diff --git a/modules/hosting/package/hosting_package.instance.inc b/modules/hosting/package/hosting_package.instance.inc
index 4561b40..8dbca3a 100644
--- a/modules/hosting/package/hosting_package.instance.inc
+++ b/modules/hosting/package/hosting_package.instance.inc
@@ -95,8 +95,15 @@ function hosting_package_instance_create(&$instance) {
  *
  * @see hosting_package_instances_load()
  */
-function hosting_package_instance_load($param) {
-  return _hosting_package_instances_load($param);
+function hosting_package_instance_load($param, $reset = FALSE) {
+  $instance = hosting_package_instances_load($param, $reset);
+
+  // $instance could be FALSE or an empty array.
+  if (!empty($instance)){
+    $instance = reset($instance);
+  }
+
+  return $instance;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -107,57 +114,83 @@ function hosting_package_instance_load($param) {
  *   $param is an array then the key/value pairs will be used as a WHERE clause
  *   in the form "WHERE key0 = value0 AND ... AND keyN = valueN". Both the keys
  *   and values of the $param array must be strings.
+ * @param boolean $reset
+ *   If reset is TRUE, the cache of objects matching the current $param will be
+ *   rebuilt and fresh results will be returned. Defaults to FALSE.
  *
  * @return mixed
  *   Returns an array of instance objects keyed by the instance iid. If there
  *   are no matches an empty array will be returned. If there was an error FALSE
  *   will be returned.
  */
-function hosting_package_instances_load($param) {
-  return _hosting_package_instances_load($param, TRUE);
+function hosting_package_instances_load($param, $reset = FALSE) {
+  return _hosting_package_instances_load($param, $reset);
 }
 
 /**
  * Internal function for hosting_package_instance(s)_load.
+ *
+ * This function has an internal static cache of results.
+ * The parameters for this function are identical to
+ * hosting_package_instances_load().
+ *
+ * @see hosting_package_instances_load().
  */
-function _hosting_package_instances_load($param, $multiple = FALSE) {
+function _hosting_package_instances_load($param, $reset = FALSE) {
+  static $cache = array();
+  $cid = '';
   $arguments = array();
+
   if (is_numeric($param)) {
     $cond = 'iid = %d';
     $arguments[] = $param;
+    $cid .= 'iid:' . $param . '.';
   }
   elseif (is_array($param)) {
     // Turn the conditions into a query.
     foreach ($param as $key => $value) {
+      // Ignore data types that will break our cache and/or query.
+      if(!is_string($key)
+        || is_array($value)
+        || is_object($value)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       $cond[] = $key ." = '%s'";
       $arguments[] = $value;
+      $cid .= $key . ':' . $value . '.';
+    }
+    if(empty($cond) || empty($cid)) {
+      return FALSE;
     }
     $cond = implode(' AND ', $cond);
   }
   else {
     return FALSE;
   }
-  $instances = array();
-  $result = db_query("SELECT
-      n.title, r.type, p.package_type, p.nid,
-      i.iid, i.version, i.version_code, i.schema_version,
-      i.status, p.description, p.short_name, p.old_short_name, i.rid,
-      i.package_id
-      FROM {hosting_package_instance} i
-        LEFT JOIN {hosting_package} p ON p.nid=i.package_id
-        LEFT JOIN {node} n ON p.nid=n.nid
-        LEFT JOIN {node} r ON r.nid=i.rid
-        LEFT JOIN {hosting_platform} h ON r.nid=h.nid
-      WHERE " . $cond, $arguments);
-
-  while ($instance = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    $instance->languages = _hosting_package_instances_load_languages($instance->iid);
-    if (!$multiple) {
-      return $instance;
+
+  if(!isset($cache[$cid] || $reset)) {
+    $instances = array();
+    $result = db_query("SELECT
+        n.title, r.type, p.package_type, p.nid,
+        i.iid, i.version, i.version_code, i.schema_version,
+        i.status, p.description, p.short_name, p.old_short_name, i.rid,
+        i.package_id
+        FROM {hosting_package_instance} i
+          LEFT JOIN {hosting_package} p ON p.nid=i.package_id
+          LEFT JOIN {node} n ON p.nid=n.nid
+          LEFT JOIN {node} r ON r.nid=i.rid
+          LEFT JOIN {hosting_platform} h ON r.nid=h.nid
+        WHERE " . $cond, $arguments);
+
+    while ($instance = db_fetch_object($result)) {
+      $instance->languages = _hosting_package_instances_load_languages($instance->iid);
+      $instances[$instance->iid] = $instance;
     }
-    $instances[$instance->iid] = $instance;
+    $cache[$cid] = $instances;
   }
-  return $instances;
+
+  return $cache[$cid];
 }
 
 /**