diff --git a/volatility/framework/constants.py b/volatility/framework/constants.py
index a0fc04b42..ebe9b7b3c 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/constants.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/constants.py
@@ -2,9 +2,16 @@
 
 Stores all the constant values that are generally fixed throughout volatility
 This includes default scanning block sizes, etc."""
-
 import os.path
 
+import sys
+
 PLUGINS_PATH = [os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "plugins"))]
 BANG = "!"
 PACKAGE_VERSION = "3.0.0_alpha1"
+
+if sys.platform == 'windows':
+    CACHE_PATH = os.path.join(os.environ.get("APPDATA", os.path.expanduser("~")), "volatility3")
+else:
+    CACHE_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".cache", "volatility3")
+os.makedirs(CACHE_PATH, exist_ok = True)
diff --git a/volatility/framework/symbols/intermed.py b/volatility/framework/symbols/intermed.py
index 0273110a8..abc577158 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/symbols/intermed.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/symbols/intermed.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import urllib.parse
 
 from volatility import schemas
 from volatility.framework import class_subclasses, constants, exceptions, interfaces, objects
+from volatility.framework.exceptions import SymbolSpaceError
 
 vollog = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ def _construct_delegate_function(name, is_property = False):
 
 
 class IntermediateSymbolTable(interfaces.symbols.SymbolTableInterface):
-    def __init__(self, name, idd_filepath, native_types = None, validate = False):
+    def __init__(self, name, idd_filepath, native_types = None):
         # Check there are no obvious errors
         url = urllib.parse.urlparse(idd_filepath)
         if url.scheme != 'file':
@@ -35,10 +36,9 @@ class IntermediateSymbolTable(interfaces.symbols.SymbolTableInterface):
         with open(url.path, "r") as fp:
             json_object = json.load(fp)
 
-        # Validation is expensive, we should either explicitly demand it, or build a caching mechanism
-        # to store the hashes of successfully validated files
-        if validate:
-            schemas.validate(json_object)
+        # Validation is expensive, but we cache to store the hashes of successfully validated json objects
+        if not schemas.validate(json_object):
+            raise SymbolSpaceError("File does not pass version validation: {}".format(url.geturl()))
 
         metadata = json_object.get('metadata', None)
 
diff --git a/volatility/schemas/__init__.py b/volatility/schemas/__init__.py
index 26c06f282..1f7c8b7a3 100644
--- a/volatility/schemas/__init__.py
+++ b/volatility/schemas/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,32 @@
+import hashlib
 import json
 import logging
 import os
 
+from volatility.framework import constants
+
 vollog = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+cached_validation_filepath = os.path.join(constants.CACHE_PATH, "valid_idf.cache")
+
+
+def load_cached_validations():
+    """Loads up the list of successfully cached json objects, so we don't need to revalidate them"""
+    validhashes = set()
+    if os.path.exists(cached_validation_filepath):
+        with open(cached_validation_filepath, "r") as f:
+            validhashes.update(json.load(f))
+    return validhashes
+
+
+def record_cached_validations(validations):
+    """Record the cached validations, so we don't need to revalidate them in future"""
+    with open(cached_validation_filepath, "w") as f:
+        json.dump(list(validations), f)
+
+
+cached_validations = load_cached_validations()
+
 
 def validate(input):
     """Validates an input JSON file based upon """
@@ -23,6 +46,9 @@ def validate(input):
 
 def valid(input, schema):
     """Validates a json schema"""
+    input_hash = hashlib.sha1(bytes(json.dumps(input, sort_keys = True), 'utf-8')).hexdigest()
+    if input_hash in cached_validations:
+        return True
     try:
         import jsonschema
         jsonschema.validate(input, schema)
@@ -32,4 +58,6 @@ def valid(input, schema):
         return True
     except:
         return False
+    cached_validations.add(input_hash)
+    record_cached_validations(cached_validations)
     return True