diff --git a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/BasicCollector.java b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/BasicCollector.java
index a444cee..e5e1bcb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/BasicCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/BasicCollector.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 package com.samskivert.mustache;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
  */
 public class BasicCollector implements Mustache.Collector
 {
+    @Override
     public Iterator<?> toIterator (final Object value) {
         if (value instanceof Iterable<?>) {
             return ((Iterable<?>)value).iterator();
@@ -21,8 +24,8 @@ public class BasicCollector implements Mustache.Collector
         return null;
     }
 
-    public Mustache.VariableFetcher createFetcher (Object ctx, String name)
-    {
+    @Override
+    public Mustache.VariableFetcher createFetcher (Object ctx, String name) {
         // support both .name and this.name to fetch members
         if (name == Template.DOT_NAME || name == Template.THIS_NAME) {
             return THIS_FETCHER;
@@ -35,6 +38,11 @@ public class BasicCollector implements Mustache.Collector
         return null;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public <K,V> Map<K,V> createFetcherCache () {
+        return Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap<K,V>());
+    }
+
     protected static final Mustache.VariableFetcher MAP_FETCHER = new Mustache.VariableFetcher() {
         public Object get (Object ctx, String name) throws Exception {
             return ((Map<?,?>)ctx).get(name);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/DefaultCollector.java b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/DefaultCollector.java
index 7b02197..1f0b276 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/DefaultCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/DefaultCollector.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
 import java.util.AbstractList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 /**
  * The default collector used by JMustache.
@@ -34,8 +36,7 @@ public class DefaultCollector extends BasicCollector
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Mustache.VariableFetcher createFetcher (Object ctx, String name)
-    {
+    public Mustache.VariableFetcher createFetcher (Object ctx, String name) {
         Mustache.VariableFetcher fetcher = super.createFetcher(ctx, name);
         if (fetcher != null) return fetcher;
 
@@ -61,8 +62,12 @@ public class DefaultCollector extends BasicCollector
         return null;
     }
 
-    protected Method getMethod (Class<?> clazz, String name)
-    {
+    @Override
+    public <K,V> Map<K,V> createFetcherCache () {
+        return new ConcurrentHashMap<K,V>();
+    }
+
+    protected Method getMethod (Class<?> clazz, String name) {
         Method m;
         try {
             m = clazz.getDeclaredMethod(name);
@@ -95,8 +100,7 @@ public class DefaultCollector extends BasicCollector
         return null;
     }
 
-    protected Field getField (Class<?> clazz, String name)
-    {
+    protected Field getField (Class<?> clazz, String name) {
         Field f;
         try {
             f = clazz.getDeclaredField(name);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/Mustache.java b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/Mustache.java
index 52d6df1..c581804 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/Mustache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/Mustache.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * Provides <a href="http://mustache.github.com/">Mustache</a> templating services.
@@ -160,6 +161,11 @@ public class Mustache
          * never be null. The fetcher will be cached and reused for future contexts for which
          * {@code octx.getClass().equals(nctx.getClass()}. */
         VariableFetcher createFetcher (Object ctx, String name);
+
+        /** Creates a map to be used to cache {@link VariableFetcher} instances. The GWT-compatible
+         * collector returns a HashMap here, but the reflection based fetcher (which only works on
+         * the JVM and Android, returns a concurrent hashmap. */
+        <K,V> Map<K,V> createFetcherCache ();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/Template.java b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/Template.java
index ea0f629..1df18af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/Template.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/mustache/Template.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public class Template
     {
         _segs = segs;
         _compiler = compiler;
+        _fcache = _compiler.collector.createFetcherCache();
     }
 
     protected void executeSegs (Context ctx, Writer out) throws MustacheException
@@ -190,10 +191,7 @@ public class Template
         }
 
         Key key = new Key(data.getClass(), name);
-        Mustache.VariableFetcher fetcher;
-        synchronized (_fcache) {
-            fetcher = _fcache.get(key);
-        }
+        Mustache.VariableFetcher fetcher = _fcache.get(key);
         if (fetcher != null) {
             try {
                 return fetcher.get(data, name);
@@ -213,9 +211,7 @@ public class Template
 
         try {
             Object value = fetcher.get(data, name);
-            synchronized (_fcache) {
-                _fcache.put(key, fetcher);
-            }
+            _fcache.put(key, fetcher);
             return value;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new MustacheException(
@@ -236,8 +232,7 @@ public class Template
 
     protected final Segment[] _segs;
     protected final Mustache.Compiler _compiler;
-    protected final Map<Key, Mustache.VariableFetcher> _fcache =
-        new HashMap<Key, Mustache.VariableFetcher>();
+    protected final Map<Key, Mustache.VariableFetcher> _fcache;
 
     protected static class Context
     {