--- a/lshpack.c	2026-05-02 06:41:46.290110113 +0000
+++ b/lshpack.c	2026-05-02 06:42:07.599902350 +0000
@@ -53,6 +53,103 @@
 
 #include "huff-tables.h"
 
+#if LS_HPACK_USE_LARGE_TABLES && LS_HPACK_BSS_LARGE_TABLES
+/* Bun: hencs[65536] (512 KB) and hdecs[65536] (256 KB) are pure functions of
+ * encode_table[257]. Declare them in .bss instead of .rodata and fill once on
+ * first lshpack/lsqpack init — ~250 us, identical hot-path lookup afterwards.
+ * Non-static so lsqpack.c can extern the same arrays instead of carrying its
+ * own copy. */
+struct henc { unsigned lens; uint32_t code; };
+struct hdec { uint8_t lens; uint8_t out[3]; };
+struct henc hencs[65536];
+struct hdec hdecs[65536];
+static int hpack_huff_tables_ready;
+
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#define HENC_I(i,j) (((j)<<8)|(i))
+#else
+#define HENC_I(i,j) (((i)<<8)|(j))
+#endif
+
+void
+lshpack_huff_tables_init (void)
+{
+    /* Init is idempotent (every thread writes the same values), so a race only
+     * does redundant work — but the release/acquire pair ensures the table
+     * stores are visible before any later encode/decode load on another
+     * thread sees ready==1. */
+    if (__atomic_load_n(&hpack_huff_tables_ready, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE))
+        return;
+
+    /* hencs: combine two encode_table entries. {64,0} marks pairs whose
+     * combined width overflows 32 bits (handled by the slow loop). */
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < 256; ++i)
+    {
+        const unsigned bi = encode_table[i].bits;
+        const uint32_t ci = encode_table[i].code;
+        for (unsigned j = 0; j < 256; ++j)
+        {
+            const unsigned bj = encode_table[j].bits;
+            struct henc *h = &hencs[HENC_I(i, j)];
+            if (bi + bj <= 32)
+            {
+                h->lens = bi + bj;
+                h->code = (ci << bj) | encode_table[j].code;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                h->lens = 64;
+                h->code = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* hdecs: for each 16-bit prefix, decode up to 3 symbols using a 15-bit
+     * direct LUT built from encode_table (codes <= 15 bits cover the common
+     * ASCII set; longer codes fall through to the slow path with lens==0). */
+    static struct { uint8_t bits, sym; } lut[1 << 15];
+    for (unsigned sym = 0; sym < 256; ++sym)
+    {
+        const unsigned b = encode_table[sym].bits;
+        if (b > 15)
+            continue;
+        const unsigned base = encode_table[sym].code << (15 - b);
+        for (unsigned k = 0; k < (1u << (15 - b)); ++k)
+        {
+            lut[base + k].bits = (uint8_t) b;
+            lut[base + k].sym = (uint8_t) sym;
+        }
+    }
+    for (unsigned idx = 0; idx < 65536; ++idx)
+    {
+        unsigned bits_left = 16, n = 0;
+        uint8_t out[3] = {0,0,0};
+        while (bits_left >= 5 && n < 3)
+        {
+            const unsigned rem = idx & ((1u << bits_left) - 1);
+            const unsigned key = bits_left >= 15
+                ? (rem >> (bits_left - 15))
+                : (rem << (15 - bits_left));
+            const unsigned b = lut[key].bits;
+            if (!b || b > bits_left)
+                break;
+            out[n++] = lut[key].sym;
+            bits_left -= b;
+        }
+        if (n)
+        {
+            hdecs[idx].lens = (uint8_t)(((16 - bits_left) << 2) | n);
+            hdecs[idx].out[0] = out[0];
+            hdecs[idx].out[1] = out[1];
+            hdecs[idx].out[2] = out[2];
+        }
+        /* else: leave zeroed (.bss) — lens==0 triggers slow path */
+    }
+
+    __atomic_store_n(&hpack_huff_tables_ready, 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+}
+#endif
+
 #define HPACK_STATIC_TABLE_SIZE   61
 #define INITIAL_DYNAMIC_TABLE_SIZE  4096
 
@@ -291,6 +384,9 @@
 int
 lshpack_enc_init (struct lshpack_enc *enc)
 {
+#if LS_HPACK_USE_LARGE_TABLES && LS_HPACK_BSS_LARGE_TABLES
+    lshpack_huff_tables_init();
+#endif
     struct lshpack_double_enc_head *buckets;
     unsigned nbits = 2;
     unsigned i;
@@ -1270,6 +1366,9 @@
 void
 lshpack_dec_init (struct lshpack_dec *dec)
 {
+#if LS_HPACK_USE_LARGE_TABLES && LS_HPACK_BSS_LARGE_TABLES
+    lshpack_huff_tables_init();
+#endif
     memset(dec, 0, sizeof(*dec));
     dec->hpd_max_capacity = INITIAL_DYNAMIC_TABLE_SIZE;
     dec->hpd_cur_max_capacity = INITIAL_DYNAMIC_TABLE_SIZE;
--- a/huff-tables.h	2026-05-02 06:41:46.300110018 +0000
+++ b/huff-tables.h	2026-05-02 06:42:07.509903227 +0000
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
 };
 
 
-#if LS_HPACK_USE_LARGE_TABLES
+#if LS_HPACK_USE_LARGE_TABLES && !LS_HPACK_BSS_LARGE_TABLES
 #if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #define I(i,j) ((j<<8)|i)
 #else
@@ -70703,7 +70703,7 @@
 };
 
 
-#if LS_HPACK_USE_LARGE_TABLES
+#if LS_HPACK_USE_LARGE_TABLES && !LS_HPACK_BSS_LARGE_TABLES
 static const struct hdec { uint8_t lens; uint8_t out[3]; } hdecs[] =
 {
 /*