diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers.js b/lib/OpenLayers.js
index a27cdadfef..5cbefbb5ed 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers.js
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
      */
     var singleFile = (typeof OpenLayers == "object" && OpenLayers.singleFile);
     
+    /**
+     * Cache for the script location returned from
+     * OpenLayers._getScriptLocation
+     */
+    var scriptLocation;
+    
     /**
      * Namespace: OpenLayers
      * The OpenLayers object provides a namespace for all things OpenLayers
@@ -37,7 +43,10 @@
          * {String} Path to this script
          */
         _getScriptLocation: function () {
-            var scriptLocation = "";            
+            if(scriptLocation) {
+                return scriptLocation;
+            }
+            scriptLocation = "";            
             var isOL = new RegExp("(^|(.*?\\/))(" + OpenLayers._scriptName + ")(\\?|$)");
          
             var scripts = document.getElementsByTagName('script');