diff --git a/elftools/dwarf/compileunit.py b/elftools/dwarf/compileunit.py
index 704dec37..8b1e5b98 100644
--- a/elftools/dwarf/compileunit.py
+++ b/elftools/dwarf/compileunit.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Eli Bendersky (eliben@gmail.com)
 # This code is in the public domain
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from bisect import bisect_right
+from functools import lru_cache
 from .die import DIE
 from ..common.utils import dwarf_assert
 
@@ -55,16 +55,9 @@ def __init__(self, header, dwarfinfo, structs, cu_offset, cu_die_offset):
         # requested.
         self._abbrev_table = None
 
-        # A list of DIEs belonging to this CU.
-        # This list is lazily constructed as DIEs are iterated over.
-        self._dielist = []
-        # A list of file offsets, corresponding (by index) to the DIEs
-        # in `self._dielist`. This list exists separately from
-        # `self._dielist` to make it binary searchable, enabling the
-        # DIE population strategy used in `iter_DIE_children`.
-        # Like `self._dielist`, this list is lazily constructed
-        # as DIEs are iterated over.
-        self._diemap = []
+        # Cache of Top DIE of this CU
+        self._top_die = None
+        self.configure_die_cache()
 
     def dwarf_format(self):
         """ Get the DWARF format (32 or 64) for this CU
@@ -86,26 +79,23 @@ def get_top_DIE(self):
 
         # Note that a top DIE always has minimal offset and is therefore
         # at the beginning of our lists, so no bisect is required.
-        if len(self._diemap) > 0:
-            return self._dielist[0]
+        if self._top_die is not None:
+            return self._top_die
 
         top = DIE(
                 cu=self,
                 stream=self.dwarfinfo.debug_info_sec.stream,
                 offset=self.cu_die_offset)
 
-        self._dielist.insert(0, top)
-        self._diemap.insert(0, self.cu_die_offset)
-
         top._translate_indirect_attributes() # Can't translate indirect attributes until the top DIE has been parsed to the end
-
+        self._top_die = top
         return top
 
     def has_top_DIE(self):
         """ Returns whether the top DIE in this CU has already been parsed and cached.
             No parsing on demand!
         """
-        return len(self._diemap) > 0        
+        return self._top_die is not None
 
     @property
     def size(self):
@@ -186,6 +176,30 @@ def iter_DIE_children(self, die):
                         pass
 
                 cur_offset = child._terminator.offset + child._terminator.size
+    def configure_die_cache(self, cachesize = None):
+        @lru_cache(maxsize=cachesize)
+        def _get_cached_DIE(offset):
+            """ Given a DIE offset, look it up in the cache.  If not present,
+                parse the DIE and insert it into the cache.
+
+                offset:
+                    The offset of the DIE in the debug_info section to retrieve.
+
+                The stream reference is copied from the top DIE.  The top die will
+                also be parsed and cached if needed.
+
+                See also get_DIE_from_refaddr(self, refaddr).
+            """
+            # The top die must be in the cache if any DIE is in the cache.
+            # The stream is the same for all DIEs in this CU, so populate
+            # the top DIE and obtain a reference to its stream.
+
+            top_die_stream = self.get_top_DIE().stream
+            die = DIE(cu=self, stream=top_die_stream, offset=offset)
+
+            return die
+
+        self._get_cached_DIE = _get_cached_DIE
 
     #------ PRIVATE ------#
 
@@ -209,37 +223,4 @@ def _iter_DIE_subtree(self, die):
                     yield d
             yield die._terminator
 
-    def _get_cached_DIE(self, offset):
-        """ Given a DIE offset, look it up in the cache.  If not present,
-            parse the DIE and insert it into the cache.
-
-            offset:
-                The offset of the DIE in the debug_info section to retrieve.
-
-            The stream reference is copied from the top DIE.  The top die will
-            also be parsed and cached if needed.
-
-            See also get_DIE_from_refaddr(self, refaddr).
-        """
-        # The top die must be in the cache if any DIE is in the cache.
-        # The stream is the same for all DIEs in this CU, so populate
-        # the top DIE and obtain a reference to its stream.
-        top_die_stream = self.get_top_DIE().stream
-
-        # `offset` is the offset in the stream of the DIE we want to return.
-        # The map is maintined as a parallel array to the list.  We call
-        # bisect each time to ensure new DIEs are inserted in the correct
-        # order within both `self._dielist` and `self._diemap`.
-        i = bisect_right(self._diemap, offset)
-
-        # Note that `self._diemap` cannot be empty because a the top DIE
-        # was inserted by the call to .get_top_DIE().  Also it has the minimal
-        # offset, so the bisect_right insert point will always be at least 1.
-        if offset == self._diemap[i - 1]:
-            die = self._dielist[i - 1]
-        else:
-            die = DIE(cu=self, stream=top_die_stream, offset=offset)
-            self._dielist.insert(i, die)
-            self._diemap.insert(i, offset)
 
-        return die