { new IDisposable with 
+                member _.Dispose() = 
+                    ArrayPool<int>.Shared.Return actionTableCache
+                    ArrayPool<int>.Shared.Return gotoTableCache }
+        let actionTable = AssocTable(tables.actionTableElements, tables.actionTableRowOffsets, actionTableCache, cacheSize)
+        let gotoTable = AssocTable(tables.gotos, tables.sparseGotoTableRowOffsets, gotoTableCache, cacheSize)
         let stateToProdIdxsTable = new IdxToIdxListTable(tables.stateToProdIdxsTableElements, tables.stateToProdIdxsTableRowOffsets)
 
         let parseState =