diff --git a/src/Auth/Eloquent/User.php b/src/Auth/Eloquent/User.php
index 3de4a068e2..4eae32e6d9 100644
--- a/src/Auth/Eloquent/User.php
+++ b/src/Auth/Eloquent/User.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Statamic\Auth\PermissionCache;
 use Statamic\Auth\User as BaseUser;
 use Statamic\Contracts\Auth\Passkey;
 use Statamic\Contracts\Auth\Role as RoleContract;
@@ -219,6 +220,12 @@ public function isInGroup($group)
 
     public function permissions()
     {
+        $cache = app(PermissionCache::class);
+
+        if ($cached = $cache->get($this->id())) {
+            return $cached;
+        }
+
         $permissions = $this->groups()->flatMap->roles()
             ->merge($this->roles())
             ->flatMap->permissions();
@@ -227,6 +234,10 @@ public function permissions()
             $permissions[] = 'super';
         }
 
+        $permissions = $permissions->unique()->values();
+
+        $cache->put($this->id(), $permissions);
+
         return $permissions;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Auth/Eloquent/EloquentUserTest.php b/tests/Auth/Eloquent/EloquentUserTest.php
index b57aa6fe0d..e00dcf3c57 100644
--- a/tests/Auth/Eloquent/EloquentUserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Auth/Eloquent/EloquentUserTest.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Statamic\Auth\Eloquent\WebAuthnModel;
 use Statamic\Auth\File\Role;
 use Statamic\Auth\File\UserGroup;
+use Statamic\Auth\PermissionCache;
 use Statamic\Auth\WebAuthn\Serializer;
 use Statamic\Contracts\Auth\Role as RoleContract;
 use Statamic\Contracts\Auth\UserGroup as UserGroupContract;
@@ -411,4 +412,63 @@ public function deserialize($data)
             ->all()
         );
     }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function permissions_are_cached_after_first_call()
+    {
+        $role = Facades\Role::make('editor')->addPermission('access cp');
+        Facades\Role::shouldReceive('find')->with('editor')->andReturn($role);
+
+        $user = $this->createPermissible()->assignRole($role);
+        $user->save();
+
+        $cache = app(PermissionCache::class);
+
+        $this->assertNull($cache->get($user->id()));
+
+        $user->permissions();
+
+        $this->assertNotNull($cache->get($user->id()));
+        $this->assertTrue($cache->get($user->id())->contains('access cp'));
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function permissions_are_read_from_cache_on_subsequent_calls()
+    {
+        $role = Facades\Role::make('editor')->addPermission('access cp');
+        Facades\Role::shouldReceive('find')->with('editor')->andReturn($role);
+
+        $user = $this->createPermissible()->assignRole($role);
+        $user->save();
+
+        $cache = app(PermissionCache::class);
+
+        // Seed the cache with different data to prove subsequent calls use it
+        $cache->put($user->id(), collect(['cached-permission']));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(['cached-permission'], $user->permissions()->all());
+        $this->assertTrue($user->hasPermission('cached-permission'));
+        $this->assertFalse($user->hasPermission('access cp'));
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function permissions_cache_is_invalidated_when_cleared()
+    {
+        $role = Facades\Role::make('editor')->addPermission('access cp');
+        Facades\Role::shouldReceive('find')->with('editor')->andReturn($role);
+
+        $user = $this->createPermissible()->assignRole($role);
+        $user->save();
+
+        $cache = app(PermissionCache::class);
+
+        $user->permissions();
+        $this->assertNotNull($cache->get($user->id()));
+
+        $cache->clear();
+        $this->assertNull($cache->get($user->id()));
+
+        // Recomputes correctly after cache is cleared
+        $this->assertTrue($user->permissions()->contains('access cp'));
+    }
 }