diff --git a/react_render/core.py b/react_render/core.py
index 8d19dda..4280f64 100644
--- a/react_render/core.py
+++ b/react_render/core.py
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 import os
 import json
+import threading
+
 import requests
 from react_render.exceptions import ComponentSourceFileNotFound, ComponentRenderingError
 
 DEFAULT_SERVICE_URL = 'http://localhost:63578/render'
 
+_requests_session_store = threading.local()
+
+
+def requests_keepalive_session() -> requests.Session:
+    """
+    Creates a session that can utilize keep-alive behaviour across multiple
+    requests, by maintaining the session within a thread-local.
+    """
+    session = getattr(_requests_session_store, "react_session", None)
+    if not session:
+        session = requests.Session()
+        setattr(_requests_session_store, "react_session", session)
+    return session
+
 
 def render_component(path_to_source, props=None, to_static_markup=False, json_encoder=None, service_url=None, timeout=10):
     if not os.path.exists(path_to_source):
@@ -16,7 +32,8 @@ def render_component(path_to_source, props=None, to_static_markup=False, json_en
     if service_url is None:
         service_url = DEFAULT_SERVICE_URL
 
-    response = requests.post(service_url,
+    session = requests_keepalive_session()
+    response = session.post(service_url,
         timeout=timeout,
         headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
         data=json_encoder({