diff --git a/src/Kernel/CoreServiceRegistrar.php b/src/Kernel/CoreServiceRegistrar.php
index 7960912..528b9b0 100644
--- a/src/Kernel/CoreServiceRegistrar.php
+++ b/src/Kernel/CoreServiceRegistrar.php
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ private function registerRouteLoader(ContainerBuilder $builder): void
             RouteLoader::class,
             (new Definition(RouteLoader::class))
                 ->setPublic(true)
-                ->setArguments([null, [], []])
+                ->setArguments([null, [], [], []])
                 ->addTag(
                     HookLoader::TAG,
                     [
diff --git a/src/Routing/RouteCompilerPass.php b/src/Routing/RouteCompilerPass.php
index 60612d7..943c97b 100644
--- a/src/Routing/RouteCompilerPass.php
+++ b/src/Routing/RouteCompilerPass.php
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public function process(ContainerBuilder $container): void
         $definition->setArgument(0, ServiceLocatorTagPass::register($container, $serviceMap));
         $definition->setArgument(1, $frontendRoutes);
         $definition->setArgument(2, $restRoutes);
+        $definition->setArgument(3, RouteLoader::compileRoutes($frontendRoutes));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Routing/RouteLoader.php b/src/Routing/RouteLoader.php
index 545f96e..326dd79 100644
--- a/src/Routing/RouteLoader.php
+++ b/src/Routing/RouteLoader.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\MethodNotAllowedException;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\CompiledUrlMatcher;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\Dumper\CompiledUrlMatcherDumper;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\UrlMatcher;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
@@ -64,14 +66,39 @@ final class RouteLoader
     /**
      * @param list<CompiledRoute> $routes
      * @param list<CompiledRestRoute> $restRoutes
+     * @param list<mixed> $compiledRoutes Matcher tables from compileRoutes(); empty falls back to UrlMatcher.
      */
     public function __construct(
         private readonly ContainerInterface $controllers,
         private array $routes = [],
         private array $restRoutes = [],
+        private readonly array $compiledRoutes = [],
     ) {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Precompute the matcher tables at container compile time so requests do not
+     * run one regular expression per route. Routes with a condition compile to a
+     * closure that cannot be dumped, so they keep the runtime UrlMatcher.
+     *
+     * @param list<CompiledRoute> $routes
+     * @return list<mixed>
+     */
+    public static function compileRoutes(array $routes): array
+    {
+        if ($routes === []) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        foreach ($routes as $route) {
+            if ($route['condition'] !== '') {
+                return [];
+            }
+        }
+
+        return array_values((new CompiledUrlMatcherDumper(self::collection($routes)))->getCompiledRoutes());
+    }
+
     private ?RouteCollection $routeCollection = null;
 
     public function dispatchFrontendRequest(): void
@@ -92,10 +119,10 @@ public function handle(Request $request): ?Response
             return null;
         }
 
-        $matcher = new UrlMatcher(
-            $this->routeCollection(),
-            (new RequestContext())->fromRequest($request),
-        );
+        $context = (new RequestContext())->fromRequest($request);
+        $matcher = $this->compiledRoutes === []
+            ? new UrlMatcher($this->routeCollection(), $context)
+            : new CompiledUrlMatcher($this->compiledRoutes, $context);
 
         try {
             $attributes = $this->stringKeyMap($matcher->matchRequest($request));
@@ -153,18 +180,24 @@ public function routeCollection(): RouteCollection
             return $this->routeCollection;
         }
 
+        $this->routeCollection = self::collection($this->routes);
+
+        return $this->routeCollection;
+    }
+
+    /** @param list<CompiledRoute> $routes */
+    private static function collection(array $routes): RouteCollection
+    {
         $collection = new RouteCollection();
 
-        foreach ($this->routes as $definition) {
+        foreach ($routes as $definition) {
             $collection->add(
                 $definition['name'],
-                $this->symfonyRoute($definition),
+                self::symfonyRoute($definition),
                 (int) ($definition['priority'] ?? 0),
             );
         }
 
-        $this->routeCollection = $collection;
-
         return $collection;
     }
 
@@ -373,7 +406,7 @@ private function normalizeResponse(mixed $value): Response
     }
 
     /** @param CompiledRoute|CompiledRestRoute $definition */
-    private function symfonyRoute(array $definition): Route
+    private static function symfonyRoute(array $definition): Route
     {
         return new Route(
             $definition['path'],
@@ -396,7 +429,7 @@ private function restPath(array $route): string
             return str_starts_with($explicitPath, '/') ? $explicitPath : '/' . $explicitPath;
         }
 
-        $regex = $this->symfonyRoute($route)->compile()->getRegex();
+        $regex = self::symfonyRoute($route)->compile()->getRegex();
         $delimiter = $regex[0] ?? '';
         $closingDelimiter = match ($delimiter) {
             '{' => '}',
diff --git a/tests/Routing/RouteAttributeTest.php b/tests/Routing/RouteAttributeTest.php
index f07cac6..43d56aa 100644
--- a/tests/Routing/RouteAttributeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Routing/RouteAttributeTest.php
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ public function testFrontendRoutesAreMatchedAndControllersAreResolvedLazily(): v
 
             self::assertInstanceOf(RouteLoader::class, $loader);
 
+            // The compiled matcher tables are dumped into the container; requests do not rebuild them.
+            self::assertNotSame([], (new \ReflectionProperty($loader, 'compiledRoutes'))->getValue($loader));
+
             $response = $loader->handle(Request::create('/kernel/hello/codex', 'GET'));
 
             self::assertNotNull($response);
@@ -78,6 +81,34 @@ public function testFrontendRoutesAreMatchedAndControllersAreResolvedLazily(): v
             self::assertSame('GET', $methodMismatch->headers->get('Allow'));
         }
 
+        public function testRoutesWithConditionsKeepTheRuntimeMatcher(): void
+        {
+            $route = [
+                'name' => 'conditional',
+            'path' => '/conditional',
+            'methods' => ['GET'],
+            'schemes' => [],
+            'host' => '',
+                'defaults' => ['_controller_service' => 'demo', '_controller_class' => 'Demo', '_controller_method' => 'run'],
+                'requirements' => [],
+            'options' => [],
+            'condition' => "request.headers.get('X-Demo') == 'yes'",
+            'priority' => 0,
+                'service' => 'demo',
+            'class' => 'Demo',
+            'method' => 'run',
+            ];
+
+            self::assertSame([], RouteLoader::compileRoutes([$route]));
+            self::assertSame([], RouteLoader::compileRoutes([]));
+
+            $route['condition'] = '';
+            $compiled = RouteLoader::compileRoutes([$route]);
+
+            self::assertNotSame([], $compiled);
+            self::assertNull($compiled[4]);
+        }
+
         public function testRestRoutesAreRegisteredWithWordPressRestApi(): void
         {
             $loader = $this->compileFixture()->get(RouteLoader::class);