diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/syntax/parser_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/syntax/parser_test.go
index b6c4b8fd5693d1..404317b3c03019 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/syntax/parser_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/syntax/parser_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -38,6 +39,92 @@ func TestVerify(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyPrint(t, *src_, ast)
 }
 
+// To run only this benchmark and obtain results for benchstat:
+// go test -bench=ParseStdLib -benchtime=5s -run none -count=20
+func BenchmarkParseStdLib(b *testing.B) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		b.Skip("skipping test in short mode")
+	}
+	var skipRx *regexp.Regexp
+	if *skip != "" {
+		var err error
+		skipRx, err = regexp.Compile(*skip)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("invalid argument for -skip (%v)", err)
+		}
+	}
+	// We read in all files to ignore
+	type file struct {
+		name string
+		base *PosBase
+		data []byte // data populated only for files being tested.
+		size int64
+	}
+	var files []file
+	goroot := testenv.GOROOT(b)
+	dirs := []string{
+		filepath.Join(goroot, "src"),
+		filepath.Join(goroot, "misc"),
+	}
+	for _, dir := range dirs {
+		walkDirs(b, dir, func(filename string) {
+			if skipRx != nil && skipRx.MatchString(filename) {
+				// Always report skipped files since regexp
+				// typos can lead to surprising results.
+				fmt.Printf("skipping %s\n", filename)
+				return
+			}
+			info, err := os.Stat(filename)
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			files = append(files, file{
+				name: filename,
+				size: info.Size(),
+				base: NewFileBase(filename),
+			})
+		})
+	}
+	const numberOfFiles = 10
+	if len(files) < numberOfFiles*2 {
+		b.Error("too few files matched to run")
+	}
+	loadFile := func(f *file) {
+		var err error
+		f.data, err = os.ReadFile(f.name)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	slices.SortStableFunc(files, func(a, b file) int {
+		return int(a.size - b.size)
+	})
+	// We load the files we'll be testing into memory to avoid noise introduced by operating system.
+	for i := 0; i < numberOfFiles; i++ {
+		loadFile(&files[i])              // Load smallest files.
+		loadFile(&files[len(files)-i-1]) // Load largest files.
+	}
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("longest %d files", numberOfFiles), func(b *testing.B) {
+		var buf bytes.Reader
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			for _, file := range files[len(files)-numberOfFiles:] {
+				buf.Reset(file.data)
+				Parse(file.base, &buf, nil, nil, 0)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("shortest %d files", numberOfFiles), func(b *testing.B) {
+		var buf bytes.Reader
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			for _, file := range files[:numberOfFiles] {
+				buf.Reset(file.data)
+				Parse(file.base, &buf, nil, nil, 0)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func TestStdLib(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("skipping test in short mode")
@@ -123,7 +210,7 @@ func TestStdLib(t *testing.T) {
 	fmt.Printf("allocated %.3fMb (%.3fMb/s)\n", dm, dm/dt.Seconds())
 }
 
-func walkDirs(t *testing.T, dir string, action func(string)) {
+func walkDirs(t testing.TB, dir string, action func(string)) {
 	entries, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
diff --git a/src/go/token/token.go b/src/go/token/token.go
index aa5d6e02a6f287..6835fdd2f4ac13 100644
--- a/src/go/token/token.go
+++ b/src/go/token/token.go
@@ -279,19 +279,38 @@ func (op Token) Precedence() int {
 	return LowestPrec
 }
 
-var keywords map[string]Token
+// hash is a perfect hash function for keywords.
+// It assumes that s has at least length 2.
+func hash(s string) uint {
+	// If you get collisions on adding a keyword you'll need to
+	// process more bytes of the identifier since this'll indicate
+	// two keywords share the same first two bytes.
+	// Best course of action is incrementing keyword map size or tuning the hash operations.
+	return (uint(s[0])<<4 ^ uint(s[1]) + uint(len(s))) & uint(len(keywordMap)-1)
+}
+
+// keywordMap is a perfect map taken from src/cmd/compile/internal/syntax/scanner.go
+var keywordMap [1 << 6]Token // size must be power of two
 
 func init() {
-	keywords = make(map[string]Token, keyword_end-(keyword_beg+1))
-	for i := keyword_beg + 1; i < keyword_end; i++ {
-		keywords[tokens[i]] = i
+	// populate keywordMap
+	for tok := keyword_beg + 1; tok < keyword_end; tok++ {
+		h := hash(tok.String())
+		if keywordMap[h] != 0 {
+			panic("imperfect hash")
+		}
+		keywordMap[h] = tok
 	}
 }
 
 // Lookup maps an identifier to its keyword token or [IDENT] (if not a keyword).
 func Lookup(ident string) Token {
-	if tok, is_keyword := keywords[ident]; is_keyword {
-		return tok
+	if len(ident) < 2 {
+		return IDENT
+	}
+	maybeMatch := keywordMap[hash(ident)]
+	if maybeMatch != 0 && maybeMatch.String() == ident {
+		return maybeMatch
 	}
 	return IDENT
 }
@@ -319,10 +338,12 @@ func IsExported(name string) bool {
 }
 
 // IsKeyword reports whether name is a Go keyword, such as "func" or "return".
-func IsKeyword(name string) bool {
-	// TODO: opt: use a perfect hash function instead of a global map.
-	_, ok := keywords[name]
-	return ok
+func IsKeyword(ident string) bool {
+	if len(ident) < 2 {
+		return false
+	}
+	tok := keywordMap[hash(ident)]
+	return tok != 0 && tok.String() == ident
 }
 
 // IsIdentifier reports whether name is a Go identifier, that is, a non-empty