diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c1318de..5661942 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@
 
 use std::{
     future::Future,
-    sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex},
+    pin::Pin,
+    sync::Arc,
     task::{Context, Poll, Wake, Waker},
+    thread,
 };
 
+thread_local! {
+    // A local reusable signal for each thread.
+    static LOCAL_THREAD_SIGNAL: Arc<Signal> = Arc::new(Signal::new());
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "macro")]
 pub use pollster_macro::{main, test};
 
@@ -22,79 +29,32 @@ pub trait FutureExt: Future {
     ///
     /// let result = my_fut.block_on();
     /// ```
-    fn block_on(self) -> Self::Output where Self: Sized { block_on(self) }
+    fn block_on(self) -> Self::Output
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        block_on(self)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<F: Future> FutureExt for F {}
 
-enum SignalState {
-    Empty,
-    Waiting,
-    Notified,
-}
-
 struct Signal {
-    state: Mutex<SignalState>,
-    cond: Condvar,
+    /// The thread that owns the signal.
+    owning_thread: thread::Thread,
 }
 
 impl Signal {
     fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
-            state: Mutex::new(SignalState::Empty),
-            cond: Condvar::new(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn wait(&self) {
-        let mut state = self.state.lock().unwrap();
-        match *state {
-            SignalState::Notified => {
-                // Notify() was called before we got here, consume it here without waiting and return immediately.
-                *state = SignalState::Empty;
-                return;
-            }
-            // This should not be possible because our signal is created within a function and never handed out to any
-            // other threads. If this is the case, we have a serious problem so we panic immediately to avoid anything
-            // more problematic happening.
-            SignalState::Waiting => {
-                unreachable!("Multiple threads waiting on the same signal: Open a bug report!");
-            }
-            SignalState::Empty => {
-                // Nothing has happened yet, and we're the only thread waiting (as should be the case!). Set the state
-                // accordingly and begin polling the condvar in a loop until it's no longer telling us to wait. The
-                // loop prevents incorrect spurious wakeups.
-                *state = SignalState::Waiting;
-                while let SignalState::Waiting = *state {
-                    state = self.cond.wait(state).unwrap();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn notify(&self) {
-        let mut state = self.state.lock().unwrap();
-        match *state {
-            // The signal was already notified, no need to do anything because the thread will be waking up anyway
-            SignalState::Notified => {}
-            // The signal wasn't notified but a thread isn't waiting on it, so we can avoid doing unnecessary work by
-            // skipping the condvar and leaving behind a message telling the thread that a notification has already
-            // occurred should it come along in the future.
-            SignalState::Empty => *state = SignalState::Notified,
-            // The signal wasn't notified and there's a waiting thread. Reset the signal so it can be wait()'ed on again
-            // and wake up the thread. Because there should only be a single thread waiting, `notify_all` would also be
-            // valid.
-            SignalState::Waiting => {
-                *state = SignalState::Empty;
-                self.cond.notify_one();
-            }
+            owning_thread: thread::current(),
         }
     }
 }
 
 impl Wake for Signal {
     fn wake(self: Arc<Self>) {
-        self.notify();
+        self.owning_thread.unpark();
     }
 }
 
@@ -111,23 +71,20 @@ pub fn block_on<F: Future>(mut fut: F) -> F::Output {
     // SAFETY: We shadow `fut` so that it cannot be used again. The future is now pinned to the stack and will not be
     // moved until the end of this scope. This is, incidentally, exactly what the `pin_mut!` macro from `pin_utils`
     // does.
-    let mut fut = unsafe { std::pin::Pin::new_unchecked(&mut fut) };
-
-    // Signal used to wake up the thread for polling as the future moves to completion. We need to use an `Arc`
-    // because, although the lifetime of `fut` is limited to this function, the underlying IO abstraction might keep
-    // the signal alive for far longer. `Arc` is a thread-safe way to allow this to happen.
-    // TODO: Investigate ways to reuse this `Arc<Signal>`... perhaps via a `static`?
-    let signal = Arc::new(Signal::new());
+    let mut fut = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(&mut fut) };
 
-    // Create a context that will be passed to the future.
-    let waker = Waker::from(Arc::clone(&signal));
-    let mut context = Context::from_waker(&waker);
+    // A signal used to wake up the thread for polling as the future moves to completion.
+    LOCAL_THREAD_SIGNAL.with(|signal| {
+        // Create a waker and a context to be passed to the future.
+        let waker = Waker::from(Arc::clone(signal));
+        let mut context = Context::from_waker(&waker);
 
-    // Poll the future to completion
-    loop {
-        match fut.as_mut().poll(&mut context) {
-            Poll::Pending => signal.wait(),
-            Poll::Ready(item) => break item,
+        // Poll the future to completion.
+        loop {
+            match fut.as_mut().poll(&mut context) {
+                Poll::Pending => thread::park(),
+                Poll::Ready(item) => break item,
+            }
         }
-    }
+    })
 }