diff --git a/plugins/gitignore/gitignore.plugin.zsh b/plugins/gitignore/gitignore.plugin.zsh
index a9f3f6453..1823615f5 100644
--- a/plugins/gitignore/gitignore.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/gitignore/gitignore.plugin.zsh
@@ -10,12 +10,48 @@ function gi() {
 }
 
 _gitignoreio_get_command_list() {
+  setopt local_options pipe_fail
   _gi_curl "list" | tr "," "\n"
 }
 
-_gitignoreio () {
-  compset -P '*,'
-  compadd -S '' $(_gitignoreio_get_command_list)
+__gitignoreio_caching_policy() {
+  local -a oldp
+  oldp=("$1"(Nm+7))
+  (($#oldp))
 }
 
-compdef _gitignoreio gi
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+_gitignoreio_retrieve_stale_cache() {
+  zstyle -t ":completion:${curcontext}:" use-cache || return 1
+
+  local cache_dir
+  zstyle -s ":completion:${curcontext}:" cache-path cache_dir
+  : ${cache_dir:=${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zcompcache}
+
+  [[ -e "$cache_dir/gi-list" ]] || return 1
+  . "$cache_dir/gi-list"
+}
+
+_gitignoreio() {
+  compset -P '*,'
+
+  local cache_policy
+  zstyle -s ":completion:${curcontext}:" cache-policy cache_policy
+  if [[ -z "$cache_policy" ]]; then
+    zstyle ":completion:${curcontext}:" cache-policy __gitignoreio_caching_policy
+  fi
+
+  local -a _gi_list
+  if _cache_invalid gi-list || ! _retrieve_cache gi-list; then
+    local command_list
+    if command_list="$(_gitignoreio_get_command_list)" && [[ -n "$command_list" ]]; then
+      _gi_list=(${(f)command_list})
+      _store_cache gi-list _gi_list
+    else
+      _gitignoreio_retrieve_stale_cache
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  compadd -S '' -a _gi_list
+}
+
+compdef _gitignoreio gi