diff --git a/Classes/Frontend/DataProcessing/SkillSets.php b/Classes/Frontend/DataProcessing/SkillSets.php
index b7006c3..5fe5113 100644
--- a/Classes/Frontend/DataProcessing/SkillSets.php
+++ b/Classes/Frontend/DataProcessing/SkillSets.php
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ namespace SkillDisplay\SkilldisplayContent\Frontend\DataProcessing;
 
 use Exception;
 use SkillDisplay\PHPToolKit\Api\SkillSet;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache\CacheManager;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache\Frontend\VariableFrontend;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Frontend\ContentObject\ContentObjectRenderer;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Frontend\ContentObject\DataProcessorInterface;
@@ -45,14 +47,36 @@ class SkillSets implements DataProcessorInterface
         array $processorConfiguration,
         array $processedData
     ) {
+
         $as = $cObj->stdWrapValue('as', $processorConfiguration, 'skillSets');
+        $skillSetsIdsRaw = (string)$cObj->stdWrapValue('skillSets', $processorConfiguration);
         $skillSetIds = GeneralUtility::intExplode(
             ',',
-            (string)$cObj->stdWrapValue('skillSets', $processorConfiguration),
+            $skillSetsIdsRaw,
             true
         );
-        $skillSets = [];
 
+        $enableCache = $processorConfiguration['cache'] ?? false;
+        if ($enableCache) {
+            $cacheKey = md5($skillSetsIdsRaw) . $as;
+            /** @var VariableFrontend $cache */
+            $cache = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(CacheManager::class)->getCache('sdcontent');
+            if ($cache->has($cacheKey)) {
+                $data = $cache->get($cacheKey);
+            } else {
+                $data = $this->generateData($skillSetIds);
+                $cache->set($cacheKey, $data);
+            }
+        } else {
+            $data = $this->generateData($skillSetIds);
+        }
+        $processedData[$as] = $data;
+        return $processedData;
+    }
+
+    protected function generateData(array $skillSetIds): array
+    {
+        $skillSets = [];
         foreach ($skillSetIds as $skillSetId) {
             try {
                 $skillSets[] = $this->skillSetApi->getById($skillSetId, true);
@@ -60,8 +84,6 @@ class SkillSets implements DataProcessorInterface
                 continue;
             }
         }
-
-        $processedData[$as] = $skillSets;
-        return $processedData;
+        return $skillSets;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/constants.typoscript b/Configuration/TypoScript/constants.typoscript
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..626251c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/constants.typoscript
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SkilldisplayContent.skillSet.cache = 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript b/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
index 9e94c32..c8f5b20 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tt_content.skilldisplay_skillset {
     dataProcessing {
         10 = SkillDisplay\SkilldisplayContent\Frontend\DataProcessing\SkillSets
         10 {
+            cache = {$SkilldisplayContent.skillSet.cache}
             skillSets.field = skilldisplay_skillset
         }
     }
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 841aa76..4c584b5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Or copy the files from `/Resources/Private/Templates/ContentElements/` to your e
 Configuration
 =============
 
+It is possible to cache the API results for Skill Sets with this TypoScript constant::
+
+  SkilldisplayContent.skillSet.cache = 1
+
 You may include default CSS for the templates in your TypoScript::
 
   page.includeCSS.skilldisplay = EXT:skilldisplay_content/Resources/Public/Css/Styles.css
diff --git a/ext_localconf.php b/ext_localconf.php
index fbe740f..fb03015 100644
--- a/ext_localconf.php
+++ b/ext_localconf.php
@@ -25,4 +25,20 @@
     // todo v11?
     $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS']['cms/layout/class.tx_cms_layout.php']['tt_content_drawItem'][$extKey] =
         \SkillDisplay\SkilldisplayContent\Backend\Preview::class;
+
+
+    $caches = [
+        'sdcontent',
+    ];
+    foreach ($caches as $cacheName) {
+        $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['caching']['cacheConfigurations'][$cacheName] = [
+            'frontend' => \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache\Frontend\VariableFrontend::class,
+            'backend' => \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache\Backend\SimpleFileBackend::class,
+            'options' => [
+                'defaultLifetime' => 2592000, // 30 days
+            ],
+            'groups' => ['lowlevel']
+        ];
+    }
+
 })('skilldisplay_content');