diff --git a/components/servo_arc/lib.rs b/components/servo_arc/lib.rs
index 5dc261eefb6..ff4074767f8 100644
--- a/components/servo_arc/lib.rs
+++ b/components/servo_arc/lib.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use heapsize::HeapSizeOf;
 use nodrop::NoDrop;
 #[cfg(feature = "servo")]
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use stable_deref_trait::{CloneStableDeref, StableDeref};
 use std::{isize, usize};
 use std::borrow;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
@@ -433,6 +434,9 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> AsRef<T> for Arc<T> {
     }
 }
 
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized> StableDeref for Arc<T> {}
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized> CloneStableDeref for Arc<T> {}
+
 // This is what the HeapSize crate does for regular arc, but is questionably
 // sound. See https://github.com/servo/heapsize/issues/37
 #[cfg(feature = "servo")]
diff --git a/components/style/bloom.rs b/components/style/bloom.rs
index 34b6b608962..d6d05c2ed20 100644
--- a/components/style/bloom.rs
+++ b/components/style/bloom.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,18 @@
 
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 
+use atomic_refcell::{AtomicRefMut, AtomicRefCell};
 use dom::{SendElement, TElement};
+use owning_ref::OwningHandle;
 use selectors::bloom::BloomFilter;
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
+use stylearc::Arc;
+
+/// Bloom filters are large allocations, so we store them in thread-local storage
+/// such that they can be reused across style traversals. StyleBloom is responsible
+/// for ensuring that the bloom filter is zeroed when it is dropped.
+thread_local!(static BLOOM_KEY: Arc<AtomicRefCell<BloomFilter>> =
+              Arc::new(AtomicRefCell::new(BloomFilter::new())));
 
 /// A struct that allows us to fast-reject deep descendant selectors avoiding
 /// selector-matching.
@@ -43,8 +52,11 @@ use smallvec::SmallVec;
 ///    immutable during a restyle.
 ///
 pub struct StyleBloom<E: TElement> {
-    /// The bloom filter per se.
-    filter: Box<BloomFilter>,
+    /// A handle to the bloom filter from the thread upon which this StyleBloom
+    /// was created. We use AtomicRefCell so that this is all |Send|, which allows
+    /// StyleBloom to live in ThreadLocalStyleContext, which is dropped from the
+    /// parent thread.
+    filter: OwningHandle<Arc<AtomicRefCell<BloomFilter>>, AtomicRefMut<'static, BloomFilter>>,
 
     /// The stack of elements that this bloom filter contains, along with the
     /// number of hashes pushed for each element.
@@ -101,11 +113,23 @@ fn each_relevant_element_hash<E, F>(element: E, mut f: F)
     });
 }
 
+impl<E: TElement> Drop for StyleBloom<E> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Leave the reusable bloom filter in a zeroed state.
+        self.clear();
+    }
+}
+
 impl<E: TElement> StyleBloom<E> {
-    /// Create an empty `StyleBloom`.
+    /// Create an empty `StyleBloom`. Because StyleBloom acquires the thread-
+    /// local filter buffer, creating multiple live StyleBloom instances at
+    /// the same time on the same thread will panic.
     pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let bloom_arc = BLOOM_KEY.with(|b| b.clone());
+        let filter = OwningHandle::new_with_fn(bloom_arc, |x| unsafe { x.as_ref() }.unwrap().borrow_mut());
+        debug_assert!(filter.is_zeroed(), "Forgot to zero the bloom filter last time");
         StyleBloom {
-            filter: Box::new(BloomFilter::new()),
+            filter: filter,
             elements: Default::default(),
             pushed_hashes: Default::default(),
         }