diff --git a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue.Test/Test Data/apisurface.txt b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue.Test/Test Data/apisurface.txt
index b05adec7..a5367b4f 100644
--- a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue.Test/Test Data/apisurface.txt	
+++ b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue.Test/Test Data/apisurface.txt	
@@ -207,12 +207,14 @@ public sealed class ValveKeyValue.KVSerializerOptions
     public bool get_EnableValveNullByteBugBehavior();
     public ValveKeyValue.IIncludedFileLoader get_FileLoader();
     public bool get_HasEscapeSequences();
+    public ValveKeyValue.StringTable get_StringTable();
     public int GetHashCode();
     public Type GetType();
     protected object MemberwiseClone();
     public void set_EnableValveNullByteBugBehavior(bool value);
     public void set_FileLoader(ValveKeyValue.IIncludedFileLoader value);
     public void set_HasEscapeSequences(bool value);
+    public void set_StringTable(ValveKeyValue.StringTable value);
     public string ToString();
 }
 
@@ -295,3 +297,16 @@ public sealed enum ValveKeyValue.KVValueType
     public string ToString(string format, IFormatProvider provider);
 }
 
+public sealed class ValveKeyValue.StringTable
+{
+    public bool Equals(object obj);
+    protected void Finalize();
+    public string get_Item(int index);
+    public int GetHashCode();
+    public Type GetType();
+    public int IndexOf(string value);
+    protected object MemberwiseClone();
+    public void PrepareForSerialization();
+    public string ToString();
+}
+
diff --git a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/Deserialization/KeyValues1/KV1BinaryReader.cs b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/Deserialization/KeyValues1/KV1BinaryReader.cs
index 7c4be940..d987ca9d 100644
--- a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/Deserialization/KeyValues1/KV1BinaryReader.cs
+++ b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/Deserialization/KeyValues1/KV1BinaryReader.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class KV1BinaryReader : IVisitingReader
     {
         public const int BinaryMagicHeader = 0x564B4256; // VBKV
 
-        public KV1BinaryReader(Stream stream, IVisitationListener listener)
+        public KV1BinaryReader(Stream stream, IVisitationListener listener, StringTable stringTable)
         {
             Require.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
             Require.NotNull(listener, nameof(listener));
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ public KV1BinaryReader(Stream stream, IVisitationListener listener)
 
             this.stream = stream;
             this.listener = listener;
+            this.stringTable = stringTable;
             reader = new BinaryReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8, leaveOpen: true);
         }
 
         readonly Stream stream;
         readonly BinaryReader reader;
         readonly IVisitationListener listener;
+        readonly StringTable stringTable;
         bool disposed;
         KV1BinaryNodeType endMarker = KV1BinaryNodeType.End;
 
@@ -74,9 +76,20 @@ void ReadObjectCore()
             }
         }
 
+        string ReadKeyForNextValue()
+        {
+            if (stringTable is not null)
+            {
+                var index = reader.ReadInt32();
+                return stringTable[index];
+            }
+
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ReadNullTerminatedBytes());
+        }
+
         void ReadValue(KV1BinaryNodeType type)
         {
-            var name = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ReadNullTerminatedBytes());
+            var name = ReadKeyForNextValue();
             KVValue value;
 
             switch (type)
diff --git a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializer.cs b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializer.cs
index 965765d8..3a1998b7 100644
--- a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializer.cs
+++ b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializer.cs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ IVisitingReader MakeReader(Stream stream, IParsingVisitationListener listener, K
             return format switch
             {
                 KVSerializationFormat.KeyValues1Text => new KV1TextReader(new StreamReader(stream), listener, options),
-                KVSerializationFormat.KeyValues1Binary => new KV1BinaryReader(stream, listener),
+                KVSerializationFormat.KeyValues1Binary => new KV1BinaryReader(stream, listener, options.StringTable),
                 _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(format), format, "Invalid serialization format."),
             };
         }
@@ -125,11 +125,17 @@ IVisitationListener MakeSerializer(Stream stream, KVSerializerOptions options)
             Require.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
             Require.NotNull(options, nameof(options));
 
-            return format switch
+            switch (format)
             {
-                KVSerializationFormat.KeyValues1Text => new KV1TextSerializer(stream, options),
-                KVSerializationFormat.KeyValues1Binary => new KV1BinarySerializer(stream),
-                _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(format), format, "Invalid serialization format."),
+                case KVSerializationFormat.KeyValues1Text:
+                    return new KV1TextSerializer(stream, options);
+
+                case KVSerializationFormat.KeyValues1Binary:
+                    options.StringTable?.PrepareForSerialization();
+                    return new KV1BinarySerializer(stream, options.StringTable);
+
+                default:
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(format), format, "Invalid serialization format.");
             };
         }
     }
diff --git a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializerOptions.cs b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializerOptions.cs
index d3b3c8d6..f58367e5 100644
--- a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializerOptions.cs
+++ b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializerOptions.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ public sealed class KVSerializerOptions
         /// </summary>
         public IIncludedFileLoader FileLoader { get; set; }
 
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the string table used for smaller binary serialization.
+        /// </summary>
+        public StringTable StringTable { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the default options (used when none are specified).
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/Serialization/KeyValues1/KV1BinarySerializer.cs b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/Serialization/KeyValues1/KV1BinarySerializer.cs
index 6c2dc155..0b2b6307 100644
--- a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/Serialization/KeyValues1/KV1BinarySerializer.cs
+++ b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/Serialization/KeyValues1/KV1BinarySerializer.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using ValveKeyValue.Abstraction;
 using ValveKeyValue.KeyValues1;
@@ -6,14 +7,16 @@ namespace ValveKeyValue.Serialization.KeyValues1
 {
     sealed class KV1BinarySerializer : IVisitationListener, IDisposable
     {
-        public KV1BinarySerializer(Stream stream)
+        public KV1BinarySerializer(Stream stream, StringTable stringTable)
         {
             Require.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
 
             writer = new BinaryWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, leaveOpen: true);
+            this.stringTable = stringTable;
         }
 
         readonly BinaryWriter writer;
+        readonly StringTable stringTable;
         int objectDepth;
 
         public void Dispose()
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ public void OnObjectStart(string name)
         {
             objectDepth++;
             Write(KV1BinaryNodeType.ChildObject);
-            WriteNullTerminatedBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(name));
+            WriteKeyForNextValue(name);
         }
 
         public void OnObjectEnd()
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ public void OnObjectEnd()
         public void OnKeyValuePair(string name, KVValue value)
         {
             Write(GetNodeType(value.ValueType));
-            WriteNullTerminatedBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(name));
+            WriteKeyForNextValue(name);
 
             switch (value.ValueType)
             {
@@ -83,6 +86,18 @@ void WriteNullTerminatedBytes(byte[] value)
             writer.Write((byte)0);
         }
 
+        void WriteKeyForNextValue(string name)
+        {
+            if (stringTable is not null)
+            {
+                writer.Write(stringTable.IndexOf(name));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                WriteNullTerminatedBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(name));
+            }
+        }
+
         static KV1BinaryNodeType GetNodeType(KVValueType type)
         {
             return type switch
diff --git a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/StringTable.cs b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/StringTable.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c030056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/StringTable.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+namespace ValveKeyValue
+{
+    public sealed class StringTable
+    {
+        public StringTable(Memory<string> values)
+        {
+            this.lookup = values;
+        }
+
+        readonly Memory<string> lookup;
+        Dictionary<string, int> reverse;
+
+        public string this[int index]
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (index < 0)
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(index), "Index must be non-negative.");
+                }
+
+                if (index >= lookup.Length)
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(index), index, "Index must be less than the number of strings in the table.");
+                }
+
+                return lookup.Span[index];
+            }
+        }
+
+        public int IndexOf(string value)
+        {
+            if (reverse is null)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("String table has not been prepared for serialization.");
+            }
+
+            return reverse[value];
+        }
+
+        public void PrepareForSerialization()
+        {
+            if (reverse is not null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            reverse = new Dictionary<string, int>(capacity: lookup.Length, StringComparer.Ordinal);
+            var span = lookup.Span;
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < span.Length; i++)
+            {
+                var value = span[i];
+                reverse[value] = i;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}