diff --git a/include/asterisk/stasis.h b/include/asterisk/stasis.h
index 0373eeb35e7df7d74d6426f6da5fa7bb0388f21f..bca6d40259338084801b9888deca1e9b80cd652b 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/stasis.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/stasis.h
@@ -318,6 +318,14 @@ enum stasis_message_type_result stasis_message_type_create(const char *name,
  */
 const char *stasis_message_type_name(const struct stasis_message_type *type);
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Gets the hash of a given message type
+ * \param type The type to get the hash of.
+ * \return The hash
+ * \since 13.24.0
+ */
+unsigned int stasis_message_type_hash(const struct stasis_message_type *type);
+
 /*!
  * \brief Check whether a message type is declined
  *
diff --git a/main/stasis_cache.c b/main/stasis_cache.c
index ca17bdd26388e6b13fabdaf8d520ac7f900b29dd..8c3c7f15b6648265488d941a1f1efa02229ecd93 100644
--- a/main/stasis_cache.c
+++ b/main/stasis_cache.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static void cache_entry_dtor(void *obj)
 
 static void cache_entry_compute_hash(struct cache_entry_key *key)
 {
-	key->hash = ast_hashtab_hash_string(stasis_message_type_name(key->type));
+	key->hash = stasis_message_type_hash(key->type);
 	key->hash += ast_hashtab_hash_string(key->id);
 }
 
diff --git a/main/stasis_message.c b/main/stasis_message.c
index 88db49f1a63b2dbebc142b6850d588ff83c1afbf..482dd01d40a2bcfffe8b29aa3f96152e0bd2f829 100644
--- a/main/stasis_message.c
+++ b/main/stasis_message.c
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@
 #include "asterisk/astobj2.h"
 #include "asterisk/stasis.h"
 #include "asterisk/utils.h"
+#include "asterisk/hashtab.h"
 
 /*! \internal */
 struct stasis_message_type {
 	struct stasis_message_vtable *vtable;
 	char *name;
+	unsigned int hash;
 };
 
 static struct stasis_message_vtable null_vtable = {};
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ int stasis_message_type_create(const char *name,
 		ao2_cleanup(type);
 		return STASIS_MESSAGE_TYPE_ERROR;
 	}
+	type->hash = ast_hashtab_hash_string(name);
 	type->vtable = vtable;
 	*result = type;
 
@@ -84,6 +87,11 @@ const char *stasis_message_type_name(const struct stasis_message_type *type)
 	return type->name;
 }
 
+unsigned int stasis_message_type_hash(const struct stasis_message_type *type)
+{
+	return type->hash;
+}
+
 /*! \internal */
 struct stasis_message {
 	/*! Time the message was created */