diff --git a/infer/src/backend/DB.ml b/infer/src/backend/DB.ml
index 43df75a93..f77c4fb08 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/DB.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/DB.ml
@@ -209,6 +209,17 @@ let filename_create_dir fname =
   if not (Sys.file_exists dirname)
   then create_dir dirname
 
+
+let rec create_path path =
+  try
+    Unix.mkdir path 0o700
+  with
+  | Unix.Unix_error (Unix.EEXIST, _, _) -> ()
+  | Unix.Unix_error (Unix.ENOENT, _, _) ->
+      create_path (Filename.dirname path);
+      create_path path
+
+
 let read_whole_file fd =
   let stats = Unix.fstat fd in
   let size = stats.Unix.st_size in
@@ -328,6 +339,12 @@ module Results_dir = struct
     Unix.openfile full_fname [Unix.O_WRONLY; Unix.O_CREAT; Unix.O_TRUNC] 0o777
 end
 
+(** origin of a analysis artifact: current results dir, a spec library, or models *)
+type origin =
+  | Res_dir
+  | Spec_lib
+  | Models
+
 let global_tenv_fname () =
   let basename = Config.global_tenv_filename in
   filename_concat (captured_dir ()) basename
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/DB.mli b/infer/src/backend/DB.mli
index b0fc63a91..2a01a468d 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/DB.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/DB.mli
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ module Results_dir : sig
   val create_file : path_kind -> path -> Unix.file_descr
 end
 
+(** origin of a analysis artifact: current results dir, a spec library, or models *)
+type origin =
+  | Res_dir
+  | Spec_lib
+  | Models
+
 (** {2 Source Files} *)
 
 type source_file
@@ -145,6 +151,10 @@ val find_source_dirs : unit -> source_dir list
 (** create a directory if it does not exist already *)
 val create_dir : string -> unit
 
+(** [make_directory path] will create a directory [path] creating all the
+    sub directories if non-existing *)
+val create_path : string -> unit
+
 (** Read a file using a lock to allow write attempts in parallel. *)
 val read_file_with_lock : string -> string -> bytes option
 
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/config.ml b/infer/src/backend/config.ml
index e95982d8f..a1c776233 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/config.ml
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ let models_dir =
 let string_crc_hex32 s =
   Digest.to_hex (Digest.string s)
 
+let infer_cache : string option ref = ref None
+
 module JarCache =
 struct
-  let infer_cache : string option ref = ref None
 
   let mkdir s =
     try
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ end
 
 type zip_library = {
   zip_filename: string;
-  zip_channel: Zip.in_file;
+  zip_channel: Zip.in_file Lazy.t;
   models: bool;
 }
 
@@ -116,22 +117,26 @@ let zip_filename zip_library =
   zip_library.zip_filename
 
 let zip_channel zip_library =
-  zip_library.zip_channel
+  Lazy.force zip_library.zip_channel
+
+let is_models zip_library =
+  zip_library.models
 
 (** list of the zip files to search for specs files *)
 let zip_libraries : zip_library list ref = ref []
 let zip_models : zip_library list ref = ref []
 
+let use_jar_cache = from_env_variable "INFER_USE_JAR_CACHE"
+
 let add_zip_library zip_filename =
-  if !JarCache.infer_cache != None
-  then
+  if !infer_cache != None && use_jar_cache then
     JarCache.handle_jar zip_filename
   else
     (* The order matters, the jar files should be added following the order *)
     (* specs files should be searched in them *)
     let zip_library = {
       zip_filename = zip_filename;
-      zip_channel = Zip.open_in zip_filename;
+      zip_channel = lazy (Zip.open_in zip_filename);
       models = false
     } in
     zip_libraries := zip_library :: !zip_libraries
@@ -139,7 +144,7 @@ let add_zip_library zip_filename =
 let add_models zip_filename =
   let zip_library = {
     zip_filename = zip_filename;
-    zip_channel = Zip.open_in zip_filename;
+    zip_channel = lazy (Zip.open_in zip_filename);
     models = true
   } in
   zip_models := zip_library :: !zip_models
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/specs.ml b/infer/src/backend/specs.ml
index 95c1e1e49..ff48a0678 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/specs.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/specs.ml
@@ -334,13 +334,7 @@ type summary =
     attributes : ProcAttributes.t; (** Attributes of the procedure *)
   }
 
-(** origin of a summary: current results dir, a spec library, or models *)
-type origin =
-  | Res_dir
-  | Spec_lib
-  | Models
-
-type spec_tbl = (summary * origin) Procname.Hash.t
+type spec_tbl = (summary * DB.origin) Procname.Hash.t
 
 let spec_tbl: spec_tbl = Procname.Hash.create 128
 
@@ -505,13 +499,13 @@ let summary_compact sh summary =
 let set_summary_origin proc_name summary origin =
   Procname.Hash.replace spec_tbl proc_name (summary, origin)
 
-let add_summary_origin (proc_name : Procname.t) (summary: summary) (origin: origin) : unit =
+let add_summary_origin (proc_name : Procname.t) (summary: summary) (origin: DB.origin) : unit =
   L.out "Adding summary for %a@\n@[<v 2>  %a@]@." Procname.pp proc_name (pp_summary pe_text false) summary;
   set_summary_origin proc_name summary origin
 
 (** Add the summary to the table for the given function *)
 let add_summary (proc_name : Procname.t) (summary: summary) : unit =
-  add_summary_origin proc_name summary Res_dir
+  add_summary_origin proc_name summary DB.Res_dir
 
 let specs_filename pname =
   let pname_file = Procname.to_filename pname in
@@ -560,22 +554,6 @@ let store_summary pname (summ: summary) =
 let load_summary specs_file =
   Serialization.from_file summary_serializer specs_file
 
-(** Load procedure summary from the given zip file *)
-(* TODO: instead of always going through the same list for zip files for every proc_name, *)
-(* create beforehand a map from specs filenames to zip filenames, so that looking up the specs for a given procedure is fast *)
-let load_summary_from_zip zip_specs_path zip_channel =
-  let found_summary =
-    try
-      let entry = Zip.find_entry zip_channel zip_specs_path in
-      begin
-        match Serialization.from_string summary_serializer (Zip.read_entry zip_channel entry) with
-        | Some summ -> Some summ
-        | None ->
-            L.err "Could not load specs datastructure from %s@." zip_specs_path;
-            None
-      end
-    with Not_found -> None in
-  found_summary
 
 (** Load procedure summary for the given procedure name and update spec table *)
 let load_summary_to_spec_table proc_name =
@@ -585,7 +563,7 @@ let load_summary_to_spec_table proc_name =
   let load_summary_models models_dir =
     match load_summary models_dir with
     | None -> false
-    | Some summ -> add summ Models in
+    | Some summ -> add summ DB.Models in
   let rec load_summary_libs = function (* try to load the summary from a list of libs *)
     | [] -> false
     | spec_path :: spec_paths ->
@@ -593,31 +571,20 @@ let load_summary_to_spec_table proc_name =
          | None -> load_summary_libs spec_paths
          | Some summ ->
              add summ Spec_lib) in
-  let rec load_summary_ziplibs zip_libraries = (* try to load the summary from a list of zip libraries *)
-    let zip_specs_filename = specs_filename proc_name in
-    let zip_specs_path =
-      let root = Filename.concat Config.default_in_zip_results_dir Config.specs_dir_name in
-      Filename.concat root zip_specs_filename in
-    match zip_libraries with
-    | [] -> false
-    | zip_library:: zip_libraries ->
-        begin
-          match load_summary_from_zip zip_specs_path (Config.zip_channel zip_library) with
-          | None -> load_summary_ziplibs zip_libraries
-          | Some summ ->
-              let origin = if zip_library.Config.models then Models else Spec_lib in
-              add summ origin
-        end in
+  let load_summary_ziplibs zip_specs_filename =
+    let zip_specs_path = Filename.concat Config.specs_dir_name zip_specs_filename in
+    match ZipLib.load summary_serializer zip_specs_path with
+    | None -> false
+    | Some (summary, origin) -> add summary origin in
   let default_spec_dir = res_dir_specs_filename proc_name in
   match load_summary default_spec_dir with
   | None ->
       (* search on models, libzips, and libs *)
-      if load_summary_models (specs_models_filename proc_name) then true
-      else if load_summary_ziplibs (Config.get_zip_libraries ()) then true
-      else load_summary_libs (specs_library_filenames proc_name)
-
+      load_summary_models (specs_models_filename proc_name) ||
+      load_summary_ziplibs (specs_filename proc_name) ||
+      load_summary_libs (specs_library_filenames proc_name)
   | Some summ ->
-      add summ Res_dir
+      add summ DB.Res_dir
 
 let rec get_summary_origin proc_name =
   try
@@ -687,7 +654,7 @@ let pdesc_resolve_attributes proc_desc =
 let get_origin proc_name =
   match get_summary_origin proc_name with
   | Some (_, origin) -> origin
-  | None -> Res_dir
+  | None -> DB.Res_dir
 
 let summary_exists proc_name =
   match get_summary proc_name with
@@ -806,7 +773,7 @@ let init_summary
         { proc_attributes with
           ProcAttributes.proc_flags = proc_flags; };
     } in
-  Procname.Hash.replace spec_tbl proc_attributes.ProcAttributes.proc_name (summary, Res_dir)
+  Procname.Hash.replace spec_tbl proc_attributes.ProcAttributes.proc_name (summary, DB.Res_dir)
 
 (** Reset a summary rebuilding the dependents and preserving the proc attributes if present. *)
 let reset_summary call_graph proc_name attributes_opt =
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/specs.mli b/infer/src/backend/specs.mli
index 967fedd4c..ad74141dc 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/specs.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/specs.mli
@@ -147,12 +147,6 @@ type summary =
     attributes : ProcAttributes.t; (** Attributes of the procedure *)
   }
 
-(** origin of a summary: current results dir, a spec library, or models *)
-type origin =
-  | Res_dir
-  | Spec_lib
-  | Models
-
 (** Add the summary to the table for the given function *)
 val add_summary : Procname.t -> summary -> unit
 
@@ -184,7 +178,7 @@ val get_flag : Procname.t -> string -> string option
 val get_phase : Procname.t -> phase
 
 (** Return the origin of the spec file *)
-val get_origin: Procname.t -> origin
+val get_origin: Procname.t -> DB.origin
 
 (** Return the signature of a procedure declaration as a string *)
 val get_signature : summary -> string
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/tabulation.ml b/infer/src/backend/tabulation.ml
index c96cbe066..989d6ac87 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/tabulation.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/tabulation.ml
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ let prop_set_exn pname prop se_exn =
 
 (** Include a subtrace for a procedure call if the callee is not a model. *)
 let include_subtrace callee_pname =
-  Specs.get_origin callee_pname <> Specs.Models
+  Specs.get_origin callee_pname <> DB.Models
 
 (** combine the spec's post with a splitting and actual precondition *)
 let combine
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/utils.ml b/infer/src/backend/utils.ml
index e774b84be..798796563 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/utils.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/utils.ml
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ let base_arg_desc =
     "root directory of the project";
 
     "-infer_cache",
-    Arg.String (fun s -> Config.JarCache.infer_cache := Some (filename_to_absolute s)),
+    Arg.String (fun s -> Config.infer_cache := Some (filename_to_absolute s)),
     Some "dir",
     "Select a directory to contain the infer cache";
 
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/zipLib.ml b/infer/src/backend/zipLib.ml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04abafdda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/src/backend/zipLib.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+(*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *)
+
+open! Utils
+
+module L = Logging
+
+
+let get_cache_dir infer_cache zip_filename =
+  let basename = Filename.basename zip_filename in
+  let key = basename ^ string_crc_hex32 zip_filename in
+  Filename.concat infer_cache key
+
+let load_from_cache serializer zip_path cache_dir zip_library =
+  let absolute_path = Filename.concat cache_dir zip_path in
+  let deserialize = Serialization.from_file serializer in
+  let extract to_path =
+    if not (Sys.file_exists to_path) then
+      begin
+        DB.create_path (Filename.dirname to_path);
+        let zip_channel = Config.zip_channel zip_library in
+        let entry = Zip.find_entry zip_channel zip_path in
+        Zip.copy_entry_to_file zip_channel entry to_path
+      end;
+    DB.filename_from_string to_path in
+  match deserialize (extract absolute_path) with
+  | Some data when Config.is_models zip_library -> Some (data, DB.Models)
+  | Some data -> Some (data, DB.Spec_lib)
+  | None -> None
+  | exception Not_found -> None
+
+let load_from_zip serializer zip_path zip_library =
+  let zip_channel = Config.zip_channel zip_library in
+  let deserialize = Serialization.from_string serializer in
+  match deserialize (Zip.read_entry zip_channel (Zip.find_entry zip_channel zip_path)) with
+  | Some data when Config.is_models zip_library -> Some (data, DB.Models)
+  | Some data -> Some (data, DB.Spec_lib)
+  | None -> None
+  | exception Not_found -> None
+
+let load_data serializer path zip_library =
+  let zip_path = Filename.concat Config.default_in_zip_results_dir path in
+  match !Config.infer_cache with
+  | None ->
+      load_from_zip serializer zip_path zip_library
+  | Some infer_cache ->
+      let cache_dir = get_cache_dir infer_cache (Config.zip_filename zip_library) in
+      load_from_cache serializer zip_path cache_dir zip_library
+
+(* Search path in the list of zip libraries and use a cache directory to save already
+   deserialized data *)
+let load serializer path =
+  let rec loop = function
+    | [] -> None
+    | zip_library :: other_libraries ->
+        let opt = load_data serializer path zip_library in
+        if Option.is_some opt then opt
+        else loop other_libraries in
+  loop (Config.get_zip_libraries ())
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/zipLib.mli b/infer/src/backend/zipLib.mli
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2441c57c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/src/backend/zipLib.mli
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+(*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *)
+
+(** [load serializer path] searches for the file at the given path in the zip libraries.
+    If Config.infer_cache is set, already deserialized data will be saved there and [path]
+    will be searched from the cache first. *)
+val load : 'a Serialization.serializer -> string -> ('a * DB.origin) option