diff --git a/internal/socket/mmsghdr_unix.go b/internal/socket/mmsghdr_unix.go
index 5025a0f..42c4a0d 100644
--- a/internal/socket/mmsghdr_unix.go
+++ b/internal/socket/mmsghdr_unix.go
@@ -7,25 +7,13 @@
 
 package socket
 
-import "net"
+import (
+	"net"
+	"sync"
+)
 
 type mmsghdrs []mmsghdr
 
-func (hs mmsghdrs) pack(ms []Message, parseFn func([]byte, string) (net.Addr, error), marshalFn func(net.Addr) []byte) error {
-	for i := range hs {
-		vs := make([]iovec, len(ms[i].Buffers))
-		var sa []byte
-		if parseFn != nil {
-			sa = make([]byte, sizeofSockaddrInet6)
-		}
-		if marshalFn != nil {
-			sa = marshalFn(ms[i].Addr)
-		}
-		hs[i].Hdr.pack(vs, ms[i].Buffers, ms[i].OOB, sa)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (hs mmsghdrs) unpack(ms []Message, parseFn func([]byte, string) (net.Addr, error), hint string) error {
 	for i := range hs {
 		ms[i].N = int(hs[i].Len)
@@ -41,3 +29,84 @@
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// mmsghdrsPacker packs Message-slices into mmsghdrs (re-)using pre-allocated buffers.
+type mmsghdrsPacker struct {
+	// hs are the pre-allocated mmsghdrs.
+	hs mmsghdrs
+	// sockaddrs is the pre-allocated buffer for the Hdr.Name buffers.
+	// We use one large buffer for all messages and slice it up.
+	sockaddrs []byte
+	// vs are the pre-allocated iovecs.
+	// We allocate one large buffer for all messages and slice it up. This allows to reuse the buffer
+	// if the number of buffers per message is distributed differently between calls.
+	vs []iovec
+}
+
+func (p *mmsghdrsPacker) prepare(ms []Message) {
+	n := len(ms)
+	if n <= cap(p.hs) {
+		p.hs = p.hs[:n]
+	} else {
+		p.hs = make(mmsghdrs, n)
+	}
+	if n*sizeofSockaddrInet6 <= cap(p.sockaddrs) {
+		p.sockaddrs = p.sockaddrs[:n*sizeofSockaddrInet6]
+	} else {
+		p.sockaddrs = make([]byte, n*sizeofSockaddrInet6)
+	}
+
+	nb := 0
+	for _, m := range ms {
+		nb += len(m.Buffers)
+	}
+	if nb <= cap(p.vs) {
+		p.vs = p.vs[:nb]
+	} else {
+		p.vs = make([]iovec, nb)
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *mmsghdrsPacker) pack(ms []Message, parseFn func([]byte, string) (net.Addr, error), marshalFn func(net.Addr, []byte) int) mmsghdrs {
+	p.prepare(ms)
+	hs := p.hs
+	vsRest := p.vs
+	saRest := p.sockaddrs
+	for i := range hs {
+		nvs := len(ms[i].Buffers)
+		vs := vsRest[:nvs]
+		vsRest = vsRest[nvs:]
+
+		var sa []byte
+		if parseFn != nil {
+			sa = saRest[:sizeofSockaddrInet6]
+			saRest = saRest[sizeofSockaddrInet6:]
+		} else if marshalFn != nil {
+			n := marshalFn(ms[i].Addr, saRest)
+			sa = saRest[:n]
+			saRest = saRest[n:]
+		}
+		hs[i].Hdr.pack(vs, ms[i].Buffers, ms[i].OOB, sa)
+	}
+	return hs
+}
+
+var defaultMmsghdrsPool = mmsghdrsPool{
+	p: sync.Pool{
+		New: func() interface{} {
+			return new(mmsghdrsPacker)
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+type mmsghdrsPool struct {
+	p sync.Pool
+}
+
+func (p *mmsghdrsPool) Get() *mmsghdrsPacker {
+	return p.p.Get().(*mmsghdrsPacker)
+}
+
+func (p *mmsghdrsPool) Put(packer *mmsghdrsPacker) {
+	p.p.Put(packer)
+}
diff --git a/internal/socket/rawconn_mmsg.go b/internal/socket/rawconn_mmsg.go
index 5d90de1..d80a15c 100644
--- a/internal/socket/rawconn_mmsg.go
+++ b/internal/socket/rawconn_mmsg.go
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 	for i := range ms {
 		ms[i].raceWrite()
 	}
-	hs := make(mmsghdrs, len(ms))
+	packer := defaultMmsghdrsPool.Get()
+	defer defaultMmsghdrsPool.Put(packer)
 	var parseFn func([]byte, string) (net.Addr, error)
 	if c.network != "tcp" {
 		parseFn = parseInetAddr
 	}
-	if err := hs.pack(ms, parseFn, nil); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
+	hs := packer.pack(ms, parseFn, nil)
 	var operr error
 	var n int
 	fn := func(s uintptr) bool {
@@ -50,14 +49,13 @@
 	for i := range ms {
 		ms[i].raceRead()
 	}
-	hs := make(mmsghdrs, len(ms))
-	var marshalFn func(net.Addr) []byte
+	packer := defaultMmsghdrsPool.Get()
+	defer defaultMmsghdrsPool.Put(packer)
+	var marshalFn func(net.Addr, []byte) int
 	if c.network != "tcp" {
 		marshalFn = marshalInetAddr
 	}
-	if err := hs.pack(ms, nil, marshalFn); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
+	hs := packer.pack(ms, nil, marshalFn)
 	var operr error
 	var n int
 	fn := func(s uintptr) bool {
diff --git a/internal/socket/rawconn_msg.go b/internal/socket/rawconn_msg.go
index dfed9a8..2e2d61b 100644
--- a/internal/socket/rawconn_msg.go
+++ b/internal/socket/rawconn_msg.go
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
 	vs := make([]iovec, len(m.Buffers))
 	var sa []byte
 	if m.Addr != nil {
-		sa = marshalInetAddr(m.Addr)
+		var a [sizeofSockaddrInet6]byte
+		n := marshalInetAddr(m.Addr, a[:])
+		sa = a[:n]
 	}
 	h.pack(vs, m.Buffers, m.OOB, sa)
 	var operr error
diff --git a/internal/socket/sys_posix.go b/internal/socket/sys_posix.go
index d8dda77..42b8f23 100644
--- a/internal/socket/sys_posix.go
+++ b/internal/socket/sys_posix.go
@@ -17,22 +17,24 @@
 	"time"
 )
 
-func marshalInetAddr(a net.Addr) []byte {
+// marshalInetAddr writes a in sockaddr format into the buffer b.
+// The buffer must be sufficiently large (sizeofSockaddrInet4/6).
+// Returns the number of bytes written.
+func marshalInetAddr(a net.Addr, b []byte) int {
 	switch a := a.(type) {
 	case *net.TCPAddr:
-		return marshalSockaddr(a.IP, a.Port, a.Zone)
+		return marshalSockaddr(a.IP, a.Port, a.Zone, b)
 	case *net.UDPAddr:
-		return marshalSockaddr(a.IP, a.Port, a.Zone)
+		return marshalSockaddr(a.IP, a.Port, a.Zone, b)
 	case *net.IPAddr:
-		return marshalSockaddr(a.IP, 0, a.Zone)
+		return marshalSockaddr(a.IP, 0, a.Zone, b)
 	default:
-		return nil
+		return 0
 	}
 }
 
-func marshalSockaddr(ip net.IP, port int, zone string) []byte {
+func marshalSockaddr(ip net.IP, port int, zone string, b []byte) int {
 	if ip4 := ip.To4(); ip4 != nil {
-		b := make([]byte, sizeofSockaddrInet4)
 		switch runtime.GOOS {
 		case "android", "illumos", "linux", "solaris", "windows":
 			NativeEndian.PutUint16(b[:2], uint16(sysAF_INET))
@@ -42,10 +44,9 @@
 		}
 		binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(b[2:4], uint16(port))
 		copy(b[4:8], ip4)
-		return b
+		return sizeofSockaddrInet4
 	}
 	if ip6 := ip.To16(); ip6 != nil && ip.To4() == nil {
-		b := make([]byte, sizeofSockaddrInet6)
 		switch runtime.GOOS {
 		case "android", "illumos", "linux", "solaris", "windows":
 			NativeEndian.PutUint16(b[:2], uint16(sysAF_INET6))
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@
 		if zone != "" {
 			NativeEndian.PutUint32(b[24:28], uint32(zoneCache.index(zone)))
 		}
-		return b
+		return sizeofSockaddrInet6
 	}
-	return nil
+	return 0
 }
 
 func parseInetAddr(b []byte, network string) (net.Addr, error) {